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Commentary on Day 6 at Surbiton

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Rutger has standard TP.

Hockey rolls ball to penult trying to get rush on ball near 1 back, only gets a rush N.  Rushes it to boundary behind 4 back takes off to 1-2 yards and runs it

Beard misses tea lady

Johnston setting up to peel 4back before 6

Hockey finishes

Lawn 1 Forster 2 v Clarke 3

Lawn 2 Burch 0 v Trimmer 3

Lawn 3 (Primary) Fletcher 3 v Avery 0

Lawn 3 (Secondary) Bamford 2 v Beard 0 - Reg at hoop 2 setting up for sextuple against 2 and 3back

Lawn 4 Death 3 v Evans 2

Lawn 5 Maugham 2 v Beijderwellen 0 - Maugham penult and rover.  Rutger on standard TP at hoop 6

Lawn 6 Chapman 2 v Hockey 2 - Between games

Lawn 7 Fulford 2 v Johnston 1 - Johnston fails 6 with one peel done against one and one back giving the innings to Rob's one back ball (other ball for hoop 1)

Rob is doing a DPO.

Rutger at 2back with a peel to do

Reg peeling 2 back getting a rush to 4

Rutger fails to get rover going to 3back

Rob calls for ref on lawn 7 think it is just for a pretty routine roquet at the ball in penult

No it is worse than I thought he needs to take off to 2back pioneer from the jaws

Rob copes with a 3 yard approach.

Looks like Paddy has hit 3rd turn of a corner 2 opening and is making a DL.

Rutger finishes, trails Maugham 1-2 

Reg setting up to peel 4back getting a rush to 2back

Hockey misses from B baulk into corner 4

Paddy fails hoop 1 giving Simon an easy start.

Rob has a hampered shot after penult but doesnt look concerned about it - has a straight peel of oppo to do

Rob has missed, lucky if he isnt giving the game away

Looks like Hockey has missed his return roquet after two and Paddy has hit partner at hoop 2 from hoop 3

Reg on three back with 2 peels to do

Johnston making 6 with a ball at 1back - think he has one peel to do

I think Paddy has failed hoop 1 again and Simon has an easy roquet again off Simon's hoop 1 ball.  he makes 1 has a pretty ropey ball at 2 and no rush

Somehow unbeknown to anyone at the end of the third turn rutger has his balls on the E boundary 10 yard S of corner 3 and 10 yards N of corner 4.  Dave missed from corner 3 to corner 4.

Rutger shot N at partner and hit took off to corner 2 moved that ball towards hoop 1 and joined up in corner 3.  Dave shot from hoop 1 to corner 4 and missed - Rutger going round

Hockey going round

Andrew making penult with the peel still to do I think

Reg completes his sextuple to win 3-0

Johnston wins to equalise 2-2, apparently he jawsed the peel with the first croquet stroke of the turn

Hoops being reset on lawn 7

Rutger going to 4back

Guessing Hockey has a reverse B spread about a 7 yard join on W boundary.

Paddy lifting ball in the middle and shooting at double from near corner 1 - misses to corner 2

Hockey misses shooting S at partner into corner 1

Paddy shoots from corner 2 at partner near the E boundary misses.  Hockey shoots from corner 1 at partner and misses into corner 2

Paddy misses whatever join he had to Hockey's ball in corner 2 - which you have to assume is his hoop 3 ball

Rutger has NSL Maugham lifts ball by hoop 4

Maugham hits.  Hoops still being reset on 7

Hockey fails hoop 3. Paddy has croquet between 3 and 4 with a ball in the jaws of 3 and partner by hoop 4.

Maugham makes hoop 1 and has a break.

Fulford is in the clubhouse

Paddy runs hoop 1 and has a cast iron break

Johnston to E boundary

Rob to corner 2

Dave setting up for TPO

Johnston misses from corner 3

Apparently I missed Dave grovelling through two missing the hoop 3 pioneer and Rutger missed a 6 yarder letting Dave carry on his break

Fulford has hit the southern ball from A baulk takes off up boundary plays a good rush but it is only to N boundary in front of 1back

This is possibly the longest time I have ever seen Rob take over a shot

Hes played it while I was writing that looks like he has intentionally croqueted Johnston out in corner 1 and joined up in corner 2

Johnston shoots from corner 1 and hits partner

Paddy has diagonal spread simon taking long lift with ball for hoop 4

Hockey misses.

Dave has slightly scrappy position for peeling rover going to 3back

Andy takes off well to Robs balls in corner2

Andy rushes well to 1 with a ball half way between 2 and the corner.

Dave gets the peel - wouldnt be a good time for a Maugham error

Andy has break under control at hoop 3

Paddy has standard TP at hoop 3

Dave is trying a POP before rover

The POP failed he ran rover with a rush on partner S, he rushed it off the middle off the S boundary (not quite in baulk) and pegged two off

Rutger approaches to 8 feet and runs 1 off the N boundary (daves ball peg high between 1 and 2)

Paddy has made 1 back with a peel done, doesnt have total control

Andy at 2back

Rutger misses and Dave misses, Rutger rolling up to hoop 2 from corner 1

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