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. . . there is a defence that might been "obvious" to Anthony and his partner if they had an hour to spend looking at all four hands.

East should lead a club. What does declarer do? If he rises with the ace and draws trumps he could lose three diamonds plus a trick in each of the rounded suits. If he does not play trumps he's awkwardly placed in dummy rather than hand. I reckon he's probably best to play low (or the queen if East has led J), when West wins and switches to 10! Three rounds of diamonds force dummy to ruff, and with three tricks in the bag I think East-West must still come to A and Q. I'd be delighted if anyone out there can confirm this or come up with a different analysis.
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