Tom Sherreard from Maidstone and newly-crowned English Amateur Champion Todd Adcock from Tunbridge Wells are new caps in the England squad that will defend the Home Internationals title at Muirfield next month.

Adcock, 23, a former Sussex champion, from the Nevill club, won the English Amateur Championship earlier this month when he beat Chris Paisley at Woodhall Spa.

Chart Hills member Sherreard, 21, studying at Georgia State University in the US, finished tied for 19th in the Open at Royal Birkdale last month.

He won the McEvoy Trophy and was runner-up in the Duke of York Champions Trophy in 2005 and is 33rd in the R&A Amateur World Rankings. He lost to Adcock in the English Amateur semi-finals.

The Rochester and Cobham golfer Matt Haines has also been selected as part of the England squad that will defend the Home Internationals title.

Haines, 18, made his full debut against France this year and is set to represent GB&Ireland against the Continent of Europe in the St Andrews Trophy later this month (August 29-30).

England recaptured the Raymond Trophy when they won the Home Internationals in Ireland last year. They will aim to defend it at the Scottish course from September 3-5.