Jamie blue to E boundary
Jenny red to corner II
Jamie hits blue, sets a rush to hoop 1
Jenny shoots from corner III, hits blue
Rushes black to corner II, rushes yellow to hoop 1, 4 yards NE, fails hoop 1
Jamie shoots across from E bdry, misses.

Jenny hits Jamie's ball, sends it ti hoop 2, but it goes 5 yards past

Makes hoop 1, rushes to boundary N of 2, picks out the ball in corner 2, and has a 4 ball break

Loads 2back after 5

1back pioneer is 3 yards NW of the hoop. Rushes back to 2 back after 6 and changes the balls, to get a rush to near corner II.
Goes to have a look at the ground around hoop 4, no doubt to help decide whether to set a NSL

Gets to 4back but the NSL goes astray. Blue SW of hoop 2, black near hoop 4 but open to the baulk, also black can see red on the E bdry. Yellow goes to corner II.

Jamie lifts blue, shoots from corner III at red, misses into corner IV.

Red hits black

Clips:
Jenny yellow 4back, red 1
Jamie Blue 1, Black 1

Jenny approaches hoop 1 with red, makes it, splits black to 3 while going to yellow in II, rolls off hoop 2 with yellow and has a 3 ball break

After hoop 3 takes off to blue in IV, gets 2 feet from it, and has a 4 ball break

Black still near hoop 3

After hoop 4 takes off back to hoop 3 to gather in black

Jacket off
Jenny has it all under control approaching hoop 6

Goes to peg with a tight diagonal spread.

Jamie lifts blue fromm the pag to III, and misses into IV

Jenny gets a 2 yard position at 4back

Runs it hard, hoop and roquet

Jenny finishes, 26-0

Hoops are being tested

Hoops are being tested

sending k up behind h3 takes off to cnr 2 and goes out.
jenny shots b from h4 at r & y and hits y in cnr 2, rushes r to boundary behind 1
makes h1, & roquets r 3yds short cnr2 wb

rushes y to k at 3 then brings k bake to h2 makes, hits r in cnr 2 and 4 break to the peg, here we come.

sends k to middle between 3 & 4 makes hoop off y

r pioneer ball is a bit deep at 4, takes k down picks up r and makes h4 to boundary

hits k to h5 where is collides with y, k sent tot 6 and goes back for r send to peg, hoop 5 made

h6 made, break very much under control

1bk made

looks like diagonal spread leave as r sent towards wb, precision shot sneaking y past 5 to load 3b,
2bk made

nope, nsl it is, having a tad problem getting y into position, well done,
Great leave

woops hadn't quite finished, got distracted by toby hitting great lift shot

now its a good leave with k & b middle of eb

Jamie lines up ball from b baulk and middles k with y, nice shot

rush to behind 6, not exactly where he wanted, roll to r at h2 and over does it has a rush to c3 not h1

he has taken rush to c2 and set up

jenny shoots with b...

hits y, front ball to behind r on boundary

plays drive y to 4b, 7 roquets r in same stroke,
sends r to line behind 2 collects k at 4

rolls to set up in c4 and k goes out. still has 2y rush up line to y

r shoots at y, nails it

takes off to balls in cnr 4
nice rush to h1 with b

made, gets rush back to k by h4
k & b at hoops 3 & 4, rush to middle of lawn , straight roll to h2, over cooks it

what to do?...

sends r 1yd on nb from c2

k shoots from h3 to k at h4, looks hard at it as it slides past..

Jamie hits y with r over to h3 & takes off to ? not sure if he meant closest ball of boundary ball.,
leaves k on boundary, rushes b to h2 and makes h2 with r

not a good roll to send b back into position, very short,
makes h3 from y

just eating a very nice piece of chocolate slice,
morning tea at half eleven

Jamie has just made h5, break very much under control

you have to quick around here an ant nearly got my cake
h6 done and dusted

1bk

k sent out to side for nsl, b sent to 3bk, very short,
2bk made

r just sneaks it way thru 3bk, setting up on eb,

jenny picks k up and shoots down boundary and misses in the middle of the two balls, 1/2 y from c4

game status
b & r on 4bk
y & k on h1

y gets nice placement on b to take to h1

hoop run under control, rush to peg, loads 3 with b and collects k for h2

Jamie's game has slowed and is being played with precision

having said that, he is a bit shot in his placement of r to start his tp.

h3 made, has to now do delayed tp

h4

h5, tp, not going to happen, r is now at 1bk

h6

1bk,

sorry, just discussion the nail biter last night between Toby, Aaron, Robert & Samir. What a game!
Jamie has been cruising round the lawn and has just made 4bk

Jamie is now placing b to the hoop, runs rover with y

send k towards w boundary , wires b thru peg, not sure if he happy with it.

diagonal spread...must be good

jenny picks up k, shoots from b baulk oooooh!!! man that was close. Robbed
looks like game 3 here we come.

r runs 4bk, looks like a 3ball finish using b

makes penultimate but hits y, rover made
peg out made simple
Game two to England 26-9

Lunch time I hope as I need a recharge

hoop 6 took some time to reset but game under way
they have swapped balls Jamie is now b & k
jenny r &y
K went to eb by h4, r cnr 2
b cnr 4
Jenny played from a baulk and hit b in cnr 4, rolled to hoop 1 I think (as repositng under shade of umbrella so I can see the screen) then layed up in cnr 2
Jamie sent k back into cnr 4,
r rushed y in field,towards 5, picked up b and tried h1, failed to get posiiton so retired behind y on line
b shoots for k in cnr 4 misses
Jenny plays r send y to h2, comes to cnr 4 hits back ball and get nice rush on k to h1, hit slightly hard so has 4 yd roll back to hoop, not bad, runs h1 by 1ft, has hamped shot o k

missed shot on k but hit y at hoop 2

made h2

h3 and hit r on way thr

h4 made and she collects k from near cn4. Jenny now has possession of all 4 balls, should be a 4 bk leave

had to return to the pavilion so now this is a long range commentary for a while
Just heard one of the little girls giving Nelson morrow a definition of his character based on her fairy book. He was a queen,(which caused him a great deal of amusement and I'm a poppy fairy.

Jenny has just hit a long return shot from the boundary on h6 and is now making 1bk

3bk being made

3bk, has laid up in cnr 4 with rush to b middle of lawn near eb, k in cnr 4. looks lie they are gong to lunch as Jenny walking this way.

r on 4bk and all other balls on h1

jenny is in play again after Jamie missed the lift shot, she has just played a really nice shot from no 1 cr to place b to h2 and got excellent position on k for rush back to h1, stopped 1yd from h1
lovely hoop approach, run under control and k roqueted

nice placement on b at h2, k at 3 ant r just short on c4

h2 run to boundary, hit b on way back, just checking clearance of b down to h4

k stops with in 2 feet from h3 and she gets 6in hoop to run

the position on b at h4 not as good as she wishes, but tin her stride she makes the hoop and after considering r in c4 she decides to hit b to middle of lawn between 3 & 4

takes off to r in cnr 4 with y, hits

checking again she can get good position on k about 2yds nth of 5, r is sent to 6. adequate result with slight cut to the hoop

not bad, ft position behind hoop, runs with ease

k goes to parallel position e of h2, b moved to middle of other side of peg and again

enny has 6in hoop

at h6, r to2bk, slightly shorter than she would have liked

She is in the zone, with another 6in hoop at 1bk

The lawns look even faster than the 11.91 seconds first thing this morning, the wind has dropped and the sun is streaming down.

2bk slight longer hoop 9inches, hits r on way thru

r sent to 1bk, she opts for take off from b and goes to k makes 3bk with rush on k up to 4bk if she wishes.

she spotted the spot she wanted, and that's where k landed. sent to penult.

touch croquet at 4bk, hoop run. r now down at rover, taking off to b to move slightly towards rover, makes penult hoping to hit k after, misses but runs down to two ball at rover.

made sure of that but result in 9yder, the ball skims between the two balls, not sure how and ends up on b baulk

Jamie picks up k send y to h2 and takes off to r & b at rover. promotes r forward to peg and rushes b to h1 makes

state of game
k h2
b h1
r 4bk
y peg

r & b have been positioned over by h3 as he hits y after making h2

wireless got stuck, in the meantime Jamie has make h3 with k

He has got his break under control
h4,h5 & h6
rush on y back into the middle of the lawn if he chooses to take in, nope, just moved in 1yd and takes off to r by h2,

double loading 3bk k is now making 2bk, another 6in hoop

b rushed to 3bk, all ball in the vicinity,, b poked towards middle and collects r,

making h off y, not sure what he is aiming for...

y hit to line, which he is leaving there. thick take off sends y nearly into c4
r has been placed middle of eb about 2yds from line and is now setting up in cnr2 with rush down w boundary

clips r & k on 4bk, b on 1, y peg!

Jenny picks up r and shoots for y in c4.......... as Jarrod would say. middles it!

now the difficult take off cnr to cnr on lawns which have got faster.

As soon as she hit it, she realises it is far to hard and the ball is out. Bother! Comes to rest 3 yrds on nth boundary from c2

b rushes k to h1, ignoring r.
outcome.... not bad

about 3yd shot to h1, b ends up 1 ft from hoop but I only crawls thru and has hampered shot on k nearly peg high

on comes the ref

Or not,

now one is found

sorry was looking at excitement on lawn 2, Jamie places clip on h2, b & k 2ft apart and r behind on the boundary by 2 looking down their throat

Jenny hits the b ball down past h1 towards a baulk

b is sent to 2yds in front of penult and get great rush on k to y, disaster!! it hits hoop 4.

not getting the rush on the ball in cnr 4 she now has a long rush up the lawn to 4bk.

The angle not quite right so is setting up in 3rd cnr with rush to hoop

back on line

Croquet scores has crashed, in the mean time Jamie made a nice break round to the peg with the blue ball, left k in cnr 4, b in cnr 2 r in middle and had pegged y out.
Jenny picked up r and shot at b missed.
Jamie ended up in cnr 4 with both balls jenny shot and hit.
She made 4 bk, sent her k forward to rover and approached penult. Bounced out.
Just returning court side the ref is down on the ground doing a wiring lift on the b ball at rover, wired from b in cnr 4 and red in front of penalt.
After serious deliberation he rules it only just open.
Jamie shoots and hits it in the middle,
He takes off from B baulk to cnr 4 sending red inwards 3 yds from b baulk towards hoop 2
Setting up a rush. Still deciding where to place the ball. In the end using hoop 6 as a deterrent
Jenny shoot and only misses by a smidge on the k ball at the back
James promotes r in wards and takes rush to 4 bk. An angular hoop misses and bounces back. Still in a difficult positon.
Jenny shoots from h4 …. Misses.
Forces the ball thru the hoop the hits r,
Sends to in front of h3, rushes b past penault, rolls back, not bad position on hoop , bounces to the side.
Game status
R & K on penultimate, B peg and y off the lawn.
Jenny picks up r for lift shot and placing on b baulk, shoots directly down the lawn, missing the k and ending up just off the middle of sb.
Jamie hits k onto b down to sth boundry just shy of c4, takes off to r and over rolls it. Sending r towards h2 on the side boundary, he retires back to b, just short of the cnr with rush in direction of rover
Jenny again shoots……….. . . . . . .. . . . . . misses by her greatest margin of a ft.
Jamie send r in lawn towards rover, and get nice rush to penult, take off to back of hoop makes it hard and the ball ends up on the sth boundary A baulk. B is still sitting by penult. He shoots at it…
And sorry, I just started laughing, so did he, as he nailed the peg and the ball bounced over the the w boundary by h2
Jenny shoots and misses. Jamie rushes r to nth boundary, takes off to that b ball by penult and hits it cross lawn. A good attempt at rover, but it slides off to the side and ends up next door rather than in front. He places the ball on the sth boundary with5 yd shoot up the lawn to the peg.
Jenny misses again. K takes off to b from r, rushes it to in front of rover, nice hoop down to line to hit r.
One could say, game over Rover. …. But….. he didn’t get the best rush on b to the peg. He now has a 7yder peg out. Nailed. Games over
England win in 3, 0-26 26-9 26-23