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Croquet England AC Open Championship
Friday Singles by Andrew Gregory
Good afternoon from Surbiton.
It's hot hot hot!
11 Jul 2025 1:04PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Progress report.
Bottom quarter:
By the time I've finished typing this, James Death will have beaten Euan Burridge 2-0.
Triple in the second.
Top quarter
Robert Fulford is game up v Sam Murray.
11 Jul 2025 1:07PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Second quarter.
Stephen Mulliner v Mark Suter is in the decider.
Mark Avery is game up v Annabel McDiarmid.
11 Jul 2025 1:10PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Third quarter
Jenny Clarke awaits the winner of Samir Patel v David Fuller, who are in a decider.
11 Jul 2025 1:11PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
The lawns are quick.
Lawn 2 has just been measured as 14 plummers.
Yesterday there were 28 games in the main event. Just one triple in those games.
11 Jul 2025 1:13PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Mark Avery had a TP in each of his 4 qualifying games.
11 Jul 2025 1:15PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Robert Fulford needs a straight rover peel to complete his match.
11 Jul 2025 1:17PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
The three matches in play are all lunching.
11 Jul 2025 1:19PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Other 3, I should say.
Here comes Fulford's peel.
It's thru by a couple of feet.
He runs the hoop with a jump over peelee.
11 Jul 2025 1:21PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
T1 Mulliner yellow 12y N IV
T2 Suter blue just N of IV by an inch or so.
T3 Mulliner red at blue. Misses into contact.
T4 Suter black at a ball and a bit. Hits blue.
Fulford finished.
He and James Death are in opposite semis.
The semis will not be started today.
11 Jul 2025 1:26PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
T4 Suter has a cannon in IV.
Crowd thought he might promote red to 1 going to yellow.
Instead he croquets blue near middle of W bdry, rushing red 5y past yellow.
Take off christs off yellow.
Optimistic approach of 1 sending yellow to 2.
Gives himself angled chance of 1.
Bounces off.
11 Jul 2025 1:30PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
T5 Mulliner yellow hits red (22y).
Big roll going to blue.
Red goes off W boundary.
11 Jul 2025 1:32PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
T6 Suter Blue hits yellow (3y).
Takes off to red.
Just falls off lawn.
11 Jul 2025 1:34PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
The other 2 matches are both on lawn 2.
I remember when the Opens was single-banked.
Avery is on a break.
Fuller has just run 2 with an extravagant jump.
11 Jul 2025 1:38PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Mulliner is thru 1 with a break.
This match is on lawn 3.
11 Jul 2025 1:39PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Fuller has leave.
Patel misses 20-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 1:44PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Avery 1 and 4-back v McDiarmid 1 and 1.
Fuller 2 and 3 v Patel 1 and 1.
11 Jul 2025 1:47PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Mulliner has made 9.
Trying a spread but the ball at the peg is misplaced. Looks to be just south of the peg.
All other clips on 1.
11 Jul 2025 1:55PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller has break.
11 Jul 2025 1:55PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Suter is playing ball at peg as it lies.
Hits partner (10y).
11 Jul 2025 1:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Suter didn't get a good rush to 1.
Now approaching 1 from S bdry.
8 or 9 foot hoop.
Runs it.
Still some work needed to pick up break.
11 Jul 2025 2:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Avery on a triple.
He's just rush-peeled 4-back after 4.
11 Jul 2025 2:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Fuller has reached 2-back.
Still going.
11 Jul 2025 2:04PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Suter has an angled hoop 2.
Runs it for the break.
11 Jul 2025 2:05PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
In easier conditions Suter might be considering a tpo here. Not today.
11 Jul 2025 2:07PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Avery has misapproached 1-back.
This looks worse than 45 degrees.
Not sure that was a genuine attempt.
He goes off w bdry.
1-back and rover v 1 and 1.
11 Jul 2025 2:10PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
McDiarmid misses 7-yarder.
Fuller has reached 4-back (and 2).
Spread.
Suter is for 6 with reasonable control.
11 Jul 2025 2:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Presumably Patel is mangling.
Avery has made 1-back.
Suter's 3-back pioneer is 6y from the hoop.
11 Jul 2025 2:17PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Patel lifts the ball near 2 to B-baulk.
Misses 25-yarder.
Avery fails 2-back.
McDiarmid has a break if she remembers her lift.
Which she does.
Suter has made 9.
Let's call the leave an OSL.
11 Jul 2025 2:21PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
I assume Fuller left the ball at the peg not rushable to 2.
Anyhow he makes 2 off partner.
He's now overhit the rush to 3.
And overhits the approach.
Clip on 3.
11 Jul 2025 2:25PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mulliner red hits black (13y).
Red is for 4-back.
11 Jul 2025 2:26PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
McDiarmid fails 3.
11 Jul 2025 2:27PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Patel hits 13-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 2:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mulliner has leave.
Black is 3y NW of IV.
Blue is 8' WSW of 1.
Yellow in B-baulk with rush to Black.
Suter Blue misses Black. (20y).
11 Jul 2025 2:32PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
McDiarmid hits 20-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 2:33PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
I missed a leave from Patel and a corner from Fuller.
Patel is thru 1 with slim prospect of a break.
Mulliner is thru 1 with no ball at 2.
11 Jul 2025 2:38PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Fair rush to 2 from Mulliner.
Approaching from 4 yards.
Difficult jump ends up in middle of hoop, (I think).
11 Jul 2025 2:41PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Patel now playing with his other ball.
Runs 1 to North boundary.
Avery back on the lawn.
11 Jul 2025 2:42PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Suter misses 11-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 2:43PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Patel misapproaches 2.
He's 2 and 2 v Fuller 3 and 4-back.
Fuller joins up.
Mulliner fails 4.
He's 4 and 4-back v Suter 1 and 4-back.
11 Jul 2025 2:46PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Suter is in with forward ball.
11 Jul 2025 2:47PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Patel missed 6-yarder. Maybe 7.
11 Jul 2025 2:48PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery has made 2-back.
11 Jul 2025 2:48PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fuller's turn ends in a scatter shot.
Suter has leave.
Mulliner corners.
11 Jul 2025 2:53PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
I think Patel may have miba short one.
Fuller joins up.
Now the two are discussing.
Time, perhaps?
Patel hits 11-yarder.
.
11 Jul 2025 2:56PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Avery must have made rover with his forward ball in an earlier turn.
He's now pegging out.
11 Jul 2025 2:57PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery now plays the winner of Mulliner v Suter.
11 Jul 2025 2:58PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mulliner is back in. Suter's clip is on 2.
11 Jul 2025 2:59PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Sorry I fear I'm not coping with 3 games.
At least it's only 2 now.
11 Jul 2025 3:01PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mulliner has leave.
Suter corners.
His balls are in II and III.
Mulliner has dolly rush to 4.
11 Jul 2025 3:02PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
In running 4 Mulliner takes too much wire to get rush to 5.
11 Jul 2025 3:05PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mulliner has leave.
Suter moves ball in II to middle of east boundary.
11 Jul 2025 3:05PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mulliner makes 5, rushes to east boundary.
Sends red in-lawn, rushes black near blue, then blue to 6.
Makes 6.
11 Jul 2025 3:10PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Patel is coming to the end of his first break in his decider v David Fuller.
11 Jul 2025 3:11PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mulliner playing croquet stroke out of III.
Instead of going to 2-back black hits the peg.
And he doesn't get rush to 1-back.
11 Jul 2025 3:14PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Mulliner 1-back and 4-back v Suter 2 and 4-back.
11 Jul 2025 3:15PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Patel 2 and 4-back v Fuller 3 and 4-back.
11 Jul 2025 3:16PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Patel has reverse horizontal spread
Fuller lifts Yellow (for 3) from by peg to B-baulk.
Misses to near IV.
11 Jul 2025 3:19PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Suter corners.
Mulliner makes no progress.
11 Jul 2025 3:21PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Jenny Clarke is practising on lawn 4.
She will play the winner of Patel v Fuller on lawn 3.
Mark Avery will play the winner of Mulliner v Suter on lawn 4.
11 Jul 2025 3:23PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Suter corners again.
Another leave from Mulliner.
Patel has made 2, only just runs 3.
Ref is on. (Ian Plummer I believe.)
Patel hits hampered shot.
11 Jul 2025 3:25PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Suter's balls in 1st and 3rd corners.
Mulliner sets up ladies' peel at 1-back.
11 Jul 2025 3:27PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Suter calls for umpire as he's shooting from 1st corner. This is Black's hoop, so hitting would be handy.
Suter misses.
11 Jul 2025 3:28PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Red peels Yellow thru 1-back.
(This avoids conceding a lift.)
Leave near 1st corner.
11 Jul 2025 3:30PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Patel is in difficulty at 5. Again only just run the hoop. Has to take on 10-yarder. Hits, has 4-ball break.
Suter hits 20-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 3:32PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Suter makes 2.
11 Jul 2025 3:34PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Suter misses 6-yarder at partner in 3rd corner.
The take off the previous shot had been too thick.
Mulliner red hits yellow (12y).
11 Jul 2025 3:37PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Patel is thru 2-back on his break.
11 Jul 2025 3:39PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mulliner has a 3rd corner cannon with his 4-back ball.
Nicely played, has stoppo approach with ball waiting near North boundary.
11 Jul 2025 3:41PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Patel misapproaches 4-back.
Corners.
Fuller has dolly rush to 3 with ball at 4.
11 Jul 2025 3:46PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mulliner has made 3 hoops.
2-back and peg v 3 and 4-back.
Diagonal spread.
11 Jul 2025 3:48PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
I think Fuller was hoping for hoop and rush at 3, but no roquet.
Missed 9-yard dribble at partner.
Patel makes 4-back, misses partner in 2nd corner.
11 Jul 2025 3:50PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Suter lifts black (for 3) from peg to B-baulk.
Misses to just west of 4th corner (23y).
11 Jul 2025 3:53PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fuller makes 4, fails 5.
Patel's balls in contact in 2nd corner.
He elects to play with ball for penult. Which is correct.
11 Jul 2025 3:54PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Mulliner approaches 2-back from five yards to the west.
Short, but rewards himself with a fist after a good hoop.
11 Jul 2025 3:57PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mulliner approaches 3-back from 4th corner.
Another good hoop, another fist.
11 Jul 2025 4:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Patel makes 2 hoops.
4-back and peg v Fuller 5 and 4-back.
11 Jul 2025 4:01PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mulliner should finish here.
11 Jul 2025 4:01PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
This could be Fuller's last shot.
It's a long one, as there's no lift.(which is why Patel chose to play the penult ball last turn.)
Fuller misses 30-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 4:05PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mulliner wins.
11 Jul 2025 4:06PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Sorry no idea what happened to Patel.
Fuller is in play with 3 balls near middle of east boundary.
11 Jul 2025 4:08PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Fuller should have done better here.
Black and blue pretty much crosswired tho.
11 Jul 2025 4:10PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Statto informs me that Patel played the wrong ball ie red at his last turn.
Pressures of Management.
11 Jul 2025 4:13PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Patel corners.
11 Jul 2025 4:14PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fuller fails to make progress with red.
Patel corners.
Fuller fails 4-back.
11 Jul 2025 4:21PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Patel takes on 20-yarder. If he hits he could finish. He misses.
11 Jul 2025 4:24PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
We think Time is around 5pm.
Fuller rearranges the balls.
11 Jul 2025 4:28PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Fuller winkles the Mangler out of the hut.
There seems to be a 10-yarder available.
Maybe hoop 5 is (partly) in the way?
Patel misses.
11 Jul 2025 4:31PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Fuller has chance of break with yellow (for 5).
11 Jul 2025 4:32PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
They are off on lawn 4.
T1 Mulliner Blue 12y N of IV.
T2 Avery Yellow just S of II.
T3 Mulliner black misses blue from A-baulk.
T4 Avery Red at blue / black from B-baulk.
Misses.
11 Jul 2025 4:37PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fuller has break.
11 Jul 2025 4:37PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
T5 Mulliner scores zero hoops.
T6 Avery misses.
11 Jul 2025 4:41PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Fuller has 6 or 7 yard return roquet after 1-back.
Copes.
11 Jul 2025 4:42PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
When is time exactly? We're unsure.
How slow is Fuller?
To remind you, Patel is 4-back and peg, Fuller is 4-back and break. He's just made 2-back.
11 Jul 2025 4:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
There are 11 minutes left on lawn 2.
11 Jul 2025 4:48PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Fuller is for 4-back.
11 Jul 2025 4:48PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Sorry lost track of lawn 4.
Mulliner made a point or two and had a leave.
I guess.
11 Jul 2025 4:51PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Mulliner has just made 3 with chance of 3-ball break.
11 Jul 2025 4:52PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Fuller has reached penult.
11 Jul 2025 4:53PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
So a feature of croquetscores.com is that I can't see the timestamps of my own comments.
So I don't know what the time was when I was told there were 11 minutes left.
11 Jul 2025 4:56PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Fuller has made rover.
Some thinking required.
Time has been called.
11 Jul 2025 4:59PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Blue is left near middle of West boundary.
Black is left near middle of east boundary.
Red is rushed 2y N of 4th corner.
Take off from Red to the peg.
Eight foot from the peg.
Pegs out for one point lead.
11 Jul 2025 5:03PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Patel
Blue peg
Black 4-back.
Fuller
Red 4-back
Yellow box.
11 Jul 2025 5:04PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Patel lifts Blue to A-baulk.
Needs to hit this 13-yarder...
11 Jul 2025 5:05PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
...Misses.
Fuller wins decider plus one on time.
11 Jul 2025 5:06PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Back to lawn 4.
Mulliner has a clip on 1-back, unintentionally.
Avery has break, currently on 5.
11 Jul 2025 5:10PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Mulliner
Blue 1
Black 1-back
Avery
Red 1
Yellow 4-back
11 Jul 2025 5:17PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Avery has a New Standard Leave with blue at 4.
11 Jul 2025 5:19PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Lawn 3
Fuller Blue 8y N of IV
Jenny Clarke Yellow just S of II
Fuller black at blue from A-baulk.
Misses to the North.
11 Jul 2025 5:21PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Mulliner lifted blue to B-baulk, missed to near IV.
11 Jul 2025 5:22PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
T4 Clarke red hits blue from A-baulk.
Rush of black to 1 goes 6 yards past.
Fails to approach, joins up.
11 Jul 2025 5:24PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
T5 Fuller black to IV, 9y S of blue.
11 Jul 2025 5:26PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Avery red picks up break.
Will he go for delayed triple?
11 Jul 2025 5:27PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
T6 Clarke has leave.
11 Jul 2025 5:28PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Avery has pioneer at 6, rather than between 6 and 4-back. So no tp attempt.
11 Jul 2025 5:28PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Avery is playing red, but has picked up the blue clip.
Let's hope this doesn't mislead either player.
11 Jul 2025 5:33PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
T7 Fuller corners.
T8 Clarke fails 1.
T9 Fuller misses 10-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 5:34PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
T10 Clarke appears to have played a good rush from III to 1, but it sails 4 yards past. The lawns are slick. Good approach and she has a break.
11 Jul 2025 5:38PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery has opportunity for straight triple peel.
11 Jul 2025 5:38PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery decides against peel.
Or maybe the balls decided for him.
11 Jul 2025 5:40PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke fails hoop 4.
11 Jul 2025 5:43PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Avery
Red peg
Yellow 4-back
Mulliner
Blue 1
Black 4-back
11 Jul 2025 5:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller puts his first croquet stroke off the lawn.
Clarke runs 4.
11 Jul 2025 5:46PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Sorry Clarke doesn't run 4, she hits a 5-yarder.
Now she runs 4 with potential 3-ball break.
11 Jul 2025 5:48PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
The misplaced clips on 4 have been rectified.
11 Jul 2025 5:48PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Sorry I got clips wrong on lawn 4.
Mulliner is 1 and 1-back.
Mulliner misses 13-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 5:50PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery Yellow nicely promotes red toward 4-back with black.
Doesn't get rush on blue.
Roll doesn't get rush on red.
Good approach.
Should finish.
11 Jul 2025 5:53PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Clarke is thru 1-back.
11 Jul 2025 5:55PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery runs penult close to the peg, so cannot hit the intended ball.
He can rush red near black, which is still near 4th corner.
11 Jul 2025 5:57PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery is thru rover. No rush though. Partner is 2y NW of 4th corner.
11 Jul 2025 5:59PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery takes off from blue by rover to black by penult.
OK rush to within 3y of partner.
3 yard peg-out...
11 Jul 2025 6:01PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery wins game 1 +20.
11 Jul 2025 6:02PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery wins game 1 +20.
11 Jul 2025 6:02PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Just remembered how to do bold type.
11 Jul 2025 6:03PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke has made 9.
Let's call this a defensive OSL.
11 Jul 2025 6:04PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
I am told the plan is for the semis on lawns 3 and 4, obviously swapping for those in play, then the final on 2.
11 Jul 2025 6:06PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
G2T1 Avery blue 9y N of IV
T2 Mulliner yellow just S of II.
T3 Avery black misses blue from A-baulk.
T4 Mulliner red misses target from B-baulk.
11 Jul 2025 6:08PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fuller missed long double.
Clarke has leave.
11 Jul 2025 6:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
T5 Avery black rushes blue to red, red toward II but hoop 2 intervenes.
11 Jul 2025 6:11PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller finesses.
11 Jul 2025 6:11PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
T5 Avery has leave.
11 Jul 2025 6:13PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
T6 Mulliner has 22-yarder, maybe target?
Misses.
11 Jul 2025 6:15PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke makes one hoop, fails to pick up break, leave.
11 Jul 2025 6:16PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Avery makes 1, plays excellent croquet stroke, then poor rush, then good approach and he has break.
11 Jul 2025 6:18PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller corners.
11 Jul 2025 6:18PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke yellow croquets red between 2 and II, takes off from black (in the vicinity of the peg) to 2, fails hoop.
Fuller black at Red (14y).
Hits.
11 Jul 2025 6:21PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue is in III, yellow in 2, black croqueting red from near II.
Red is sent between 2 and peg.
Good rush on yellow to within 4' of 1.
Fuller black makes 1.
11 Jul 2025 6:24PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery fails hoop 6.
11 Jul 2025 6:27PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Some good strokes and Fuller has 4-ball break.
11 Jul 2025 6:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner makes angled hoop 1 for a break.
11 Jul 2025 6:29PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Just been on a beer run.
Mulliner's break continues.
Fuller's clip is on 5.
Clarke has break.
11 Jul 2025 6:37PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Only one other game in play on this lovely summer evening.
James Hopgood in play on lawn 5.
11 Jul 2025 6:45PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
It looks like Time has expired on lawn 5.
No idea who has won.
11 Jul 2025 6:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner has made 9.
Diagonal spread.
11 Jul 2025 6:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke has reached 1-back.
11 Jul 2025 6:48PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Avery lifts black from by the peg to B-baulk.
Misses 20-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 6:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mulliner picks up 3-ball break.
Yet to dig black out of 4th corner.
11 Jul 2025 6:52PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke continues to take second ball round. I detect no thought of a triple.
11 Jul 2025 6:54PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Mulliner has played the wrong ball.
I confess that he realised this before I did.
11 Jul 2025 7:00PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Croquet adopts VAR!
We're looking at the livestream to determine when the wrong ball occurred.
After 4 apparently.
Mulliner
Red 4-back
Yellow 5
Avery
Blue 1
Black 6
11 Jul 2025 7:02PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke
Red 4-back
Yellow peg
Fuller
Blue 1
Black 5
11 Jul 2025 7:03PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke leaves Red 1y N of IV, yellow 18" n of red.
Black in middle of east boundary.
Blue 6y W of peg.
Fuller lifts black to A-baulk, misses 13-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 7:06PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller missed to south of red, so no promotion available.
11 Jul 2025 7:07PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Avery runs 6' hoop 2. Chance of break.
11 Jul 2025 7:08PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery has 4-ball break.
11 Jul 2025 7:11PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke's rush to 4-back not great.
Rolls up from 7y.
Fails 6' hoop.
11 Jul 2025 7:12PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fuller Blue shoots at Black (33y) misses.
11 Jul 2025 7:14PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke red has tricky hoop, fails into middle of hoop.
11 Jul 2025 7:15PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red is in 4-back. Yellow near penult.
Blue and black across 4th corner without a rush.
Fuller black taps blue.
Take off to yellow
Rushes yellow into B-baulk north of 4-back.
Croquets yellow near peg.
Rushes red South.
Now looking to see if putting black in 4th corner yields rush on blue.
Croquets red between 1 and 5.
Off in 4th corner.
Red and yellow about 12y apart, open.
11 Jul 2025 7:21PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Clarke red prefers to shoot at blue / black.
Misses.
11 Jul 2025 7:21PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Back to lawn 4
Avery is game up.
Blue 4-back, Black 6
Mulliner
Red 4-back
Yellow 5
11 Jul 2025 7:23PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery sort of OSL.
Mulliner lifts Yellow to A-baulk, misses red (15y).
11 Jul 2025 7:24PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fuller has made 5. Chance of 3-ball break.
11 Jul 2025 7:25PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery rushes well to 6, has rush to red.
Yellow is near 2nd corner.
11 Jul 2025 7:27PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Poor croquet stroke from Avery fails to yield rush on red.
Now he will have to approach 1-back from the corner.
He fails to do so.
11 Jul 2025 7:29PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller black fails 1-back.
Clarke misses 20-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 7:29PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller black makes 1-back, rushes blue to 2-back.
Makes 2-back.
11 Jul 2025 7:31PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mulliner yellow hits blue (12y?)
11 Jul 2025 7:31PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
After 2-back Fuller black croquets blue to 4-back.
He must be planning to peg out yellow!
11 Jul 2025 7:34PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner has break with yellow.
11 Jul 2025 7:35PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Your commentator has lost faith in his ability to spell Riggall. But that's what's coming up on lawn 3.
11 Jul 2025 7:38PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Mulliner continues to go round on lawn 4.
11 Jul 2025 7:39PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Fuller black has run rover off red.
Yellow and blue wait by the peg.
11 Jul 2025 7:44PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
An expert describes one of Fuller's shots as stupid but reasonable.
11 Jul 2025 7:45PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Yellow is off the lawn.
Blue is rushed off the east boundary.
Sent maybe 5y N of 4th corner.
Black goes off west boundary 9y S of 2nd corner.
11 Jul 2025 7:48PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke red takes contact off blue.
Rolls to 4-back.
Wrong line.
Retires to 3y east of 2nd corner.
11 Jul 2025 7:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Fuller hits blue off just east of 1st corner.
11 Jul 2025 7:51PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke yellow misses Black.
11 Jul 2025 7:51PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mulliner is 4-back and peg.
Avery misses short lift.
At least technically short, still a 15-yarder.
11 Jul 2025 7:52PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Fuller black rushes red 2y east of blue.
Stops red 4y south of 4-back.
Hits blue (6y).
Leaves rush to 1.
11 Jul 2025 7:55PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner should finish.
11 Jul 2025 7:55PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke red shoots at Black/ blue.
Hits blue.
11 Jul 2025 7:56PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Some imperfect play gives Clarke an unlikely attempt at 4-back. The hoop is failed.
11 Jul 2025 7:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller joins up east of hoop 1.
Clarke misses. Hilled off.
11 Jul 2025 8:01PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner wins game 2 +11.
Match tied at 1-1. ( best of 3).
11 Jul 2025 8:02PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Fuller makes 1.
No rush.
Rolls to 2.
Sends black off the lawn.
11 Jul 2025 8:04PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke red at blue / black.
Duff shot.
11 Jul 2025 8:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Fuller black hits red.
Croquets red near hoop 4.
Lays up between hoop 2 and 2nd corner.
11 Jul 2025 8:08PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Clarke red at blue / black.
Experts deem this suicidal.
Misses.
11 Jul 2025 8:09PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Fuller Blue now has chance of 3-ball break.
11 Jul 2025 8:10PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Fuller is thru 2 with rush.
Hoop 3 pioneer maybe 3y from hoop.
11 Jul 2025 8:12PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black is OK pioneer at 4.
Thru 3 with rush.
11 Jul 2025 8:13PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mulliner v Avery will resume tomorrow.
11 Jul 2025 8:14PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red nicely whillocked to 5.
11 Jul 2025 8:14PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller is thru 4 with balls ideally placed.
11 Jul 2025 8:15PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Still a dozen or so spectators.
11 Jul 2025 8:16PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Fuller is thru 5 no rush.
11 Jul 2025 8:17PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fuller has decided the time has come to remove his sunglasses.
1-back pioneer is 4y shy of hoop.
Better than being deep.
11 Jul 2025 8:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
To add the excitement I'm down to 4% battery on my phone.
11 Jul 2025 8:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Good 2-back pioneer but rush to 1-back is short.
11 Jul 2025 8:21PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Take off approach.
Thru 1-back, no rush.
11 Jul 2025 8:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Big roll after 1-back.
Red a bit short, blue a bit far.
Blue hits black (4y), but knocks it away from hoop.
No attempt to approach 2-back.
Black is left in middle of West boundary.
Blue is hit off in 2nd corner.
11 Jul 2025 8:24PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke lifts Red to A-baulk.
She makes Blue/ black a target.
Misses to 2nd corner.
11 Jul 2025 8:25PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller Blue takes off from red to black.
Hits black.
Rolls them 3y WSW of 3-back.
Defends shot.
11 Jul 2025 8:29PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke red to 1st corner.
11 Jul 2025 8:29PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Fuller looking at area wired behind 5 and or 1.
11 Jul 2025 8:30PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller Blue knocks Black between 4 and 5.
Not close to wired spot.
Rolls toward 2nd corner.
Doesn't dare leave rush.
11 Jul 2025 8:33PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke red at Black (32y).
Not close.
11 Jul 2025 8:34PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Fuller Blue taps red.
Duff little shot.
Cut rushes black 7y N of 2-back.
Rolls up.
One yard hoop.
Through.
Taps black.
11 Jul 2025 8:36PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller rolls blue and black to 3-back.
Not in front.
Red is in 2nd corner.
11 Jul 2025 8:37PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke Red to 3rd corner.
11 Jul 2025 8:39PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Clarke Red 4-back Yellow box (ie pegged out)
Fuller Blue 3-back Black peg.
11 Jul 2025 8:40PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Fuller Blue lays wired posi near 3-back.
11 Jul 2025 8:41PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Apparently there is a bit of a ball to be seen.
Clarke red hits 3-back.
11 Jul 2025 8:42PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
The crowd is now astonished.
Fuller Blue could rush black off South boundary for a 3-ball break.
But he doesn't want to touch red.
He taps black, makes 3-back.
Now rolls his balls toward west boundary.
Is he wired?
11 Jul 2025 8:45PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Clarke red at whatever she can see.
Hits hoop 4, comes off 6y N of 1st corner.
11 Jul 2025 8:46PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Fuller Blue rushes black 5y NNE of 4.
Seems to be close to a wired spot.
11 Jul 2025 8:48PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
I think blue has rush on black to 4-back, there is less than 1 inch between the balls.
Clarke again misses partially wired shot.
11 Jul 2025 8:50PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fuller Blue rushes black beyond 4-back.
Looking for wired rush.
Not sure he's got it.
Where to put Blue?
Scatter shot.
Black is 10y W of 3rd corner.
Blue is 5y South of 2nd corner.
4-back and peg v 4-back alone.
11 Jul 2025 8:53PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke red misses Black.
11 Jul 2025 8:53PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fuller Black rushes Red off west boundary.
Take off, rushes blue toward 4th corner.
Leaves rush in area 8y WNW of 4th corner.
11 Jul 2025 8:56PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke red at blue or black (33y).
Misses.
11 Jul 2025 8:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller Blue rushes black 4y west of 4-back.
Aiming for spot wired by hoop 4.
What can Clarke see?
11 Jul 2025 8:58PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Not much, evidently.
Clarke red to 3rd corner.
11 Jul 2025 8:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller Blue rushes black to 4-back.
Through hoop with rush to penult.
Pretty good rush.
11 Jul 2025 9:00PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller Blue makes penult, but only by a yard or two.
Black is 2' west of the peg.
Hits black.
Rolls to rover from 4y.
11 Jul 2025 9:02PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Good approach.
Fuller has 7 foot rush back to the peg.
Snicks it.
11 Jul 2025 9:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller has 7 yard peg-out.
Rolls it.
Gets it!
11 Jul 2025 9:04PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller wins game 1 +4
11 Jul 2025 9:05PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
See you in the morning.
Check the Mangler's message for the start time!
11 Jul 2025 9:06PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
I've just checked.
It's a 10am start.
The hoops on lawns 2, 3 and 4 are being reset, and we don't want to rush the hoopsetter.
See you at 10am.
11 Jul 2025 9:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
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