MacRobertson Shield
England v New Zealand Day 2 by Andrew Gregory
Good morning from Surbiton.
06 Aug 2026 9:28AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Test 6 - England v New Zealand
Day 2
Lawn 5 - M Avery & J Burch v L McCorkindale & A Westerby
Lawn 7 - J Death & S Patel v P Chapman & E Fordyce
Lawn 6 - R Fulford & J Good v F Webby & J Clarke
06 Aug 2026 9:30AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 NZ win toss and go in.
T1 Jenny 9yN of IV
Yes I'm going for first names today.
I think it's unambiguous as long as you remember Death is James and Burch is Jamie.
06 Aug 2026 9:33AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
T2 Rob R just S of II
T3 felix U at K from A-baulk.
Misses
T4 Jack Y makes double from B-baulk.
Misses.
Comes on a few yards N of IV
T5 Felix makes 1 off Y.
06 Aug 2026 9:37AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
After 1 Felix rushes Y back to IV
L6 Jamie has bobbed 1 off oppo.
06 Aug 2026 9:39AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
L7 England go in.
T1 James Y e bdry
T2 K just S of II
T3 Patel R hits Y
06 Aug 2026 9:41AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Sorry Jamie is on L5.
06 Aug 2026 9:41AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Felix approaches 2 from 2nd corner.
2y 15°.
Run to bdry.
Hits 7-yarder
Not a break yet.
06 Aug 2026 9:43AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
T3 Patel didn't move K for some reason.
L7T4 Edmund U misses from B-baulk to 4th corner.
06 Aug 2026 9:45AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
T5 Patel rushes into hoop 6.
06 Aug 2026 9:46AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
L6 Felix runs a 2y hoop 3 and has first break.
06 Aug 2026 9:47AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
L5 Jamie back in.
We think oppo may have missed return roquet after 1.
Chance of a break.
06 Aug 2026 9:48AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
L7T5 Samir rolled back to e bdry.
T6 Edmund misses 20-yarder to a few feet W of III.
06 Aug 2026 9:50AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L7T7 James Y croquets U W of 1, but does not fancy 7-yarder at K, so back to mother.
06 Aug 2026 9:52AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
L5 Jamie's clip is on 2 after an attempt to approach 2 from IV.
UK seem to have an 11-yarder.
06 Aug 2026 9:53AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
L5 Aaron hits 11-yarder.
L6 Felix has reached 2-back with full control.
06 Aug 2026 9:54AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
L7T8 Edmund U to IV
L5 Aaron is rushing Y to 1 from nr IV. Overhit. Good approach. Fails hoop.
06 Aug 2026 9:57AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L7T9 James Y rolls to 1 from IV, runs it to N bdry hits K
Sends K to 3, not getting rush on U ( near 1).
Now rolling to 2 from e bdry.
Gives himself chance!
06 Aug 2026 10:00AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
James runs a 7' hoop 2 to the boundary.
Then misses 5y return.
06 Aug 2026 10:01AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
L6 Felix U to 4-back.
Diagonal Spread with R at peg.
All other clips on 1.
06 Aug 2026 10:04AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L7 Paddy K hits R 11y
Poor take off.
Misses Y 7y.
06 Aug 2026 10:05AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L6 Jack lifts Y to B-baulk.
Hits K off S bdry.
Rolls to U.
Falls off lawn.
06 Aug 2026 10:06AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L5 Jamie fails to approach 2.
06 Aug 2026 10:07AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L5 Logan misses 13-yarder.
06 Aug 2026 10:08AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L6 Felix rearranges the balls.
06 Aug 2026 10:09AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
L7 James Y has stuck in 3.
Paddy K misses 18-yarder.
06 Aug 2026 10:10AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
L6 Felix U must have missed a short roquet at K.
Jack misses 23-yarder.
06 Aug 2026 10:11AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Jenny K at U 7y. Hits. R is at 2, Y N bdry behind 2.
06 Aug 2026 10:12AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Jenny K hits Y.
Rushes R 5y W of 1.
Pretty good approach yields angled hoop.
Runs it.
Has break.
James made 3,4,5 on 2-ball break, then failed to approach 6 off U.
Retires to IV
06 Aug 2026 10:16AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L7 Samir hits long roquet.
06 Aug 2026 10:17AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
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Shows clip positions in all 9 matches.
So I don't have to. :-)
06 Aug 2026 10:21AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L7 Edmund misses long roquet
06 Aug 2026 10:22AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L6 Jenny K has 4-ball break.
U is hoop 5 pioneer so I don't foresee a triple.
06 Aug 2026 10:23AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L7 James picks up break.
06 Aug 2026 10:24AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L5 Aaron thru 2. Good chance of break.
06 Aug 2026 10:27AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Hmm...
Looks like mac2026.live is not covering all the Singles in the other test.
Maybe Joel hasn't done second colours yet?
Yes folks we are double banking on lawns 1 and 4. An unfortunate necessity if we want the event to finish.
06 Aug 2026 10:29AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L5 Aaron has 4-ball break.
L6 Jenny has reached 2-back
L7 James has run 3-back and is having an NSL.
06 Aug 2026 10:31AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L7 Paddy lifts K from 4 to B-baulk.
Misses 20-yarder.
Yellow clip on 4-back all others on 1.
06 Aug 2026 10:36AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L5 Aaron has reached 6.
L6 Jenny has reached 4-back.
L7 Samir approaching 1 from 5y east.
Does well but has 8y return roquet.
Centre ball.
Needs big croquet stroke now.
06 Aug 2026 10:39AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Samir's big roll gets to the hoop 2 pioneer OK, but U is 6y SW of 3. K still in IV
06 Aug 2026 10:42AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L6 Jenny K has made rover.
For some reason Red is glued to the North of the peg.
06 Aug 2026 10:44AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L7 Samir has break.
Will he try delayed tp?
06 Aug 2026 10:45AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L5 Aaron has made 3-back.
May get a spread from here.
06 Aug 2026 10:46AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
L6 The red ball still seems strongly attracted to the peg.
06 Aug 2026 10:47AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L6 Yellow is left near mid e bdry.
Red is possibly touching the peg to the northeast.
Blue is in Ii.
Black is 8y N of blue.
Blue 4-back black peg
RY 1 and 1
06 Aug 2026 10:51AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L5 Aaron has leave.
Let's call it a defensive OSL.
06 Aug 2026 10:51AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L7 Samir has full control and no thoughts of peeling.
06 Aug 2026 10:53AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Jack plays yellow as it lies and hits red.to uy S of black.
So red can't have been as close to the peg as I thought.
06 Aug 2026 10:54AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Poor croquet stroke leaves Jack 3y rush.
Which he misses.
06 Aug 2026 10:55AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L6 Felix U ends up rushing R 5y past 4-back.
Over-approach gives him 1y 30° hoop.
Rejected.
06 Aug 2026 10:59AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 England missed lift.
Now Logan is at 3 with potential standard tp.
06 Aug 2026 11:03AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Jack picks up break.
06 Aug 2026 11:03AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L7 Samir R has made rover.
The cross peg has gone wrong so red and yellow do not mjoin up.
06 Aug 2026 11:07AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L5 Logan U peels K thru 4-back after 3.
06 Aug 2026 11:08AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L6 Jack seems unsettled but he's still going. Thru 5 now.
06 Aug 2026 11:10AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L7 NZ on lawn.
Big croquet stroke sends ball off lawn leaving James 5-yarder.
06 Aug 2026 11:13AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L7 Death is finishing.
06 Aug 2026 11:16AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 Logan U jawses K in penult after 6.
06 Aug 2026 11:18AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Death and Patel win game 1 +26.
06 Aug 2026 11:19AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L6 Hold on to your hats folks we may have another 3-ball ending.
Except the 4-back pioneer is 2y SE of 6.
And the penult pioneer is now on the exact spot whence you'd like to rush.
Fortunately he can rush the other ball to 4-back.
The break continues.
06 Aug 2026 11:23AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 Logan fails 1-back
Avery has break.
06 Aug 2026 11:24AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Jack Y is making rover off U.
K is at the peg waiting to be pegged out.
R is at the peg waiting to be rushed somewhere.
06 Aug 2026 11:28AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Jack has grovelled thru rover.
Ref is on
Copes
06 Aug 2026 11:30AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L6 After pegging out black Jack Y rushes R to IV.
Y to II.
Not the best leave but a good turn.
Rob R 1
Jack Y peg
Felix U 4-back
K box
06 Aug 2026 11:35AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Felix takes contact from red in 4th corner.
Good roll to 4-back
Good hoop
Good long rush...
06 Aug 2026 11:36AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Felix approaches penult
Another angled hoop...
Rejected.
06 Aug 2026 11:37AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Rob R hits U.
Take off to Y.
Rolls South
Short.
06 Aug 2026 11:41AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L7 G2 NZ hit 3rd turn. Dream Leave
T4 Samir Red shoots from A-baulk 15y.
Misses.
06 Aug 2026 11:42AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L6 Rob defends shot.
Not wired tho.
Felix is at end of B-baulk.
Apparently fancies penult!
No, goes to 4th corner.
Jack plays.
06 Aug 2026 11:44AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 Mark got to 4-back.
Jamie now runs 2.
06 Aug 2026 11:46AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L7 James hit something then took off off the lawn
06 Aug 2026 11:50AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 Jamie has opportunity for on-time tp
I like that Americanism.
06 Aug 2026 11:51AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Felix taps or deems.
Jack adjusts wired rush.
Felix deems.
06 Aug 2026 11:53AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L5 Jamie R jawses Y in 4-back after 3.
L7 Edmund has first break in game 2.
06 Aug 2026 11:54AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Rob rushes to 1, doesn't like it back to w bdry.
Felix isn't going anywhere.
Rob tries again. Makes 1 with hoop and roquet.
Rolls to north of 2.
06 Aug 2026 11:57AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L6 Felix to 1st corner.
06 Aug 2026 11:57AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 Rob lays wired rush.
Felix taps.
Rob makes 2, no rush.
Rolls East of 3.
L5 Jamie up to 2-back.
Looks like 2 peels done?
06 Aug 2026 12:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Felix stays nr I
Rob makes 3.
Rolls SE of 4.
Dare Felix try the 23-yarder?
No.
06 Aug 2026 12:04PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Rob lays wired rush.
L5 Jamie has made 4-back.
Setting up straight rover peel.
L7 Edmund coming up to 3-back
06 Aug 2026 12:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L6 Rob decides to rush to blue.
Except he rushes 3y North.
Croquets blue off north boundary behind 3, leaving RY joined near I.
06 Aug 2026 12:10PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 Jamie R has gone wrong.
I'm guessing Irish peel not hit straight.
Red clip on rover, yellow on peg.
Four balls round rover, one stroke left.
06 Aug 2026 12:12PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Felix to III
Rob rolls behind 4.
Felix waits.
06 Aug 2026 12:13PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Rob makes 4, 5. No forward rush.
Felix is for penult.
06 Aug 2026 12:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L6 Rob rolls to mid w bdry
06 Aug 2026 12:17PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L7 What to call Edmund's leave?
Reverse OSL without a rush?
Anyway, he's made 9 and there's nothing shorter
than 13y
L6 Felix deems, Rob improves rush.
06 Aug 2026 12:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L7 Samir misses 13-yarder.
06 Aug 2026 12:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 Aaron plays. Makes penult.
06 Aug 2026 12:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Rob rushes to 8' S of blue which is in or very near Iii.
Take off is short.
Again deliberately croquets both balls off lawn.
Except blue hits hoop 1, bouncing 2y to the west.
06 Aug 2026 12:25PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L7 Paddy K makes 1 off U.
06 Aug 2026 12:26PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Felix shoots!
30-yarder...
Misses.
He would have us believe it was close.
06 Aug 2026 12:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L7 Paddy misses 3-yarder.
06 Aug 2026 12:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L6 Rob R hits U in Iii.
Y is 2y SSW of U.
Stops U into lawn.
Good rush to 6.
Approaches putting Y to the east.
06 Aug 2026 12:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L7 James fails 1.
Off Edmund's ball.
06 Aug 2026 12:32PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 Aaron has made 2 hoops and a leave.
Avery corners.
06 Aug 2026 12:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 After 6 Rob R rushes Y off beyond U.
Stops Y 3y SE of penult, R a smidge further than desired. Cut rush and good approach and he's through 1-back.
06 Aug 2026 12:35PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Now Rob needs another cut rush to get to 2-back. Now about 4y ESE of hoop. Take off approach. Lift pending.
That looks good.
06 Aug 2026 12:38PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Rob makes 2-back.
Hits 5-yarder with a handy snick.
Again he's approaching 3-back from 4y.
Good stroke, should finish now.
06 Aug 2026 12:41PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 Logan should finish.
06 Aug 2026 12:42PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fulford & Good win game 1 +3
Lunchtime summary:
L7 England game up, break down
L6 England game up
L5 England game down
06 Aug 2026 12:47PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Actually Logan hasn't finished yet but I want to jump the lunch queue.
06 Aug 2026 12:47PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
To the commentator's relief Logan did finish.
The two single-banked singles matches have finished, so the opportunity for decantation arises. That is to say, at a suitable juncture one of the double-banked matches is moved to an empty lawn.
I can confirm you can hear Richard Hilditch laugh from 80 yards away.
No-one has restarted yet. Some players have wandered down, but yet to have the full set on any lawn.
06 Aug 2026 1:38PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
The position on lawn 7:
Edmund U is for 4-back
Paddy K is for 2.
James and Samir 1 and 1.
06 Aug 2026 1:40PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Samir R corners.
Paddy has potential cut rush to 2 from nr IV
Y is 2y ENE of 3.
06 Aug 2026 1:42PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Paddy plays v good rush to 2.
06 Aug 2026 1:43PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L7 Paddy K makes 2, rushes U to 4.
Takes off to Y at 3.
Overhit but stays on lawn.
Thru 3 with forward rush.
Red still in 1st corner.
06 Aug 2026 1:47PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L5G2T1 Mark Y 10y N of IV
T2 Aaron K just S of II
T3 Jamie R at Y from A-baulk
Misses.
06 Aug 2026 1:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L7 Paddy has 4-ball break.
06 Aug 2026 1:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L5T4 Logan U at Y/R from A-baulk.
Misses.
06 Aug 2026 1:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L6G2T1 Jenny K 12yN of IV
T2 Rob R at K from A-baulk
Hits.
Rolls K 3y N and 1'W of peg.
Puts R 2y SE of K.
So no double.
06 Aug 2026 1:56PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Sorry missed something on L5.
Cannot guess how balls got there.
Anyhow,
L5 Logan U hits 15-yarder.
06 Aug 2026 1:57PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L7 Paddy U has reached 3-back, no peels attempted.
06 Aug 2026 1:58PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6T3 Felix U 8y N of IV
T4 Jack Y at K from B-baulk
Misses to 1y N of I.
06 Aug 2026 2:02PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L6T5 Jenny K knocks R 7y W of peg.
06 Aug 2026 2:03PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Jenny K stops R 1y NW of 2, joins U.
06 Aug 2026 2:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 Jamie corners.
06 Aug 2026 2:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Sorry that was L5.
06 Aug 2026 2:07PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 Rob R at U or K (not a target)
30y.
Misses badly on right.
06 Aug 2026 2:08PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 Felix U rushes K shy of R.
Rushes R to 1st corner.
06 Aug 2026 2:11PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L7 Paddy to peg.
Reverse horizontal spread.
06 Aug 2026 2:12PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L7 Death lifts Y to B-baulk, rushes ball at peg into 1st corner!
06 Aug 2026 2:14PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Felix makes 1 off yellow with forward rush, makes 2. Rushes Y near 5.
06 Aug 2026 2:16PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L5 Logan has made 1.
06 Aug 2026 2:18PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L7 Death has break.
06 Aug 2026 2:20PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L6 After much thought and discussion, Felix stops U 4' W of 3, looking to go to IV but would that leave double?
Into IV he goes.
06 Aug 2026 2:22PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L7 The English pair will already have decided whether James stops at 4-back or goes round and pegs out Paddy.
06 Aug 2026 2:23PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
The spectators must wait to find out.
06 Aug 2026 2:24PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L5 Logan U has run 3 almost to S bdry, hits 9-yard return.
L6 Y to II
06 Aug 2026 2:26PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L7 There is a 4-back pioneer!
L6 Felix's rush to 3 ended up in mid e bdry, so he has left a rush for Jenny to Y in II
06 Aug 2026 2:31PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Slight alarm as James rushes a ball into his 4-back pioneer, but a little switcheroo and he's fine.
06 Aug 2026 2:33PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L6 Rob shoots at UK (30+y)
Jenny K rushes U 3y E of Y
There is a small pothole on the lawn that needs filling.
There is also gardening required on L5, where Logan has done well to pick up 4-ball break.
06 Aug 2026 2:36PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 Jenny's take off is good but the rush is not. Speculative approach fails, back to mother.
06 Aug 2026 2:39PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L7 Paddy's black ball has been pegged out.
Yellow is in 2nd corner, Red 7y W of 4th corner
So hoop 4 not quite in way.
Edmund rolls to 4-back with red.
Good approach, good hoop.
Rush yields 4y backward take-off to penult.
Runs hoop, misses peg, hits rover, deflecting to 3y E of 1
06 Aug 2026 2:44PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L7 Edmund hits red (15y)
Red is now on east boundary.
06 Aug 2026 2:45PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
An unwanted collision on L6 compromises NZ's leave.
Still just 2 hoops made in this game.
06 Aug 2026 2:47PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L7 Edmund decides to roll where most would have taken off.
Difficult hoop...made!
06 Aug 2026 2:48PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Chapman and Fordyce win game 2 +14.
Game all. Best of 3.
06 Aug 2026 2:49PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L6 Rob hits 18-yarder.
A shot that would have been longer bar the aforementioned collision.
06 Aug 2026 2:50PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L5 Logan is round to 4-back. NSL.
06 Aug 2026 2:50PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 Rob fails 1 off Jenny's ball.
06 Aug 2026 2:54PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L5 Jamie hit the lift.
L6 Jenny fails 1.
06 Aug 2026 2:55PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L5 Jamie makes 1 for 3-ball break.
L6 Jack hits 16yarder for break.
06 Aug 2026 2:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L7G3T1 James Y 10y N of IV
T2 Paddy K just S of II
T3 Samir R at Y from A-baulk
Hits.
L6
Jack is approaching 2 from farther than he should be and overhits.
The yellow clip is on 2, as is the black clip since Jack peeled Jenny thru 1.
The yellow ball retires to 3y N of I.
06 Aug 2026 3:03PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L6 Jenny K hits U in III (10y)
Good take-off gives rush of R to 2.
L7 Samir takes off to and hits K.
L5 Jamie has reached 1-back
06 Aug 2026 3:05PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L7 Samir rolls black southward and leaves himself a rush.
L6 Jenny runs 2 and hits 5-yarder return.
06 Aug 2026 3:07PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L7T4 Edmund U hits R from B-baulk (22y)
06 Aug 2026 3:08PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L6 Jenny K plays good roll sending R to 4 getting close to U.
Approach from corner is OK but hoop is failed.
06 Aug 2026 3:09PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L5 Jamie appears to be following my leave philosophy. He has run 3-back with all the balls nearby.
06 Aug 2026 3:10PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L6 Rob R hits U (20y)
06 Aug 2026 3:11PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L6 Rob's first croquet stroke disappoints as he doesn't get rush on U.
Plays big roll sending K maybe 4y E of 4, going off lawn 2y N of Y.
06 Aug 2026 3:14PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L7 Edmund didn't get going 4th turn, James missed a long shot, Edmund now thru hoop 1.
L6 Felix misses 25-yarder
L5 NSL.
Logan lifts U from 4 to B-baulk.
Hits. (20y)
06 Aug 2026 3:17PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 Rob R plays.
Croquets Y 6y short of 2 going to U nr IV
Rolls out for rush of K.
Rush is 3y short.
Take off approach.
Makes 1.
Rushes east beyond blue.
Should be break to 4-back.
L7 Edmund's clip is on 2.
06 Aug 2026 3:21PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L5 Logan makes leave for Aaron.
England corners.
L7 Another England corner.
I think James wanted to shoot but was randomly wired from partner.
06 Aug 2026 3:23PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
I may have spoken too soon on L6.
Difficult hoop 2 for Rob.
3' 20°.
Nicely done.
06 Aug 2026 3:25PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L5 Aaron has run hoop 2 with hope for a break.
L7 NZ has arranged a southward rush for K from III. Y is in I, R is 2y W of IV.
Samir R shoots at U (32y)
Misses.
06 Aug 2026 3:28PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L7 Edmund has misapproached 2.
L5 Aaron fails 5.
06 Aug 2026 3:35PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L5 Mark hits Aaron, peeling him to 6.
L7 Samir misses 23-yarder
L6 Rob has reached 1-back
06 Aug 2026 3:39PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L5 Mark misapproaches 1.
Retires to 3rd corner
L7 Edmund finally gets in front of 2.
06 Aug 2026 3:41PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L5 Aaron hits 10yarder
06 Aug 2026 3:43PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L7 Edmund has made hoop 3 and nurses to rush red from 3 to yellow in first corner. It may have been close but hoop 1 intervenes so he's 5y east. Takeoff doesn't give rush so optimistic roll to 4. Black is in middle of lawn. So Blue decides to have thrash at 4 yard hoop. Fails.
06 Aug 2026 3:49PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L5 Aaron has leave.
Jamie misses long roquet.
06 Aug 2026 3:50PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 Rob R to 4-back.
Leaves rush for Y out of Ii.
U 8y W of peg.
K 10y E of peg.
England 2 and 4-back
NZ 3 and 3
06 Aug 2026 3:52PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 Jenny lifts K to A-baulk and hits U.
Takes off to Y.
Rushes R to 3.
Fails hoop.
06 Aug 2026 3:53PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L7 Death has break.
06 Aug 2026 3:54PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L6 Rob R hits K.
L5 Aaron has leave.
06 Aug 2026 3:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L5 Mark misses 22-yarder.
L6 Rob leaves K at 3, U 2y E of 5.
Y is 2y S of II. R lags toward Y, ending 4' W of hoop 2
L7 Death in control, chatting to partner about the leave. (Remember blue clip is on 4.)
06 Aug 2026 4:02PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L6 Jenny's first stroke is to run hoop 3 to the south boundary. I'm surprised that was an option. It was angled but even so...
She then nails a 10-yarder but doesn't get a good rush to 4. In the 15 yard roll up the red ball hits hoop 5. The black does not reach hoop 4.
Black to 4th corner.
06 Aug 2026 4:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L7 Death has made nine.
Leave is reverse diagonal spread.
Black is at peg unrushable to 4.
Yellow's rush is cuttable to 1.
L6 Fulford hits 10yarder
Leave for Jack.
L5 Aaron is making 2-back.
Or maybe not?
06 Aug 2026 4:12PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black is still in 4th corner.
Blue goes 10y E of 1st corner.
The English pair discuss how to proceed.
06 Aug 2026 4:14PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 Aaron eventually ran his angled 2-back and hit the 6 yard return.
L6 Rob is playing.
I don't know why.
I think I made an error re lawn 7
Was it a reverse rush?
Um sorry I'll find out later.
NZ missed the lift.
Samir is thru 1 with a standard tp ahead.
06 Aug 2026 4:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L6 Felix misses 22-yarder.
Jack plays!
For reasons I don't understand, he has been left a 5 yard rush.
Which he misses.
His ball is headed to 4th corner, but is diverted by the peg to the end of A-baulk.
06 Aug 2026 4:24PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L5 Aaron is thru penult.
L7 Samir R jawses Y in 4-back after 3.
L6 Jenny hits 7-yarder.
06 Aug 2026 4:26PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Jenny takes off into yellow, croquets it near 3 going to red. Rushes red off north boundary in position where they might try a crosswire.
L7 After 4, Samir R rushes K to 6, takes off to R in 4-back and rush-peels it.
Something bad has happened at hoop 5.
06 Aug 2026 4:30PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L7 Samir has approached 5.
Red may be able to have a go at jumping through. However this shot is made more difficult owing to the blue ball being in the front of the hoop.
L6 NZ decides against trying a crosswire.
They seem to have left Jack a 14-yarder.
Which he has hit.
06 Aug 2026 4:35PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 Aaron has reached the peg and left a fairly horizontal spread.
L7 Samir hacks off the W bdry.
Is Blue wired?
06 Aug 2026 4:38PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L6 Jack plays a good rush to 2 from 25 yards away. His hoop 3 pioneer is 1' E of 6.
Good approach from 3y west
Makes hoop.
Adequate roll to 4.
How will he extract ball from 4th corner?
06 Aug 2026 4:42PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Answer to that question is by hitting a 6-yarder after 4.
L5 Mark lifts Y from peg to B-baulk.
Misses to 4th corner (18y)
06 Aug 2026 4:44PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L7 Edmund is not wired on red, so shoots at it.
Misses (13y)
06 Aug 2026 4:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L6 Logan finishes.
McCorkindale and Westerby win 2-0.
Test match score
England 1 New Zealand 3
06 Aug 2026 4:50PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L5 I meant.
D'oh!
06 Aug 2026 4:50PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L6 Jack has reached 2-back.
06 Aug 2026 4:52PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L7 Samir fails to get in front of 5. Retires to north boundary. Possibly attempted scatter?
06 Aug 2026 4:55PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L7 Paddy hits 9-yarder.
There's a ball halfway between 1 and I.
06 Aug 2026 4:56PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
We can overhear Rob's advice to Jack as they discuss the leave: "Make it up as you go along."
06 Aug 2026 4:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L7 Paddy picks up break.
DPO?
06 Aug 2026 5:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 Jack is thru penult.
Rob offers more specific advice.
06 Aug 2026 5:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 leave.
U 5y SSW of 4-back
K mid W bdry, 1y in.
R just S of II, Y 1' S of R
L7 NZ discussing DPO. It's there if they want it.
06 Aug 2026 5:11PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L6 Jenny plays K as it lies (15y).
Misses into II
06 Aug 2026 5:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L7 Paddy K peels Y thru penult after 6.
06 Aug 2026 5:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L6 Rob's rush to 4-back bobbled leading to an angled hoop. Runs to applause.
06 Aug 2026 5:17PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L7 Paddy's penult peel only went thru by 6". The experts prefer it in the jaws.
06 Aug 2026 5:18PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Rob is thru rover.
06 Aug 2026 5:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Congratulations to Robert Fulford on his 100th MacRobertson Shield match win!
06 Aug 2026 5:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fulford and Good win 2-0.
Having been 2 breaks down in game 1.
Test match score
England 2 New Zealand 3
06 Aug 2026 5:22PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L7 Paddy's DPO has boiled down to a straight rover peel. The experts prefer the rover peel to be done earlier.
06 Aug 2026 5:34PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
After rover, Paddy black rushes blue 8y N of I.
Takes off back to red rushes yellow to peg. 3y pegout.
K to 3rd corner.
06 Aug 2026 5:43PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red clip on 5, blue clip on 4.
Samir red approaches 5 from blue.
Not in front.
Blue is 3y N if peg.
Are blue and black wired?
The England pair are not allowed to use a test ball, so they try putting their fists against hoop 3.
The decision appears to be to go for the hoop.
7' 40°.
Runs it!
Roquets blue in the stroke.
06 Aug 2026 5:49PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Samir Red approaches 6.
Runs it to boundary.
Blue is 2y SE of Red.
Samir shoots at Black (13y).
Misses.
06 Aug 2026 5:53PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
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06 Aug 2026 5:54PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
I don't know how I found that symbol and I don't know what it means.
And yet I pressed send anyway.
06 Aug 2026 5:55PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Paddy Black croquets Red 3y S of 2.
He rolls Black and Blue between 4 and IV.
Is Blue wired?
Maybe.
So make sure Black is open.
06 Aug 2026 6:01PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Samir to 1st corner.
06 Aug 2026 6:02PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Edmund's approach to 4 gives angled hoop.
Fails.
06 Aug 2026 6:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Samir is shooting.
Twenty yards.
Don't think so.
Misses.
06 Aug 2026 6:06PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Will Edmund take his 6-yarder for the break?
Surely you have to?
Yes.
Having decided to go for it, he has minimal preparation and confidently hits it.
06 Aug 2026 6:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Edmund's first croquet stroke is good.
06 Aug 2026 6:09PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Hoop 6 pioneer is halfway between 6 and peg.
06 Aug 2026 6:10PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Has he misapproached 5?
From nowhere.
Paddy is on.
I expect they'll discuss and he runs it anyway.
06 Aug 2026 6:12PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
The red ball is 2y N of 5. Not sure if it's open on blue.
06 Aug 2026 6:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Edmund to 1y N of IV.
06 Aug 2026 6:16PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Red is wired on blue so can see black.
And to prove it he hits it.
06 Aug 2026 6:18PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Samir has rushed K 10y W of III.
Approach sends black 5y N of 2-back.
Good hoop (~5' 15°)
Almost snicks black in hoop stroke.
Hits 7y return.
Thru 2-back
06 Aug 2026 6:21PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
After 2-back Samir croquets black 4y N of 3-back.
Sweaty 6-yarder at blue is hit centre ball.
Here's the big shot...
06 Aug 2026 6:23PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
I doubt he was meaning to get that close to 3-back but he has 6" hoop slightly angled.
Gets it with rush.
Should finish now.
06 Aug 2026 6:25PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
I hate typing that sort of thing.
06 Aug 2026 6:25PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
4-back was a bit angled but he copes.
06 Aug 2026 6:28PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
He runs penult past the ball from which he approached, leaving a perfect rush on his rover pioneer.
06 Aug 2026 6:30PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Death & Patel win G3 +10
06 Aug 2026 6:30PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Test match score
England 3 New Zealand 3
06 Aug 2026 6:31PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Well that was exciting.
Thank you for following.
9.30 start tomorrow.
Not sure what the lawn allocation will be so don't know what I'll be doing.
06 Aug 2026 6:33PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Cheers, Andrew
06 Aug 2026 6:34PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
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