Hi All

Same temp as yesterday , high of 41 and already at 29 , 8am

Lawn 1, Greg Fletcher v Stephen Morgan
Lawn 2, Ian Dumergue v Jeff Soo
Lawn 3, Stephen Forster v Stuart Lawrence
Lawn 4, Robert Fletcher v Ben Rothman

Late starts , Simon Hockey v David Maloof
Malcolm Fletcher v Danny Huneycutt

Players warming up , should be starting not long after 8.30

L2, Ian Dumergue to 4.5 yards NE
Jeff Soo into Cnr 2
ID misses into Cnr 2
JS misses double

L1, Greg Fletcher supershot 6 yards NW
Stephen Morgan to a low standard USA tice position
GF misses tice from end of B baulk into Cnr 4

L3, Stuart Lawrence has hit east bndry ball 3rd turn on a supershot opening and is currently on a good break , through hoop 2

L1, SM misses from A baulk through the supershot ball , onto nth bndry

L1, GF hits partner on east bndry

L2, ID plays a canon , loads hoop 2 , promotes yellow to Sth of hoop 1 , while going to partner west of peg, has a nervy 7 yarder, tickles it faintly , signals to Jeff he got a touch of it. Takes off to the live ball Sth of hoop 1 - has 3 yards of landing room , plays it well , short rush to 1

L1, GF together on east bndry mid court , rush nth or Sth , SM Sth of hoop 1 and mid nth bndry.
SM shoots from Sth of hoop 1 at Greg, misses by a few feet right

L4 , seen no play, but Robert is on lawn approaching hoop 6 , on a 3 ball break , 4th ball not on court yet. This is the live streaming match

L3, SL break finished at hoop 6, SF runs hoop 1 with balls ahead, still work to get it under control.
There was some interaction , as I saw Stephen have to hit in , while Stuart was together east bndry

L2, ID misses hoop 2, JS gets together just out side Cnr 3 , ID shoots from nth hoop 2 at Jeff - hits centre ball

L2, ID loads hoop 3 and 4 , can't get a rush to 2, has a 12 yard roll from west bndry

L3, SF break still going, has hoop 5 and 6 loaded tight , runs hoop 5

L2, ID rolls and fails hoop 2 , from a close position .
JS shoots from Sth east of hoop 3, misses to west bndry near Cnr 2

L1, GF in control of break through hoop 3

L4,RF runs 3 back , sets the defensive leave, good tactic against Ben

Earlier in the week , when we discussed which players to set the ducks or defensive leaves against , the decision was countered by the difficulty of learning the balls, some new ones, some inconsistent pull and result outcome of croquet shots, so the ducks were the go to option more often.
Now the peeling has become more under control, it can be back to the right leave for the right player

L2, ID hits , loads Jeff to 3 , misses hoop 2
Jeff misses same shot east to west
ID runs hoop

L1, GF under control through 1 back

L3, SF completes break , sets a DS , SL lifts the peg ball , shoots And misses from Cnr 3

L4, BR hit the lift and is through hoop 1, might of been some interaction of a turn ? Either after 1 or before 1, as I have seen him play some big shots, rushes well to hoop 2 from nth of hoop 4, misses hoop from 1 yard

L2, ID misses short roquet near hoop 4 , JS hits 4 yards and has a break ahead , through hoop 2

L3, SF through hoop 2, 3 and 4, must of made 1 on the earlier interaction I missed, has a delayed set up

L1, GF makes 3 back, sets a NSL with ball in hoop 4.

L4, RF hits the 8 yarder , not sure with back ball or not

L3, SF jawsed the peel going to hoop 6, rush loads 2 back , takes off to peelee , touches it , take off peel to 1 back , 2 back load is 9 yards nth

L4, RF runs hoop 1 , balls well set in front for second break

L1, SM lifts the west bndry ball , hits westerly ball from Cnr 3, possibly wrong ball, as his head went down when it left mallet

Errand running for some players, back in 40, RF finished game 1

Back,

L1, GF took game one with a TP
L2, JS took game one with a TP
L3, SF missed a roquet after peeling rover, SL Took control , some interaction and SL won +2

L4, RF makes first break , sets NSL , ball on 4 is tight and some showing from A baulk
BR misses from Cnr 3 , RF on second break

L3, SF on second break, peels rover at rover , peels clean , back ball nearly nearly through , has tough shot on side ball , hits and rushes to peg to complete TP and square the match

L2, JS makes first break game 2 , sets DS

L1, GF makes first break game 2 , SM hits lift , makes hoop 1 , break ahead

L4, BR has clip on 3back and 1
RF through hoop 4 and has a delayed set up

L2, JS leave was not quite wired at peg , so separated on east bndry Cnr 4 by 9 yards , ID shot at partner west bndry - misses , JS misses 9 yarder into Cnr 3, ID misses 5 yarder on partner , JS misses from Cnr 3 , back into Cnr 4.
ID cut rushes , rolls yellow towards Cnr 4, loads Jeff to hoop 3 looking for rush to 1 on the nth east bndry ball, hits it on the croquet stroke, stops it to nth of 1, retires with rush facing 6

L1, SM through hoop 5, All under control

L2, JS shoots at partner near 3 from nth of 1 - hits

L3, SF onto first break through hoop 3, looking tight and precise

L4. RF completes TP to take game and match

L3, SF makes the 9, sets DS , SL hits lift from Cnr 3, on break through 1 back

L2, JS misses hoop 2 with second break ahead, looks like on leg of hoop, Ian got control of the lawn and is through hoop 2 with good break ahead

L1, GF made first 9 , SM hit lift shot, returned serve , GF shot and hit from Cnr 3 , has peeled after hoop 3, played straight so has a roll loading 5 with a well placed load at 4

L3, SL runs 3 back , looks like a reverse NSL
SF lifts the 2 ball , shoots from Cnr 1 at the balls sth of Cnr 3 by 9 yards - misses

L1, GF runs hoop 5 with a rush to east bndry near Cnr 3

L1, Greg jawsed peel at penult after 6

L2, Ian up to 1 back in control

L3 SL didn't get through hoop 2, but I think SF only had a long shot , SL back on court with balls ahead , but some work to bring break in

L4, Simon and David warmed up , ready to go

L1, GF peeled rover going to 3 back, running 4 back in control

L2, Ian completes break and sets NSL

L3, SL up to 1 back second break , think 1 peel done and peelee at 2 back

L4, Simon 5 yards nth of hoop 5 supershot
David towards east bndry mid court height
SH misses from b baulk to Cnr 4
David misses supershot ball from a baulk
SH misses partner in Cnr 4
DM hits partner from east bndry

L2, JS hits lift with his hoop 2 ball

L1, GF completes TP to take game 2 and match

L1, Malcolm on court for his warm up

L3, SL peels rover rover , pegs out to win game 3 and match

L2, JS gets hoop 2 from the hit in , but not hoop 3, Ian hits a 8 yarder on partner Sth bndry , but playing his 4 back ball.
Sets a leave of a ball 9 yards Nw of hoop 1 and a ball NE of hoop 3, lays up in Cnr 4

L4, DM makes break to 4 back , looks like a DS set up

L4, SH misses lift from Cnr 3

L2, JS misses , ID makes hoop 1 but not hoop 2,

L1, Danny east bndry
Malcolm Cnr 2
DH shoots to east bndry , lays rush to Cnr 2
MF misses from bbaulk into,Cnr 4

L1, DH makes 1 and 2, sets 13 yards apart east bndry and Cnr 3
MF misses partner in Cnr 4 from nth of 4

L2, JS misses east to west shot at Ian in front of hoop 2, Ian runs hoop 2 , hits partner , rolls into Cnr 2, hits black , loads It to a spot between 3 and 4, retires in Cnr 2 - jeffs other ball is in Cnr 1

L4 SH on court, can't see clips , but Simon runs hoop 2

L1, DH hits , over rolls 3 slightly , retires Cnr 4
MF hits a 1 yarder Sth of hoop 4, plays a good takeoff into the fast Cnr 4 , gets rush nth to east of 3 , can load towards 2 and get rush to 1, not quite , needs big cut.
Plays it well, has a 6 yard roll flat to hoop 1
Plays that well , runs hoop

L2, Ian puts a croquet ball out in Cnr 1
Clips are , Jeff 4 back and 3 , playing his hoop 3 ball
Ian 4 back and 3

L1, MF makes a fast 9, sets a MSL , DH shoots from Cnr 3 with the 4 ball - misses

L2, clips still the same , JS in play setting a leave
Yellow on Sth bndry 1 yard west Cnr 4
Red 3 yards SE of hoop 2 , Jeff places his balls just nth of hoop 4 , I inch apart , Ian open on red yellow , peg and hoop 4 wiring everything else
Ian fancies hittingthe possible half ball on offer nth of 4

L2, Ian misses by mms to Sth of Cnr 2

L1, MF makes 1, loads 3 albeit 3 yards east, rolls into hoop 2 from 4 yards west , bounces out of hoop 2

L1, bounces out to 4 yards east of 6
DH shoots from Sth of hoop 2 through yellow -misses to 6 yards nth of his Cnr 4 ball

L2, JS sticks in 3 from close , Ian has 3.5 yarder with most of the ball showing, hits ,( with his 4 back ball )

L1, Current temp is 39, no breeze , MF hits makes hoop 2, hoop 3 load is on nth bndry , cranks a rush to Sth bndry , loads 4 , gets rush on the ball west of 4 to only 5 more yards up east bndry .
Rolls it to west of 3 , hits the nth bndry ball, roll / drives it to hoop 3 - runs a 30 degree hoop with control , gets rush Sth

L2, JS back in play with a rush to hoop 3, a load at hoop 4, 4th ball just nth of Cnr 1, runs hoop, jumps high and fist pumps

L1, MF Jawses peel after 3 from distance , makes hoop 4 and 5, rush peels 4 back while loading 1 back

Off to see L4, back in 15

L4, SH gets to the peg , other clip on 3 back , DM 1 back and 4 back,
Sets DS
DM misses lift
SH makes 3back, sticks in 4back
DM hits puts Simon through 4back, bounces out of penult, SH hits a ten yarder makes hoops and wins game 1

L1, MF completes TP to win game 1

L2, JS takes game 2 and match

L1, MF supershot
DH max distance
MF hits centre ball from A baulk
Making break , through hoop 4

My iPad has cooked it self in the heat , will try to finish on the phone ,
L1, MF break through 3 back , setting ducks

L4, game 2 , DM east bndry SH Cnr 2, DM misses partner on east bndry, SH misses from A baulk

L1, MF 3 ducks turns to a triple from A baulk with a scatter , DH tweaks the shot from A baulk and misses by a few feet

Got L4 opening completely wrong , SH goes Cnr 4 ball 1 , DM east bndry, SH goes Cnr 2, DM misses partner 4th ball on , SH misses from Cnr 4 into Cnr 3

L1, MF runs hoop 1 to nth bndry , hits ball in Cnr 2 from 9 yards , loads hoop 3 , taps on a ball nth of hoop 1, rolls another ball to hoop 3, gets rush on partner to hoop 2

L1, MF can't get the peel at 3, snookered on peelee after hoop 3 run
Keeps it tight and loads hoop 5,takes off of peelee to hoop 4

L1, MF runs hoop 5, east rush , black is close to 4 back so needs good control on next croquet shot - nails it taps on and lines up peel, peel swings and clips away from hoop , rushes to hoop 6, runs hoop and rushes back to peelee.
peel going to 1 back also swings off of the left leg, makes 1 back

L1, rushes back to nth bndry
Loads 3 back ,
Lays on the ground for the peel line up , gets it in the jaws, nice rush set up to 2back.
Rushes to 2 back , rolls in from 3 yards near straight, runs hoop from 1 foot

L1, MF loads red to a spot west and Sth of 4back , runs 3 back, no nth rush .
Loads penult going to peelee, over cooks it by a few feet, hits the red instead,

L1, MF rolls red as a east escape ball just past 4 back , has a nice angled tap on , irishes peelee through, runs 4 back , but hits peelee , takes off to red, loads rover , makes penult , rushes back to nth bndry

L1, makes rover and sets a OSL

L1, DH lifts yellow from the east and shoots from A baulk - mis cues and misses

L1, MF makes the last two hoops, wins the game and match.
Test score is 11-6
Australia win the MacRobertson shield .
Happy happy team.
Hit nearly every goal each day, including wrapping up each test on the 4th day

L4, SH couldn't get the penult peel to work , so goes to the peg with a DS
DM hits , sticks in hoop 3,
SH hits him out with his peg ball sets a leave , Mid court towards the east bndry and nth west of penult wired, lays up in Cnr 1

L4, DM misses from penult into Cnr 1,SH finishes

Day score 4-2
Test score 12-6
We play tomorrow, had the options , both teams would like to play the event out.

No commentry though :-) , day off

Many thanks for all the nice comments, I enjoyed doing the commentry,

Temp at the moment is 41/106

Cheers Pete Landrebe