Test 1, Day 5 , Aus v Eng - doubles

Weather much the same as the last 4 days, but with an expected high of 39.

Lawn 5, Ian Dumergue and Stephen Forster v David Maugham and James Hopgood
Lawn 6, Simon Hockey and Greg Fletcher v James Death and Jamie Burch
Lawn 7, Robert and Malcom Fletcher v Stephen Mulliner and Samir Patel

Starting vey soon , warm up over

L6, Simon Hockey supershot 3 yards NW hoop 5
James Death just nth Cnr 4
Greg Fletcher hits from A baulk centre ball

L7, Robert Fletcher supershot 3.5 yards NW hoop 5
Samir Patel mirrors it east
Malcolm Fletcher misses through Samir's ball into BBaulk

L6, GF load to 2 is 10 yards Sth, rush to hoop 1 gives him a 8 yard roll in from 45 degrees
Runs a 2.5 foot straight hoop, with nth rush

L5, David Maugham supershot 4 yards Nw hoop 5
Stephen Forster Sth of Cnr 2
James Hopgood misses the 13 yarder
Ian Dumergue has a touching ball double - hits

L7, STephen Mulliner making a quick break and is up to hoop 3, running tight from the tap on start

L7, STephen Mulliner making a quick break and is up to hoop 3, running tight from the tap on start

L6, GF break under control and is through hoop 4

L7, ID edges a rush to one , has an approach to hoop from 1 yard nth hoop 5- plays it well and has a 3 yard straightish hoop - Ian didn't quite load hoop 2 , could only get it just Sth of 6, looks at the retiring Cnr 2 option where partner is - takes hoop on , misses , DM has a 6 yarder - hits at a smooth pace , has a 8 yard roll into hoop

L7, DM does not roll, takes off to partner near 6, a bit short , so no rush, roquets it to 5 yards nth of 6 , takes off to Cnr 2 ball, goes out by a few inches

L6, GF though 1 back , 2 back loaded well, has. A roquet shot to load 3 back from Sth of hoop 2

L6, GF though 1 back , 2 back loaded well, has. A roquet shot to load 3 back from Sth of hoop 2

L7, SM through 3 back setting DS

L5, SF starts break, through hoop 1, with 2 loaded and a good pivot

Apologies need to stop for ten,
L6, GF appears to set ducks

L6, SH in play with all balls , making hoop 3 with partner on second break
L7, not sure of the lift shot , but as I came back Samir was walking off and Malcom walking , had a short roquet near 4 and is now approaching 1
L5, SF finishes 9, DM lifts the hoop 4 ball , shoots from 1 yard west Cnr 3 - misses

L7, MF fails hoop 1, SP misses from hoop 2 into Cnr 1- MF still has a 2 yard hoop, so elects to shoot at Samir's ball - misses

L7, Samir makes hoop 4 , which answers what happened previously , when the innings was turned over

L6, SH jawses rover peel going to 2back

L5, ID playing a tight break , up to hoop 3, hoop 2 load nicely placed just east , gets a Sth rush from 3, rushes it to east bndry nth of hoop 5 line, takes off to Cnr 4, loads hoop 5

L7, Samir is hampered after 1 back, hits easily, loads on 2 back and 3 back are nth , good set up for rover with rush

L7, Samir is hampered after 1 back, hits easily, loads on 2 back and 3 back are nth , good set up for rover with rush

L6, SH completes TP to take game 1 +26TP

L5, ID in some control through 5 , no rush, peelee is sitting awkwardly SW of 4back and escape ball for 6 is 4 yards nth of 6 , rolls another ball nth of 6, does not get a rush to 4 back peel position , medium thick take off sends peelee into good position , gets. A nice rush to 6 - needed some touch as blue was close to black

L7, SP completes rover at rover to take game 1

L5, ID gets a near jaws peel at 4 back going to pioneer nth of 6, has loaded 2 back quite well , gets a good rush, makes 1 back and 2 back, gets some rush nth after 2back , rolls it to 4 back , rush peel needs to be accurate as the load at 3 back is not Far East of the hoop,
Gets wire on the rush peel, gets it through by 2 feet - appears to have enough room past hoop to 3 back load.
Plays it well , has a 1.5 yard takeoff to hoop and some old hoop holes to travel over , runs a 2 foot straight hoop and gets a East rush

L7, game 2 underway
SP east bndry mid court
MF Sth Cnr 2
SM shoots at MF ball , misses
RF misses 13 yard double
SM plays a rush that promotes the Sth ball , loads 2 and rushes to 1

L6, missed the opening of game 2.
Position is all clips on 1,
SH black is 1 yard Sth Cnr 2
James Red is SE of hoop 3 , close to bndry
Jamie Yellow is 4yards SE of hoop 1,
GF blue is retiring west bndry Sth of black by a few yards

L6, JB retires into Cnr 4

L7, SM travelling well , but sticks in 3 , RF hits 5 yard shot

L5, ID attempts peel on penult after running penult, ends up in jaws , slides past blue to not get a Sth rush, rover loaded just ok , - consults Stephen ,
Sends blue ( Eng) to peg , gets rush to rover , rush 1 foot Sth of rover , makes rover , sends blue to west bndry line of hoop 2 , rushes black tight to peg , takes off , rush peels red and rolls east bndry

L6, JD JH are together Cnr 4 , SH in Cnr 2, GF retiring into Cnr 3

L6, DM lifts blue, hits short lift shot, establishes break, hampered after 2, but can hit pivot , 5 yards away, keeps break going and has it all tight at 5

L6, some more interaction , JB misses 1, not quite in jaws, JD ball in Cnr 3, GF ball nth of hoop 2 on bndry, SH misses 7 yard edge at JB ball onto Sth bndry,
JB runs 1 , hits ball nth of 2 towards Cnr 3, rushes to hoop 2

L7, RF completes break and sets NSL, England miss into Cnr 4, MF rushing to 1 after loading 2

L6, JB misses hoop 2, GF hits from Cnr 2

L7, MF through hoop 3, take off well to Cnr 4, loads it to 4 back

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L5, DM sets NSL, ID lifts yellow from 4 ( peg ball ) misses from Cnr 3 into Cnr 4

L6, game not moving much, SH runs hoop 3 to Sth bndry , misses roquet on ball near 4

L7, MF peels 4 back after 5 , sends penult to rover , 1 yard Nth , makes penult

L5, JH running tight break, has dug Cnr 4 ball out and peels 4 back with rush to hoop 6

Wifi struggling, making croquetscores struggle

So some commentry is lagging behind

L7, MF error at rover, one on peg, one on rover, SM in play
L5, JH has done two peels and is up to penult

L5, SH running 3back, setting NSL

L7, SM takes break of 9, sets NSL

L5, JH peeling rover at rover from 2 feet,
L6, JD checking to see if hoop 4 can hit the east bndry set up - lifts it and heads Cnr 3
L5, JH JH peels clean and pegging out
L7, MF shooting from Cnr 3- misses

L6, JD hits the lift shot
L5, JH and DM win game 1 +3TP

L6, JD runs hoop 1 , misses nth roquet at the ball near hoop 2,
SH shoots from Sth of hoop 2 at partner near hoop 3, - misses
JB ball,is in Cnr 4 - JD shoots from nth bndry near Cnr 2 at blue near 3 - misses

L7, SP has 4back jawsed after 3, I missed the ball movement as MF had missed into Cnr 4, however SP is in tight control through 5 , no nth rush , loads 1 back while going to 4 back , rush peels

L5, game 2 starts,
SF supershot, 3 yards nth 5
DM shoots at it soft, misses to 4 yards past peg
ID shoots from A baulk , should be a double , DM ball did get some drift , and SF ball is due nth of 5 ,
ID hits supershot ball , finishes near hoop 2, takes off to DM ball

L6, SH completes break to 4 back sets a ball at rover and a ball at penult, separates himself and partner 10 yards apart east bndry
JD hits from rover at east bndry balll

L6, JD peels Simons ball through 4 back after 3, has a hampered rush, plays it well
L5, ID misses hoop 2, JH hits 5 yarder from BBaulk 4th ball on
L7, SP looks like he is up to 4 back and has partner towards rover , no load at penult , but two balls nth of 4 back , rushes well west of rover , loads rover nth and rushes partner back to nth bndry , sends partner back towards rover holding rush to penult

L6, JD clangs hoop 4, GF misses 12 yarder from hoop 5 area , looks like he was hampered to hit the Ball near 4

L5, JH makes hoop 1 and 2, has set break
L6, JB tickles the 4 yarder into Cnr 4

L7, SP peels rover at rover , needs to jump peelee , gets the top of it and has a croquet shot from 3 yards nth of A baulk , other balls are, blue 2 yards nth hoop 5 and black 5 yards Sth hoop 5
SP and SM discuss

L7, SP loads peg, rushes blue to Cnr 4 ish, takes off to black, pegs it out and pegs himself out.
MF lifts and hits the 13 yarder , rolls to hoop , misses 4/5 yard hoop,
SM hits and pegs out to take match 2-0
( didn't see it , getting lunches , so as it was described to me )

L5, JH has finished turn , clips are 4back and rover, SF in play and through hoop 2 on controlled break , ID clip on 2

L6, lots of action, after JD did one peel of TPO , JB did one more,, put a ball out at 4 back hoop approach, GF in play faced with a single peel finish and is up to hoop 5 , with well set balls

L5, SF in control through 1 back

L5, SF completes break , lays a NSL, ID is for hoop 2, difficult leave to choose, Yellow on 4 back is near 2 can lift , hit and win, JH lifts and shoots from Cnr 3 - misses into Cnr 4

L6, GF through hoop 3 back

L6, GF has the theee hoops to make, peeled rover at 2 or 3 back

L5, ID takes off to Cnr 4 , stop it towards 3 , runs past the ball at 4 by a few yards

L5, big roll to hoop 2, weights good, but a tad west - retires to east bndry

L6, GF finishes to take the game and match

L5, DM and JH pair up , inches apart nth hoop 3, ID hits infield shot of 7 yards , rolls partner to 3 and has the two balls to work the rush to 2

L5, ( only lawn left ) ID through hoop 2, all set for TP at 3

ID peels 4back after 3

ID missed a roquet after 5, slightly hampered

DM controls break to finish +11 TP , takes match 2-0
Test finishes 12-9