MacRobertson Shield
Test 3 day 2 Forster v Rothman AND R Fletcher v Maloof by steve wardle
Hi croquet readers..
I will cover the two Aus v USA games here.
Both lawns have players warming up..
12 Jan 2014 12:23PM (Tournament); 76 Readers
Lawn 1 Maloof v R Fletcher
Maloof has hit 4th turn and laid up, sending opponents to hoops 1 and 2
Robert has hit from hoop 1 and center balls partner at hoop 2..
12 Jan 2014 12:29PM (Tournament); 76 Readers
Lawn 2 Ben v Stephen
Ben super shot. Stephen to crn II, Ben centreballs cnr II ball rolls to super shot ball.. makes 1 and is away on the third ball..
12 Jan 2014 12:33PM (Tournament); 70 Readers
Lawn I Robert is away approaching hoop 2..all the balls out now..
12 Jan 2014 12:35PM (Tournament); 67 Readers
Ben is approaching hoop 4 on the third turn.. everything laid out...looking good.. marrage seems to be agreeing him..
12 Jan 2014 12:38PM (Tournament); 70 Readers
Lawn 1, Robert is playing with perfection.. approaching 1b now
12 Jan 2014 12:41PM (Tournament); 68 Readers
Lawn 2 Ben is now heading for 2b also playing very nicely..marrage seems to be agreeing WITH him.. setting up with 3 ducks I think... on west bdy
12 Jan 2014 12:46PM (Tournament); 67 Readers
lawn 1 , Robert is to 4b with a MSL...
12 Jan 2014 12:46PM (Tournament); 68 Readers
Lawn 2, Stephen missed up the West Bdy
12 Jan 2014 12:48PM (Tournament); 68 Readers
Lawn 2 Ben is now approaching hoop 2, has partner at 3 (4b) K is there too..
12 Jan 2014 12:53PM (Tournament); 68 Readers
Lawn 1, David deliberated for a long time , but finally lifted the hoop 4 ball and shot down the E bdy and Missed...Robert in again..
12 Jan 2014 12:54PM (Tournament); 64 Readers
lawn 2, Ben has standard TP ahead of him, lining up 4b peel now, having made 3 .. jawsd 4b..rushed it through before going down to 5
12 Jan 2014 12:59PM (Tournament); 69 Readers
Lawn 1, Robert lining up 4b peel, going to 6
12 Jan 2014 1:07PM (Tournament); 61 Readers
Lawn 2 Ben going to 2b, two peels done on Triple
12 Jan 2014 1:09PM (Tournament); 63 Readers
Lawn 1, Robert is at 2b, only one peel done, but he looks in so much control
12 Jan 2014 1:13PM (Tournament); 65 Readers
Lawn 2, Ben is now pegging out Game one ..over 26-0 TP
12 Jan 2014 1:20PM (Tournament); 58 Readers
Lawn 1 and Robert is facing a straight double to finish.
12 Jan 2014 1:23PM (Tournament); 67 Readers
Lawn 2 is under way again.. looks like a anti duffer.. Stephens balls in corner 4, Ben shooting at the anti duffer..HITS
12 Jan 2014 1:31PM (Tournament); 64 Readers
Lawn 1, Robert is lining up rover from maybe 4 yards , a bit angly too...
Greg has just won game two over on lawn 4 so its one all....Game On !!!!
12 Jan 2014 1:33PM (Tournament); 67 Readers
Lawn 1, Robert misses after making Rover. he didn't peel K, so he is on peg and Rover v 1 and 1.. don't quite know how, but David has hit in.. from lift or somehow..
12 Jan 2014 1:36PM (Tournament); 62 Readers
Lawn 2 and Ben laid up.. Stephen missed so Ben is in approaching hoop 1, with a ball at 2..he has made 1.. should be away now...
12 Jan 2014 1:39PM (Tournament); 59 Readers
Lawn 1 .. David missed hoop 1 and Robert has hit in with his Peg ball..looks to be making a leave.. R on sth bdy behind hoop 1, Y west of hoop 2 laying up on the west bdy
12 Jan 2014 1:45PM (Tournament); 51 Readers
Meanwhile back on Lawn 2, Ben has stuck in hoop 2, but Stephen hasn't done much with the opportiunity..... Ben has shot from 1 to 2 and Missed.. Stephen is now onto K which is behind hoop 2, getting a rush on B to hoop 1, nails it...
12 Jan 2014 1:49PM (Tournament); 47 Readers
Lawn 2 David has made hoop 1, and approaching hoop 2 now. opps.. got waylaid talking to John Prince and Roger Murfitt.. now he is making 4.. all looks in order..
12 Jan 2014 1:54PM (Tournament); 50 Readers
opps.. that was Lawn 1... golly two lawns are hard to keep track of..
12 Jan 2014 1:55PM (Tournament); 52 Readers
Lawn 2, and Stephen has made 5 , loading 2b with partner, looking good...
12 Jan 2014 1:56PM (Tournament); 50 Readers
LAwn 2 still.. Stephen making 2b now.. B left west of hoop 2 making 3b now... all looks pretty good for a NSL
12 Jan 2014 2:00PM (Tournament); 53 Readers
Lawn 1, and Robert has put on his jacket.. I can tell you that its still chilly and a wee threat of rain.. but now so far.. anyway....
David is going around nicely.. approaching 1b now has partner at 2b very nicely.. setting things for his leave..
12 Jan 2014 2:03PM (Tournament); 50 Readers
Lawn 2, Ben lifts hoop 4 ball (K) and shoots down east Bdy, hits Y and rushes R to behind B on West bdy..gets rush to hoop 1 and could be away..
makes 1, big roll from 1 sending B to 3 and getting nicely onto R at hoop 2
12 Jan 2014 2:07PM (Tournament); 54 Readers
Lawn 1.. and David is now making hoop3b, all under control.. Black (for rover) is on hoop 4.. tidying up the ball at 2.. Y and R on East bdy behind hoop 4.. nice turn..
12 Jan 2014 2:13PM (Tournament); 54 Readers
Lawn 2 and Ben has made 5.. loading 2b with partner R going to 1b, Y waiting for him at 6
12 Jan 2014 2:14PM (Tournament); 52 Readers
Lawn 1... Robert shooting down E bdy... with K (for Rover).. misses...to corner IV
12 Jan 2014 2:17PM (Tournament); 50 Readers
Lawn 2 and Ben has stuck in Hoop 6..Stephen has easy roquet with Y and now has things nice.
a ball at his hoop (1) hoop 2 loaded...
12 Jan 2014 2:19PM (Tournament); 51 Readers
Lawn 2 and Stephen has a standard TP ahead of him.. making hoop 3 now..
12 Jan 2014 2:22PM (Tournament); 53 Readers
Lawn 1 and David is away on his second ball, making 5 now..
12 Jan 2014 2:24PM (Tournament); 54 Readers
lawn 2.. Stephen has failed his 4b peel attempt.. making 5 now and has K at 4b as his pioneer for 6..
12 Jan 2014 2:25PM (Tournament); 53 Readers
Lawn 2 . Stephen has jawsed 4b.. all looking a bit ragged now as he has his 1b pioneer 4 yards behind 6.. but he has peeled R thru 4b now, sends it towards 2b
12 Jan 2014 2:30PM (Tournament); 55 Readers
Lawn 1, and David still hasn't peeled 4b, is going to 1b now...his partner ball is near 4b, but not in the jaws .. there is a good pioneer for 2b tho
12 Jan 2014 2:32PM (Tournament); 56 Readers
Had to go and get a beer.. SO I HAVE MISSED a bit of the action... but it seems that David is still in play.. making 3b, has not done any peels...
12 Jan 2014 2:37PM (Tournament); 61 Readers
Lawn 2, and Stephen is on rover and rover.. looking to wrap up game two..
12 Jan 2014 2:39PM (Tournament); 60 Readers
bugger..he has rushed his Red ball into hoop 5.. doesn't look like he can peg out....
12 Jan 2014 2:41PM (Tournament); 60 Readers
so R and Y on the east Bdy both on the Peg..
B and K both near hoop 5 for 2 and 6 respectively
12 Jan 2014 2:44PM (Tournament); 59 Readers
Lawn 1.. David has made it around to the peg, his other ball is on 4 back.. v Robert who is on Peg and Rover..
a diagonal spread.. with K on Esst bdy, B by the peg and Rand Y on west Bdy
12 Jan 2014 2:49PM (Tournament); 60 Readers
Robert lifts K (the Rover ball)
12 Jan 2014 2:52PM (Tournament); 60 Readers
Stalks..
12 Jan 2014 2:52PM (Tournament); 59 Readers
restalks..
12 Jan 2014 2:53PM (Tournament); 59 Readers
restalks
12 Jan 2014 2:53PM (Tournament); 59 Readers
and HITs, never looked like missing to be fair..
12 Jan 2014 2:53PM (Tournament); 60 Readers
he should finish from here..
12 Jan 2014 2:54PM (Tournament); 60 Readers
and does.... 26-21
12 Jan 2014 2:56PM (Tournament); 64 Readers
over on lawn 2...
12 Jan 2014 2:56PM (Tournament); 64 Readers
Ben is approaching 1bhis partner is still on 2..
12 Jan 2014 2:57PM (Tournament); 63 Readers
but misses..
12 Jan 2014 2:57PM (Tournament); 64 Readers
Im sorry folks, I am heading off.. hope you enjoyed the comments..
12 Jan 2014 2:58PM (Tournament); 64 Readers
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