Commentary on Landrebe & Beard (Aus) v Chapman & Westerby (NZ)
Submitted by Ian Vincent on Fri, 06/08/2010 - 17:51 +0100
Lawn 4. NZ won +5tp(C) +24tp(C)
Peter Landrebe (R) Kevin Beard (Y)
Paddy Chapman (K) Aaron Westerby (B)
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G1T1: K supershot
G1T2: R to middle of E boundary
G1T3: B hits R from A baulk, underhits spilt to H2 and K, long take-off to hoop, but something
went wrong after H2.
G1T4: Y hit in and has run H1.
G1T4: Y stuck in 4 off R.
G1T5: K shoots at Y in H4, from about 5 yds. Misses, bouncing of hoop to C4.
G1T6: Y reconstructs break. Now at H6.
G1T6: Y hampered after 6, but hits 1-Back pioneer. Rushes H6 pioneer to N boundary, approachs, leaving longish 1-Back which he runs.
G1T6: Y gets to 4-B, with B by 3-B and K near W boundary S of 2.
G1T7: B misses long lift to C4.
G1T8: R hampered after H4, with B at 5 and K N of 4-Back.
G1T8: R hits, sends Y to 6 going to B at 5.
G1T8: R going round with no peels.
G1T8: R does straight irish 4-B peel, but needs ref. 5yd straight penult peel. Needs ref again because R hampered by hoop from hitting K, 1yd N of it..
G1T8: R made roquet, but fails half jump over Y with ref still in attendance. All balls round penult.
G1T9: Clips now B 1; K 3; R Penult; Y Rover. NZ to play.
G1T9: B has break now at H5.
G1T9: B ended on 4-B with diagonal spread.
G1T11: R missed long lift into corner 4.
G1T12: K has 6yd appraoch to H1. Runs it with laid break.
G1T12: Paddy (K) doing delayed TP, rush peel of 4-B before 1-B.
G1T11: Paddy completes with straight rover peel under good control.
NZ win game 1 +5tp (Chapman)
Adjourned for lunch!
G2T1: R to 2' off E boundary, from B-Baulk
G2T2: K to corner 2.
G2T3: Y missed R from A-Baulk
G2T4: B missed from C3 to C4.
G2T5: Y stuck in H3, off B. Stray dog has just been shooed out of the pavilion!
G2T6: B hit Y to N boundary. R is on E boundary, K E of H5.
G2T8: B (Westerby) has a break: currently for H6.
G2T8: B got to 4-B.
G2T9: Y took (longish) short lift from A baulk and missed
G2T10: K (Chapman) about to peel parner through 4-B going to 6.
G2T10: Paddy completes his TP.
NZ win +24tp (Chapman) to win the match 2-0.