MacRobertson Shield
England v New Zealand Day 3 by Andrew Gregory
Good morning from Surbiton.
07 Aug 2026 9:21AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Glorious sunshine already.
07 Aug 2026 9:21AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Test 5 - Australia v USA
Day 3
Lawn 5 - S Forster & S Pearce v B Rothman & M Essick
Lawn 7 - J Carlisle & L Berryman v T Balding & S Morgan
Lawn 6 - D McCormick & G Hill v Z Watson & K Maloof
Test 6 - England v New Zealand
Day 3
Lawn 4 - James Death v Paddy Chapman
Lawn 2 - Robert Fulford v Logan McCorkindale
Lawn 3 - Jamie Burch v Edmund Fordyce
Lawn 1 - Samir Patel v Felix Webby
Lawn 4 - Mark Avery v Jenny Clarke
Lawn 2 - Jack Good v Aaron Westerby
All matches start at 09:30 following a 10-minute warm-up period.
07 Aug 2026 9:23AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
I shall be concentrating on lawns 3 and 4.
Lawn 2 is on livestream
07 Aug 2026 9:24AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Don't forget Joel's wonderful app
Mac2026.live
Live clip positions
07 Aug 2026 9:25AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
I think I'm right in saying that England's 5 and 6, Mark Avery and Jack Good, are undefeated so far. 8/8.
07 Aug 2026 9:29AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
I'm expecting the manager's whistle any moment.
There it is!
07 Aug 2026 9:30AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
OK so I shall be using Wylie's notation.
ie U = Blue
K = Black.
Also using the first letters of the second colours.
07 Aug 2026 9:32AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4P Jenny K 11y N of IV
T2 Avery Y just N of IV
T3 Jenny U 2' N of Y
T4 Mark R misses Y
07 Aug 2026 9:34AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
T5 Jenny is hoping for a corner cannon, so calls the ref on to adjudicate.
Yes.
Promotion cannon.
U is croqueting Y, R is sent toward 1 as U goes to K.
R is 5y shy of 1.
U sends K to 2, not great on R.
Rolling to 1 from 6y in front.
Overhits.
Attempted scatter?
U hits 2 and stays in lawn
07 Aug 2026 9:39AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
T6 Mark red hits yellow.
Take off to UK hits peg fully.
Misses 11-yarder
07 Aug 2026 9:40AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
L3 Jamie is in play for hoop 3.
Not a break yet.
07 Aug 2026 9:41AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L4p
Jenny U hits R (short)
L4s
T1 Paddy B 10y N of IV
T2 James P duffer
T3 Paddy G snicks P.
Not at full volume, I guess G would have added up 7y from A-baulk
07 Aug 2026 9:44AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4s
Paddy G sends P 4y NW of peg.
Leaves rush for B
T4 Death W hits B from B-baulk
Rushing it off S bdry
L4p
Jenny approaches 1 from 3 or 4y.
Makes hoop.
07 Aug 2026 9:46AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3 Jamie first break.
07 Aug 2026 9:46AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Jamie = Burch
James = Death
07 Aug 2026 9:47AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4p
An excellent croquet stroke from Jenny and she has break.
L4s is waiting.
I don't like double banking but I think it's the correct call in the circumstances.
07 Aug 2026 9:49AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4s
James W sends B to 3 getting rush on G.
Good shot!
Rushes P to 1 and he has first break.
07 Aug 2026 9:51AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L4p
Jenny runs 3 to S bdry where K awaits.
07 Aug 2026 9:52AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Here's something you should know.
When double banking and the other game is just ahead of you on the break:
Don't start marking their balls so you can send pioneers out which they then have to mark.
Sit down for 5 even 10 minutes.
Maybe make yourself a coffee.
07 Aug 2026 9:56AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
I'm surprised James is playing now tbh.
And it's not a good shot, he's crosswired from his pivot.
Hits his hoop 3 pioneer, good take off, excellent cut rush, his break continues.
07 Aug 2026 9:58AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
L3 Jamie made nine.
Some sort of OSL.
Edmund K hits U, now on w bdry.
Takes off to YR at IV
His rush to 1 is 2y shy.
Fails 1 off R (the 4-back ball)
07 Aug 2026 10:02AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4 Jenny has reached 3-back.
James has reached 6.
07 Aug 2026 10:05AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
James is pausing as Jenny sets her leave.
Which will be a spread.
07 Aug 2026 10:07AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3 Edmund K misses R (23y)
07 Aug 2026 10:08AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
L4p
Mark lifts R from peg to B-baulk
Misses to 1' W of IV.
07 Aug 2026 10:11AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3
Jamie fails 1 (?)
Edmund misses 18-yarder.
Jamie misses 6 yard pickup
L4p
Jenny K rushes U to Y, Y to 1, good hoop and she has second break.
07 Aug 2026 10:14AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L3s
James has made 9. Spread.
07 Aug 2026 10:16AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4s, sorry
07 Aug 2026 10:16AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3 Edmund U croquets Y to 2 going to R which is N of 1.
Gets rush to K nr IV.
Rush K to 1.
Runs 1 to n bdry
7-yarder at Y at 2, rushes it almost to I
Good stroke gives him rush to 2 and he has break.
07 Aug 2026 10:20AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L4s
Paddy hit lift and is thru 1.
Hoop 2 pioneer is near peg.
07 Aug 2026 10:21AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
An expert points out that Edmund has the balls for a TPO.
No chance of that.
But haven't we had a lot of 3 ball endings?
A plethora.
A superabundance.
07 Aug 2026 10:24AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
With Kiwis on breaks on all the games I'm covering, do you think I can get a coffee without anyone breaking down?
07 Aug 2026 10:26AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Sorry England fans, the answer is yes.
Jenny is at 2-back on second break.
Paddy is at 6 on equalising break.
Edmund is at 2-back on equalising break.
07 Aug 2026 10:34AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Just had a word with the management.
England v New Zealand will be at this end of the Club, ie the show courts, for the rest of the event.
At least as long as it's undecided.
Also all seem in favour of decantation, probably only between games.
For instance if the match on lawn 3 finishes early, then a game finishes on lawn 4, that match may be moved to the empty lawn.
07 Aug 2026 10:39AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3
Edmund has made nine.
Something went wrong with the leave
There are 3 balls in the middle of the lawn, tho none especially close.
Jamie has a 9-yarder with his forward ball but prefers to lift yellow.to A-baulk and take the 13-yarder at blue near IV.
Misses
Yellow and black clips on 1, blue, red on 4-back
07 Aug 2026 10:45AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4p
Jenny 4-back and peg.
Fairly horizontal spread.
07 Aug 2026 10:46AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4s
Paddy defensive OSL
Death "forced" to play forward ball.
Hits 13-yarder.
07 Aug 2026 10:48AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4p
Mark played yellow as it lay, 20y, must have been sort of target?
Hit.
Set up break but failed 1.
Jenny U hits 12yarder.
07 Aug 2026 10:50AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L3
Edmund has leave.
Jamie misses 25-yarder
07 Aug 2026 10:52AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4s
James has leave.
Paddy misses long shot.
07 Aug 2026 10:53AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L4p Jenny makes 4-back.
Good chance to finish.
07 Aug 2026 10:55AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L4s
James has grovelled thru 1.
Ref is on.
This looks tricky.
Sweep.
The target is 5y away.
Just misses.
07 Aug 2026 10:57AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Ref tells me James didn't think he could miss on the side that he did.
07 Aug 2026 10:58AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L4s
Paddy misses 14-yarder.
07 Aug 2026 10:59AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L3
Edmund makes 2.
There is no ball in the eastern half of the lawn.
07 Aug 2026 11:00AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4p
Jenny U is playing big roll from 3yS of II sending K near peg going to R which is 3y W of rover.
Leaves 4-yarder.
Hits.
Backward take off
5' hoop
Made
7y return
Hit.
07 Aug 2026 11:03AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4s
James on standard triple
Jenny Clarke wins game 1 +26
07 Aug 2026 11:05AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3
Edmund has break.
Any tp would be delayed at best but I doubt he'll try anything.
07 Aug 2026 11:06AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4s
James P peels W thru 4-back after 3.
There is still a bit of white in the jaws.
Prefers not to rush back after 4.
Gets forward rush out of 5.
07 Aug 2026 11:08AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4s
James P croquets G 6y E of 1-back.
Think that's as close as he could get to 1-back rather than a tactical choice.
Peels W thru penult to beyond rover after 6.
Big roll after 1-back.
Making 2-back off white.
07 Aug 2026 11:13AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Because James preferred to make 2-back off partner to safeguard the break, it will have to be a StRoP.
Which is my notation for straight rover peel.
07 Aug 2026 11:17AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3
Edmund is making 4-back.
He will be 2 breaks to 1 ahead.
07 Aug 2026 11:18AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3
Edmund fails penult.
07 Aug 2026 11:20AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red has trivial roquet but Jamie wants to play yellow.
07 Aug 2026 11:21AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4s
White is very close to rover.
James invites ref on to mark the ball in case he moves it while placing pink
Ref watches stop shot.
Now watches short angled hoop.
OK so far...
07 Aug 2026 11:24AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
...
Ref is back on.
James P used B to bombard W.
But B is now in way of P!
James has to hop over Brown from 6" to land on Green (ideally) or White.
Not enough elevation to get over Brown.
07 Aug 2026 11:28AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
James keeps finding new ways to fail triples.
Try asking him about this year's Men's semi.
07 Aug 2026 11:30AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4p
Second corner opening.
T4 Jenny U missed YR from B-baulk
07 Aug 2026 11:33AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4s
Paddy has standard triple ahead.
07 Aug 2026 11:33AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L3
Jamie has break.
He's reached 4.
Still a ball in IV
07 Aug 2026 11:36AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4s Paddy G peels B thru 4-back after 3.
07 Aug 2026 11:37AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4p
T5 Mark fails to rush U near enough to K for a break, so has leave.
Jenny finessed.
07 Aug 2026 11:38AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4pT7
Mark's rush to 1 almost reaches w bdry
Over-approaches
40° hoop.
Fails.
07 Aug 2026 11:41AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L4p
T8 Jenny misses 20-yarder
She's joined up in III with a southward rush.
07 Aug 2026 11:43AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Are R and Y crosswired?
I guess so.
R misses UK.
Y is 3y S of 1
07 Aug 2026 11:45AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
T10
Jenny has corner cannon in III.
07 Aug 2026 11:45AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Should I admit to be slightly relieved that Jamie isn't trying a triple?
Two failures in the last two days have been costly.
07 Aug 2026 11:47AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4s
Paddy G is at 1-back.
Peelee is at 2-back so one presumes he didn't get the penult peel yet.
07 Aug 2026 11:50AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4p
Jenny has break.
07 Aug 2026 11:50AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3 clips
Jamie R 4-back Y peg
Edmund U 4-back K penult
07 Aug 2026 11:52AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Jamie only just got thru rover.
Ref is on.
Sweep.
Missed.
07 Aug 2026 11:53AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Jenny approaching 3 from the side.
Short.
Good jump thru hoop.
07 Aug 2026 11:58AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Paddy is aiming for penult peel before 4-back
07 Aug 2026 11:59AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L3
Edmund runs 4-back.
Could be another Rigall?!
07 Aug 2026 12:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
An excellent croquet stroke after 3-back enables Paddy to get the penult peel before 4-back.
07 Aug 2026 12:02PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L3
Edmund has an angled penult.
He decides it requires full volume.
Runs it to S bdry.
Hits 11 yard return.
07 Aug 2026 12:04PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
...rushing it to N bdry!
07 Aug 2026 12:05PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L4s
Paddy has run penult.
The brown ball is 2y W of penult.
No idea why it's not near rover.
Here comes the rush...
Paddy will not be finishing this turn.
07 Aug 2026 12:07PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
James is peg and peg.
Paddy is rover and peg.
Has left reverse horizontal spread.
07 Aug 2026 12:12PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Not quite horizontal.
07 Aug 2026 12:14PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Jenny has reached 2-back.
07 Aug 2026 12:14PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Edmund has run rover.
Decides against pegging out yellow, I guess because black is South of rover and he doesn't want to leave it there.
07 Aug 2026 12:16PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
James has a 17 or 18 yarder.
If he hits he wins.
If he misses he loses 99.5% of the time.
07 Aug 2026 12:17PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
James misses.
07 Aug 2026 12:17PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3
Edmund's leave
R on E bdry 12y S of III
Y 2y W of peg
K with rush on U to Y from 5y S of II
07 Aug 2026 12:19PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3
Jamie lifts R to B-baulk.
Shooting at K...
07 Aug 2026 12:20PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
...Jamie hits.
07 Aug 2026 12:20PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Paddy Chapman (NZ) wins game 1 +2
07 Aug 2026 12:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Apologies to Paddy, probably 99.9% was closer to the mark.
07 Aug 2026 12:23PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3 Jamie is thru 4-back.
Other balls well in lawn but not especially near penult.
I dare say he'll cope.
07 Aug 2026 12:23PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Jamie is thru penult.
Partner is at rover but he can get a third ball down there.
07 Aug 2026 12:25PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L4p
Jenny calls on ref.
She is concerned that her ball has settled in a hole of some sort.
Most of the time you wouldn't bother the ref or just move the ball back an inch, but this is the Mac and propriety must be observed.
This is why the Refs are busier than you'd expect.
07 Aug 2026 12:28PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Jamie Burch (Eng) wins game 1 +4
07 Aug 2026 12:29PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Jenny has made nine.
Defensive OSL
Red in mid of E bdry.
Yellow N of mid of w bdry.
K has rush on U toward 1 (?).
Presumably not a target.
Mark lifts Y to A-baulk.
Misses 13-yarder
07 Aug 2026 12:35PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L4p
Jenny K rushes R to Y, Y to U, U to 1.
Makes 1.
07 Aug 2026 12:38PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
After 1, Jenny K rushes U to IV, doesn't get rush on R. Sends R 2y SE of 3. Tries to roll to 2 from E bdry. Back to blue. Has northward rush.
07 Aug 2026 12:41PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mark Y shoots at UK. 32y, target.
Hits.
Lunch.
07 Aug 2026 12:43PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
I'm back from lunch and taken up my spot near the second corner of lawn 3. Definitely a day to seek the shade.
None of the players is out yet.
Just took a look at Joel's wonderful clip scoring thing.
Mac2026.live
In the other 3 matches in the test apparently no-one has finished a game.
Is that right?!
07 Aug 2026 1:13PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Just a reminder
L3 Jamie Burch is game up v Edmund Fordyce
L4p Jenny Clarke is game and break up v Mark Avery. Mark has just hit in.
L4s Paddy Chapman is game up v James Death
07 Aug 2026 1:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4s
G2T1 James W 10y N of IV
T2 Paddy B 1' S of II
T3 James P at W from A-baulk. Misses.
07 Aug 2026 1:21PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
T4 Paddy G at W from A-baulk.
Misses
07 Aug 2026 1:23PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
T5 James W rushes G into P.
Sends G 3y E of peg.
Before rush he wants relief as his stance would be on the bank between lawns.
Rush to 1 is 5y past.
Good approach, makes hoop, useful rush.
Poor croquet stroke denies rush to 2.
07 Aug 2026 1:27PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
T5 James W approaches 2 from II
L3 Edmund R e bdry
T2 Jamie U duffer 1y S of 6.
07 Aug 2026 1:29PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
T5 James did not get in front of 2.
Fires off past P at 3. (Attempted scatter?)
07 Aug 2026 1:30PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L3
T3 Edmund Y misses R from B-baulk into IV
T4 Jamie K hits U, handily cutting it near R.
Good take-off and rush gives him 4th corner cannon.
07 Aug 2026 1:33PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L4p
Mark failed to get going.
Jenny missed long shot.
Mark makes his first hoop of the day.
07 Aug 2026 1:34PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Jamie's cannon could have gone better.
Rolling to 1 from 6y.
Makes it.
07 Aug 2026 1:35PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L4s
Paddy missed something.
James W is thru 3 with 4-ball break.
07 Aug 2026 1:37PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L3
Jamie's clip is on 2.
He's still got the innings. Well, sort of.
Edmund misses 16yarder
07 Aug 2026 1:40PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
L4s
James has first break.
He's for 2-back.
L4p
Mark has equalising break.
He's for 5.
07 Aug 2026 1:42PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L3
Jamie is thru 2.
Not a break yet.
07 Aug 2026 1:43PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L4s
James's 3-back pioneer is just N of hoop.
Going to it from the south he ends up in jaws of hoop. I think that's good luck at his level as he shouldn't have been near the hoop.
It does mean that the potential spread becomes an OSL.
07 Aug 2026 1:48PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Applause to my left
Samir may have hit something.
07 Aug 2026 1:49PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L3
Jamie has first break.
Now on 1-back.
07 Aug 2026 1:50PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L3s
Paddy misses 13-yarder
07 Aug 2026 1:50PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L3p
Mark is also laying an OSL, so waits for James to vacate the area.
07 Aug 2026 1:51PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
L3s
James rolling to 1 from 5y W.
Angled hoop.
Thru, fortunately with a useful rush.
L3p
Jenny misses 13-yarder.
07 Aug 2026 1:55PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L3s
James has standard tp ahead.
07 Aug 2026 1:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L3s
James's rush to 3 is poor, leading to him not even jawsing the subsequent peel.
07 Aug 2026 1:58PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L3p
Mark struggling to pick up break.
But he's still going.
07 Aug 2026 2:00PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L3
Jamie made nine.
OSL
Edmund R hit Y, which is now in mid e bdry
Takes off to UK.
4th corner cannon?
Ref is on.
07 Aug 2026 2:03PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3s
James essays the 4-back peel after 6.
Jawses it.
He's holding up Mark who is for hoop 3.
07 Aug 2026 2:05PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
After 1-back James W has useful if long rush.
Brown to 3-back
Rush peels P thru 4-back.
Take off to G at 2-back
07 Aug 2026 2:08PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
"Is white marked?"
"No"
"So that's where I left it?!"
07 Aug 2026 2:10PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
White is in the vicinity of the end of B-baulk.
07 Aug 2026 2:11PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L3p
Mark Y approaches 3 from K, 1y SW of hoop.
Does not get in front.
Scatters K to W bdry, joining up with red at 4!
07 Aug 2026 2:13PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L3s
James has run 3-back by an inch or so.
Fortunately can hit thru hoop to hit 9-yarder.
L3p
Jenny misses 13-yarder.
07 Aug 2026 2:15PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L3
Edmund has break.
07 Aug 2026 2:16PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3s
After 3-back James P plays poor shot not to get rush on W, then good shot for W to hit penult while getting rush to 4-back.
L3p
Mark croquets ball off lawn next to Jenny's black.
07 Aug 2026 2:19PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Sorry L4s, L4p
07 Aug 2026 2:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4s
James us too quick for me.
I presume some sort of Irish peel at penult.
StRoP time.
07 Aug 2026 2:20PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
James tries Irish peel of rover from say 2'.
It goes well.
07 Aug 2026 2:22PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
James Death (Eng) wins game 2 +26tp
Game all (best-of-3)
07 Aug 2026 2:23PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Throughout the event the referees have been diligently checking, adjusting, firming the hoops.
But what if there's a double banked game?
James and Paddy want the hoops seen to.
The referee demure.
James canvasses the double bankers.
They are happy for the fettling to occur.
07 Aug 2026 2:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Demurs not demure.
Autocorrect is not always your friend.
07 Aug 2026 2:28PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L4p continues.
Mark misses something.
L3 Edmund blobs 3-back.
07 Aug 2026 2:31PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4p
Jenny K Runs 2 by 9".
Ref is on.
Sweep.
Hits.
Has 3-ball break.
4th ball near end A-baulk
07 Aug 2026 2:33PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4sG3T1
Paddy B 10y N of IV
T2 James P sort of duffer - 3y SW of 6.
07 Aug 2026 2:36PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L3 Jamie has chance of standard triple.
07 Aug 2026 2:36PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L4p
Jenny snicks a 6-yarder to pick up 4th ball.
07 Aug 2026 2:38PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L3
Imprecision around 3 means any tp would be delayed.
07 Aug 2026 2:41PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
T3 Paddy G at B from A-baulk
Misses.
07 Aug 2026 2:42PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
T4 James W at P from B-baulk.
Hits
Is able to send P to 2 going to GB.
07 Aug 2026 2:43PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4p
Jenny misses return roquet after 6. (5y?)
07 Aug 2026 2:44PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4p
Mark misses 9-yarder.
07 Aug 2026 2:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3 Jamie sensibly not thinking of peeling.
Bring 4-back and peg at the end of turn will be fine.
07 Aug 2026 2:46PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4p
Jenny misses 11-yarder
07 Aug 2026 2:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4p
Mark has innings with 3 balls on e bdry nr 3.
The 4th ball is mid w bdry
07 Aug 2026 2:48PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4s
James fails 3.
07 Aug 2026 2:49PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L4p
Mark marks James's ball.
Mark Y makes 3 with a fair bit of wire.
Don't forget the hoops have been firmed up.
Mark Y hits R (6y).
07 Aug 2026 2:52PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4s
Paddy B hits W
There's a ball 3y NE of 1, so good chance.
07 Aug 2026 2:53PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L4p
Mark Y has 3-ball break.
07 Aug 2026 2:53PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L4s
Paddy overhits first croquet stroke.
Hits 4-yarder.
07 Aug 2026 2:55PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L4p
Mark has 4-ball break.
07 Aug 2026 2:56PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3 Jamie has reached 4-back and peg.
Not in full control.
Leave has at least required Edmund to hit 12yarder.
07 Aug 2026 2:59PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4s
Paddy has 4-ball break.
07 Aug 2026 3:00PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4p
After 2-back, Mark Y sends R to br his 4-back pioneer.
It finishes 18" west of hoop.
07 Aug 2026 3:01PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
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07 Aug 2026 3:01PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mark not fully in control so no thought of peel at 4-back. Again more wire than expected as he ran hoop.
07 Aug 2026 3:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Sorry I've been neglecting L3.
Edmund must have missed lift.
James is rolling to 4-back from 10y in front.
Angled hoop.
Extravagant jump nearly goes over hoop.
Hits transom and goes to east boundary.
07 Aug 2026 3:08PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Not sure transom is right?
07 Aug 2026 3:08PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Edmund misses 8-yarder.
07 Aug 2026 3:08PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
I've now missed interaction on L4s.
Paddy missed 5y return after 3.
James missed something (?).
Paddy back in.
07 Aug 2026 3:10PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L3p
Mark is 4-back and peg.
Jenny lifts K from peg to B-baulk.
Miss to 4' w of IV.
07 Aug 2026 3:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3p
Blue is only a yard or so in from w bdry.
Mark R rushes Y nr U.
Take off not good, redeemed by excellent cut rush.
Runs 4-back off lawn.
07 Aug 2026 3:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L4p
07 Aug 2026 3:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3 Edmund hits long shot ,(25y?)
07 Aug 2026 3:15PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4p
Mark R rushes U to w bdry.
Another good cut rush to penult.
So nice to be on fast lawns and these cuts are possible.
Mark misapproaches penult and runs away.
07 Aug 2026 3:17PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3
Edmund Y makes 1 without rush.
Long take off threatens boundary but stays on.
Has break.
3-back and break plays 4-back and peg.
07 Aug 2026 3:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4p
Mark is back on lawn, making leave.
L4s
Paddy is thru 1-back in control.
07 Aug 2026 3:23PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Edmund is flirting with any boundary he can find.
And now misses a 5y rush.
07 Aug 2026 3:25PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4 Jenny K hits R. (28y, target?)
07 Aug 2026 3:26PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L3 Jamie misses 22-yarder.
07 Aug 2026 3:27PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L3
Edmund Y has 5- or 6-yarder at R, which he helpfully snicks near the peg off.
Y meanwhile continues apace and surprises a spectator.
It's inadvisable to snooze near Edmund's lawn, especially if you're behind a hoop.
07 Aug 2026 3:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3
Edmund is thru 4 and has his break back.
07 Aug 2026 3:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4p
Jenny K has picked up break.
07 Aug 2026 3:32PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3
Assuming Edmund's break completes, I'd have thought a Rigall.
L4p
Assuming Jenny's break completes, do you Rigall (Mark is penult and peg.)
L4s
Paddy's brown clip is on 4-back.
Again an imprecise leave, let's call it an OSL.
07 Aug 2026 3:37PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
To avoid spoilers I won't name names.
But one of the other matches in this test has just finished their first game.
And if reports are to be believed, one first game is still going on!
07 Aug 2026 3:41PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4s
Death turned down his 13-yarder in favour of a more defensive 20-yarder.
Which was missed.
07 Aug 2026 3:43PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4p
Jenny K has made rover.
She first hits R leaving it near peg.
She rushes U to east boundary.
She takes off back to Y near peg.
She has 7' pegout of Y.
She misses pegout.
07 Aug 2026 3:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4p
In her last stroke Jenny scatters Red to west boundary.
But Mark Red now has 7-yarder at Black.
Which he hits.
Yellow is near the peg.
I guess Jenny couldn't hit the pegout too hard for fear of her own ball dribbling on.
07 Aug 2026 3:50PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L3
Edmund is 3-back and peg.
He eschews the Rigall.
B spread.
(I rather cheekily had a quick squint and I think black at peg can see blue east of 3-back. 11y?)
Jamie U peg K 4-back
Edmund R 3-back Y peg
07 Aug 2026 3:55PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L3
Edmund is 3-back and peg.
He eschews the Rigall.
B spread.
(I rather cheekily had a quick squint and I think black at peg can see blue east of 3-back. 11y?)
Jamie U peg K 4-back
Edmund R 3-back Y peg
07 Aug 2026 3:55PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mark Avery wins game 2 +5
Game all, best of 3.
Do we reset the hoops?!
No, straight on.
07 Aug 2026 3:57PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4pG3T1
Jenny K 10y N of IV
Mark Y 6" S of II
Jenny U at K from A-baulk.
Misses
L3
Jamie is eyeing up what I think is an open 11-yarder. A miss would leave an easy finish for Edmund.
Jamie lifts K to A-baulk.
20-yarder at R.
Snicks it!
07 Aug 2026 4:02PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L4pT4
Mark R hits K.
07 Aug 2026 4:03PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
L3
Jamie has not got a good rush to 4-back.
Cuts it 4y S of III
Good approach.
4' hoop.
This is for the match...
Hits it far more gently than I expected.
Stops in front of hoop.
Edmund Y hits K (7y)
07 Aug 2026 4:06PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4s
Paddy is on a tp.
He's just made 6.
Peelre is in jaws of 4-back.
1-back pioneer is 4y N of hoop.
07 Aug 2026 4:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4p
Sorry I haven't been paying attention
All clips on 1.
Jenny had a second corner cannon but misapproached 1.
Hit partner which was 15y away.
Now trying 20y take off back to 1.
Short, back to mother.
07 Aug 2026 4:10PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L3
Edmund leave.
Jamie missed 23-yarder
07 Aug 2026 4:11PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4p
Mark corners
07 Aug 2026 4:12PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L3
Edmund needs to rush to 3-back from the north boundary.
L4s
Paddy G may get a chance to rush B to penult after 2-back.
Slim chance of getting it in peeling posi but may as well have a go.
Setting up for delayed double.
07 Aug 2026 4:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L3
Edmund spent a long time setting up his rush.
3 balls in close proximity (yatdline cannon?)
Did his rush bobble?
Now needs 10y backward take off.
2y (??) hoop.
Run.to north boundary.
Trivial finish.
07 Aug 2026 4:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Well, trivially on easy lawns in a regular tournament.
07 Aug 2026 4:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4s
Paddy G approaches 4-back with B in the middle of penult.
07 Aug 2026 4:20PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4p
Jenny on lawn.
Balls not in any recognisable configuration.
07 Aug 2026 4:21PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L4p
Mark misses something.
L4s
Paddy needs StRoP for match.
L3
Edmund Fordyce wins game 2 +5
Game all, best of 3.
07 Aug 2026 4:27PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Paddy Chapman wins game 3 +24tp
Test match score:
England 3 New Zealand 4
07 Aug 2026 4:29PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4
Jenny K is thru 1 with a ball at 2.
Some big shot required for break.
07 Aug 2026 4:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Big shot very well played.
07 Aug 2026 4:32PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4
Jenny has reached 5 on her 4-ball break.
L3G3
T1 Jamie R 9y N of IV
T2 Edmund K just S of II
T3 Jamie Y at R from A-baulk
Hits.
07 Aug 2026 4:42PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
T3 Jamie ignores black and leaves westward rush for R.
T4 Edmund U misses RY from B-baulk
07 Aug 2026 4:44PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
T5 Jamie rushes well to 1.
Red makes 1 to level with Yellow.
Cuts Yellow between 3 and 6.
Take off to K in II
Rolls to 2.
V difficult hoop.
Bounces off to east boundary.
07 Aug 2026 4:47PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4 Jenny still going.
She has reached 2-back.
07 Aug 2026 4:48PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
PS please don't read inferences into my commentary. I'm trying to convey what is happening as economically as I can.
So while "Jenny still going" could imply I think she's slow, I meant no such thing.
Besides, she's in game 3 and there is still a first game going on.
07 Aug 2026 4:51PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
And while I typed all that I think Jamie missed a 10-yarder and Edmund is in.
07 Aug 2026 4:52PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4
Jenny is on 4-back.
RY look to be in horizontal spread posi.
U is 4y N of IV K is 3y N of U.
Mark misses 13-yarder.
07 Aug 2026 4:57PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3
Edmund has first break.
07 Aug 2026 4:58PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L4 Jenny's rush to 1 is a bit lusty but she copes.
07 Aug 2026 5:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L4
Jenny plays good rush to 3 and I think we can call this a break.
The hoop 4 pioneer is nearer the east boundary than the hoop.
07 Aug 2026 5:07PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L3
Edmund's break is not the tightest, he's thru 6.
07 Aug 2026 5:09PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
The double-banked games on L2 feature doubles partners for both teams.
Let's hope they don't get confused and offer each other advice.
07 Aug 2026 5:11PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
On my lawns, both breaks continue.
Both for the Kiwis.
07 Aug 2026 5:13PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
I thought today would be the day that the English players came out and asserted their dominance. They are after all higher ranked by 100 points per player.
At the moment it is not looking that way at all.
07 Aug 2026 5:15PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4
Nobody saw what happened but Jenny's clip is on 6.
Mark hit a short roquet.
07 Aug 2026 5:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L4
Mark misapproaches 1 and tries a hoop that looked worse than 45°.
Jenny misses 10yarder
L3
Edmund has made 9.
NSL
07 Aug 2026 5:20PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L4
Mark misapproaches 1 and tries a hoop that looked worse than 45°.
Jenny misses 10yarder
L3
Edmund has made 9.
NSL
07 Aug 2026 5:20PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L4
Mark misses 8-yarder
Jenny misses 18-yarder
07 Aug 2026 5:20PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
L4
Mark has done well.
Maybe he got a cannon?
Thru 1, needs big croquet stroke.
L3 clips
Jamie R 2 Y 1
Edmund U 4-back K 1
Jamie lifts R from 4 to B-baulk
Shoots at UK (20y)
Misses
07 Aug 2026 5:24PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mark finds a good stroke.
Hoop 3 pioneer a little deep but nicely on hoop 2 pioneer.
07 Aug 2026 5:25PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4
After 2, Mark R rushes Y near U.
Y to 4, U is cut to mid east boundary.
Would like to take off beyond K.
Does so with a thick take-off getting U well in lawn.
4 ball break.
L3
Edmund is thru 2.
R still in IV
07 Aug 2026 5:29PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
The players are struggling to keep control.
The lawns are perhaps tricky but not difficult.
How is Mark's hoop 6 pioneer 4y from the hoop?
07 Aug 2026 5:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
The players are struggling to keep control.
The lawns are perhaps tricky but not difficult.
How is Mark's hoop 6 pioneer 4y from the hoop?
07 Aug 2026 5:34PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Hello
07 Aug 2026 5:37PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Sorry croquetscores.com went a bit funny for me there. I'm sure the problem is my end.
07 Aug 2026 5:37PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L3
Edmund's clip is on 5.
My suggested explanation is that he missed picking off the 6-yarder after 4.
Jamie R hit something but ended up failing 2, maybe with a bad result.
L4
Mark just ran 3-back and couldn't hit reception ball.
Happily there was a 7-yarder he could hit.
Which was partner so the leave may be compromised.
07 Aug 2026 5:42PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L3
UK joined up.
Jamie's only available shot was yellow at UK from hoop 2 to 4th corner.
So he hit that.
07 Aug 2026 5:43PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L3
Jamie has made 1, no rush though.
07 Aug 2026 5:44PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L4
Mark has cobbled together a leave that doesn't offer any short shots.
Jenny finds a defensive 20-yarder, missing to 1'W of IV
07 Aug 2026 5:47PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L4
Mark played red and had a leave.
07 Aug 2026 5:51PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L4
Jenny U hits something.
Keith walks past.
What a lightweight.
He can't even cover a complete game.
Yes folks the last first game is not over.
07 Aug 2026 5:54PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L3
Jamie Y has break.
07 Aug 2026 5:54PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Sorry we are morbidly attracted to what's occurring on lawn 2.
We are ghouls.
07 Aug 2026 6:01PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L4
Jenny U has run hoop 6 with a pioneer at 1-back.
Now extracting ball from 3rd corner.
07 Aug 2026 6:03PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L3
Jamie's yellow clip is on 4-back.
R has rush on Y to 2 from w bdry
U is near east boundary.
K appears close to southside of peg.
But he can see RY and to prove it he hits R.
07 Aug 2026 6:06PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L2 there is a thin line that separates comedy and tragedy.
07 Aug 2026 6:10PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L3
Edmund K has picked up break.
07 Aug 2026 6:10PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
L4
Mark Y makes 1 no rush.
K is at 3, U on e bdry nr 3.
07 Aug 2026 6:12PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L3
Mark takes off off the lawn.
07 Aug 2026 6:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L4
Jenny U fails 1-back.
Mark has 1y hit in.
07 Aug 2026 6:15PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Sorry comment before last was L4.
It's been a long day.
And there's 3 hours left.
Not in my games, thankfully.
07 Aug 2026 6:16PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L4
Mark Y could rush K near R, R northward and he makes 2 for a 3-ball break
K is 2y out of I
07 Aug 2026 6:18PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
The Game That Would Not Die is over.
07 Aug 2026 6:20PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
L4
Mark fails short angled 4.
Jenny misses 18-yarder
07 Aug 2026 6:21PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4
Mark R misses 8-yarder at not all of Y.
07 Aug 2026 6:23PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Not sure why the players in The Game That Would Not Die haven't been decanted to L5 or L7, which are empty, rather than carry on double banked.
07 Aug 2026 6:25PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L3
Edmund K has run rover.
Trying to do something clever at peg.
OK so this is a fairly horizontal spread with R halfway between 1 and 2.
Clips
Jamie R 2 Y 4-back
Edmund U 4-back K peg
07 Aug 2026 6:28PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
L3
Jamie lifts R to B-baulk.
Misses (19y)
07 Aug 2026 6:30PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
I'm told the other match on L2 may well finish soon.
Hence no decantation.
07 Aug 2026 6:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
L4
Jenny U has break.
L3
Edmund should finish.
07 Aug 2026 6:32PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Test Match score now.
England 4 New Zealand 4
07 Aug 2026 6:34PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
I'm trying not to give away what's occurring on L1 and L2 in case you're following this live and fast forwarding thru the livestream later.
07 Aug 2026 6:36PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Edmund Fordyce wins G3 +16
Test match score
England 4 New Zealand 5
07 Aug 2026 6:37PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L3
Jenny U has gone round to peg.
L3 clips
Mark R 4-back Y 4
Jenny U peg K 4-back
Leave
R mid w bdry
Y 10y e of peg
K with rush on U to R out of II
07 Aug 2026 6:46PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L3
Mark lifts Y to B-baulk
Misses 13-yarder.
07 Aug 2026 6:46PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
I should have said that R is a yard or two inlawn
07 Aug 2026 6:47PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Jenny K taps Y, rushes U beyond R.
Overhits, rush pointing at 5.
Rushes red 15y S of 4-back.
Rolls up.
Apparently hoop is runnable.
2y 30°?
Failed.
07 Aug 2026 6:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mark R hits K (4y)
Directly approaches 4-back.
Runs it to boundary.
07 Aug 2026 6:51PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
After 4-back Mark R rushes K to rover, takes off to U, good rush to penult.
07 Aug 2026 6:53PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Poor approach.
07 Aug 2026 6:53PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
This looks bad for Mark.
07 Aug 2026 6:54PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Runs it!
07 Aug 2026 6:54PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
I was just thinking we haven't had a 3-ball ending for a while.
07 Aug 2026 6:55PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mark R makes rover off K.
U is by peg.
Y is just out of II
The blue ball is pegged out in a roll that sends R near Y (and still on lawn)
07 Aug 2026 6:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mark leaves Y in or near II, R 9y S of Y.
07 Aug 2026 6:59PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Jenny lifts K to B-baulk, misses Y (13y)
07 Aug 2026 7:00PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black clip on 4-back
Yellow clip on 4.
07 Aug 2026 7:00PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mark Y takes off 4' short of R.
Ref is on.
Y is in a hole.
Oppo says OK to move it.
07 Aug 2026 7:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mark Y hits R, rolls it toward IV, but Y hits hoop 4.
Y can run hoop 4!
Y does run hoop 4.
07 Aug 2026 7:04PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
After 4 Mark Y rushes R to east boundary.
Leaves rush to 5 from 8y N of IV
07 Aug 2026 7:06PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Jenny misses.
I'm too tired to do Pythagoras.
30+y, let's say.
07 Aug 2026 7:07PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Mark Y can rush K south.
Chance for 3-ball break.
Runs 5, but only just.
Not sure he can hit R.
07 Aug 2026 7:08PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mark Y retires to 1y E of I.
07 Aug 2026 7:09PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Jenny K at R (8y)
Misses to end of A-baulk.
07 Aug 2026 7:10PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mark Y at K 12y.
Misses to IV.
07 Aug 2026 7:11PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Jenny K at R (14y)
Misses to 10y W of III
07 Aug 2026 7:12PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mark R to 1y N of Y.
07 Aug 2026 7:12PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
More like 4'.
Anyway there's a gap.
K just misses Y.
And nearly hits my pint.
Good job I'm awake.
07 Aug 2026 7:13PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mark Y stops K inlawn, rushes R 2y E of 6.
Makes 6.
Rushes R southward, maybe 3y E of end of A-baulk.
Take off to K.
Pretty good.
Rushes K 2y W of end of B-baulk
Approaches 1-back.
Sticks in middle.
07 Aug 2026 7:18PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Jenny K at Y in hoop (9y)
Misses ball, hits wire, flicks off to B-baulk.
07 Aug 2026 7:19PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Avery is awake and asks ref if his black ball moved. It did. So he has wiring lift.
07 Aug 2026 7:21PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mark yellow lifts to B-baulk, rushes black, makes hoop only just, can't hit black, retires to II
07 Aug 2026 7:22PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Jenny lifts K to A-baulk, hits R (10').
07 Aug 2026 7:23PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
R is now 10y N of IV
Rolls to 4-back.
Fails long hoop. (3y?)
07 Aug 2026 7:24PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mark R hits K, takes off to Y.
Mark is about to play the wrong ball.
07 Aug 2026 7:27PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Maybe I'm wrong.
No-one else has noticed.
Plays one more shot with Y.
I'll clarify with players after game.
07 Aug 2026 7:28PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Jenny misses 30-yarder.
07 Aug 2026 7:29PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mark Y hits K (3y).
This is his second finishing turn.
Will it be his last?
07 Aug 2026 7:30PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Mark sends K 4y w of 3-back
Makes 2-back off R.
Rushes R near end of A-baulk.
07 Aug 2026 7:31PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
That's a good stroke.
R is almost too close to 4-back.
07 Aug 2026 7:32PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
That's a good stroke.
R is almost too close to 4-back.
07 Aug 2026 7:32PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mark Y makes 3-back off K.
No rush.
Good roll... or is it overhit?
Could he wire himself??
No, he's christed off red.
Phew!
07 Aug 2026 7:33PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mark makes 4-back, now taking croquet 3y W of III, good stroke.
07 Aug 2026 7:34PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mark makes penult, no rush.
07 Aug 2026 7:35PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Take off or roll?
Take off.
07 Aug 2026 7:36PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
I know it's meant to be hyphenated.
07 Aug 2026 7:36PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mark makes rover.
Rush goes 4y W of peg.
07 Aug 2026 7:36PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Maybe 10'.
07 Aug 2026 7:37PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Mark Avery wins game 3 +4
Test match score
England 5 New Zealand 5
07 Aug 2026 7:38PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Chatted to players, I'm sure there was a wrong ball.
Doesn't matter now.
07 Aug 2026 7:41PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Just been to the bar, other chaps saw the wrong ball.
07 Aug 2026 7:45PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Just asked the management which lawns the doubles will be on tomorrow.
They told me, then realised they shouldn't, so that players can't get some sneaky evening practice on tomorrow's lawn.
Suffice to say it won't be 5,6,7.
07 Aug 2026 7:48PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
I might be doing this again tomorrow.
I'm not promising mind.
07 Aug 2026 7:50PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Cheers Andrew
07 Aug 2026 7:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
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