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Commentary on Day 6 at Surbiton

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Johnston has hit with his hoop 3 ball and is making hoop 3 - no break established yet

Rutger hits from 5 to 4.

Fletcher at hoop 5 on his first break, long double banking delay whilst Reg was at rover.

Forster has one peel done, making two back off peelee

Lawn 1 Forster 1 v Clarke 1 - Forster hampered shot after 2back on delayed TP

Lawn 2 Burch 1 v Trimmer 1 - Lunch

Lawn 3 (Primary) Fletcher 2 v Avery 0 - Fletcher on first break

Lawn 3 (Secondary) Bamford 1 v Beard 0 - Beard on ragged first 3 ball break playing peg alone

 Lawn 4 Death 2 v Evans 1 - Lunch

Lawn 5 Maugham 1 v Beijderwellen 0 - Rutger in the balls!

Lawn 6 Chapman 1 v Hockey 1 - Hockey completes break to peg to equalise.

Lawn 7 Fulford 1 v Johnston 0 - Johnston picking up second break on hoop 4 playing 3 and 4 back (looks like something has just gone wrong with along croquet stroke)

 

Beard missed return after hoop 3 - off Reg's ball.  Reg shooting at hoop 4 pioneer which is 4 yards NW of 4.  Misses

Fulford in with a break and a delayed TP to do against 4 and rover (no idea how this arose).

Rutger laying up 3 and 4 back against 5 and penult with no lift

Fulford in with a break and a delayed TP to do against 4 and rover (no idea how this arose).

Rutger laying up 3 and 4 back against 5 and penult with no lift

Beard missed partner on N boundary.  Reg misses Peg to N boundary.

Forster finishes

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CORRECTION - Trimmer leads Burch 2-0 I have been copy and pasting the same error for some time.

Avery misses short lift against diagonal spread

Maugham corners.  Rutger (3 and 4 back) has rush to hoop 3 from corner 3, ball near corner 4 and a ball in corner 2
 
Beard plays well to get break with hoop 2 ball under control at hoop 6.
 
Fulford delayed TP under control one peel done - delayed double to do
 
Rutger at hoop 5 with 3 ball break
 
Fletcher has 4 back peel tight on the wire of 4back making hoop 4

Fulford finishes.  All 3 peels before back (after 6 he rushed to a peelable angle going to 1 back)

Beard making 3 back

Fletcher at 5 intending to peel 4back rushing to 6

Rutger approaching 1back off peelee with all four balls in his break

Evans going round (4th turn I think).

Trimmer hits long superhot ball gently from corner 1.

Rutger jawses 4back after 1back

Pete leaves double by peg probably without a middle.  Jamie hits, slightly tricky to get rush to hoop 1

Burch rushes to middle of S boundary (should have done better).  Gets 5' 25 degree hoop - fails it.

Fletcher failed to get 4back before 6 now trying 4 back before 1back with the 2back pioneer also at 4back.  Long double banking delay for kevin who is still waiting to roll to 4back from 3back.

Pete hits.

Kevin's roll isnt great approaching 4 back from 4 feet behind a 45 degrees should be OK

Rutger playing a good turn, straight double to do.

Lawn 1 Forster 1 v Clarke 1 - Lunch

Lawn 2 Burch 0 v Trimmer 2 - Trimmer first break at hoop 6

Lawn 3 (Primary) Fletcher 2 v Avery 0 - Fletcher on TP with delayed double to do

Lawn 3 (Secondary) Bamford 1 v Beard 0 - Beard on ragged first 3 ball break at penult playing peg alone

 Lawn 4 Death 2 v Evans 1 - Evans making MSL

Lawn 5 Maugham 1 v Beijderwellen 0 - Rutger has straight rover peel to do, peelee 4 yards S of rover

Lawn 6 Chapman 1 v Hockey 1 - Odd opening being played - shot second turn at ball on E boundary?

Lawn 7 Fulford 2 v Johnston 0 - Lunch

Chapman makes hoop 1 with nothing in the eastern half of the lawn (other than the ball he made it off)

4 foot 10 degree peel for Rutger

Rutger's peel only just in front of jaws faield what looked like an easy jump over it.

Beard has missable hampered shot after rover, hits it.

Doh!  There is a well camouflaged blue ball in corner 2 of Hockey Chapman

Death lifts ball at hoop 2 and misses short shot.

Bamfords ball croqueted to corner 2 (probably only a yard from it) open on the peg.  kevin laying up in corner 4, he is for hoop 4 - good turn.

Dave in with his hoop 5 ball - easy chance with just a double to do.

Bamford goes to corner 1

Forster wins opening

Evans makes hoop 1 should be a standard TP to equalise

Forster misapproaches hoop 1, goes back to partner near middle of E boundary.  Jenny's balls at hoop 1 and 6

Jenny hits from 1 to 6 (Forster made hoop 1 but couldnt hit the ball he made it off

Pete has B spread (hoop 1 ball on E boundary near corner 4 and 4back ball middle of E boundary

Kevin makes 4 and rolls to corner 3

Hockey has made hoop 1 with a ball at 2 - not enough time for Paddy to be round

Johnston has won opening and looks like he is approaching hoop 1 from near 5

Fletcher finishes to win 3-0

Looks like Johnston was 3rd turn.  Rob has missed a 12 (?) yarder from B baulk and Andy now has an easy chance.

Looks like Jamie has missed the shot at the 4back ball and Pete is making a leave.

Marcus has standard TP

Lawn 1 Forster 1 v Clarke 1 - Jenny first break at hoop 4 v 1 and 2

Lawn 2 Burch 0 v Trimmer 2 - Laying up (no lift) 1 and 4back v 1 and 1

Lawn 3 (Primary) Fletcher 3 v Avery 0

Lawn 3 (Secondary) Bamford 1 v Beard 0 - Bamford (peg alone) to middle of E boundary.  Kevin (5 and peg) has rush to 5 from corner 3

 Lawn 4 Death 2 v Evans 1 - Evans standard TP at hoop 5

Lawn 5 Maugham 2 v Beijderwellen 0 - Maugham finished double peel

Lawn 6 Chapman 1 v Hockey 1 - Hockey missed his hoop 2 pioneer.  Paddy hit 5 yarder not sure about his clips

Lawn 7 Fulford 2 v Johnston 0 - Johnston on first break

 

Fulford Johnstone opening was Johnstone middle of E boundary Rob near corner 4 (not exactly sure where).  Johnston hit Rob croquet it to near 2 nearly getting a rush to 1, rushed it to near 5 and hit the ground playing his roll to 1 and so laid up in the middle leaving no double.

Pete wired Jamies balls near hoops 2 and 3 and laid up in corner 4.  Jamie shot into corner 4 from hoop 2 and missed.  Pete made hoop 1 and hit a hampered shot, if he makes hoop 2 will have a standard TP 

Kevin made 5 with a rush to S boundary.  Croqueted partner to corner 2 going to Reg who he has moved to corner 4.  Difficult shot back to partner as Reg is wired from his other ball.  Plays safe and leaves rush to corner 3 - his pick up will be 6 yards if Reg shoots.

Marcus plays bad shot setting up peel before 3back will be a straight rover peel

Reg hits centre peg, amazingly good shot.  Leads 2-0

Paddy making a diagonal spread against 1 and 2.  Not sure about Paddy's own clips - time suggests to me that he got in with his forward ball and is 1 and 4back

Jenny has defensive OSL with "middle" ball in middle of E boundary 

Forster lifts E boundary ball and shoots through partner into corner 2 missing.

Johnston approaching 3back making a diagonal spread

Pete fails the 4 back peel on standard TP now approaching hoop 4

Marcus finishes to equalise 2-2 against Death

Jenny taps partner (was it a reverse rush?) takes off to corner 2 rolls out there getting a rush to 1, rushes to 3 yard W of hoop 5 takes off to get 1 foot straight hoop which she makes.

Marcus 11 yards N of corner 4, James to corner 2.  Marcus hits partner from A baulk

Looks like Hockey has missed lift and Paddy is going to set up a TP with a Hogan Roll

Fulford lifted ball at peg and missed partner from B baulk

Jenny hit rush after hoop 1 to near hoop 4, took off behind partner and rushed it to somewhere where she was able to jaws peel taking off to two back pioneer

Pete on his turn for the match rush peels 4 back before 1 back

Marcus makes a DL and James hits from B baulk

Paddy on standard TP at hoop 3 

Jenny's peel obviously wasnt as good as I thought - she is now on hoop 5 with no peels done or likely to be attempted I would expect.

Lawn 1 Forster 1 v Clarke 1 - Jenny second break at one back not peeling

Lawn 2 Burch 0 v Trimmer 2 - Trimmer at 2 back with one peel done peelee lurking at penult

Lawn 3 (Primary) Fletcher 3 v Avery 0

Lawn 3 (Secondary) Bamford 2 v Beard 0 - Lunch

 Lawn 4 Death 2 v Evans 2 - James going round 4th turn at hoop 4

Lawn 5 Maugham 2 v Beijderwellen 0 - Lunch

Lawn 6 Chapman 1 v Hockey 1 - Chapman at hoop 5 with a peel done

Lawn 7 Fulford 2 v Johnston 0 - Johnston with standard TP at hoop 3

James peels one Marcus through hoop 1 - looks like he is going to 4 back

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