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MacRobertson Shield
Test 2 Day 1 England vs US by Kevin Fellows
Soo and Lamm have taken Mulliner and Death to a 3rd game.
26-23 in the second.
05 Jan 2014 3:30PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Mulliner sticks in 3 and has a referee test the clearance.
05 Jan 2014 3:31PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Clearance is not problem, Soo plays.
05 Jan 2014 3:32PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Patel has pegged out Maloof in Game 2, with Rothman for 4back and Fulford for 2.
05 Jan 2014 3:37PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Rothman takes a 26 yard death shot with 4back loaded ...
05 Jan 2014 3:38PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
... misses. This gives Fulford a break opportunity.
05 Jan 2014 3:38PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Fulford doesn't get started from hoop 2
05 Jan 2014 3:47PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Fulford fails hoop 2. Rothman hits from 3, has to approach 4back from 10 yards, doesn't get in front. Takes position, trying to get hidden from Fulford's ball.
05 Jan 2014 4:03PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Fulford hits Rothman's ball, and has a 3 ball break starting from hoop 2
05 Jan 2014 4:04PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Fulford needs a small sideways approach at 4back, and comes up short. Fails the hoop.
05 Jan 2014 4:24PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Rothman lifts to B baulk and finishes. 26-21
05 Jan 2014 4:24PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
In game 3 of Mulliner/Death vs Soo/Lamm, all players struggling to make progress in the high winds. Eventually Death has a break, and is now at 2back.
05 Jan 2014 4:40PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Rothman's finish gave USA the match 2-0
05 Jan 2014 4:40PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Death goes to 4 back with a reverse spread (because US are on 3 and 4). Soo hits the short lift shot.
05 Jan 2014 4:48PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Soo gets a break started from hoop 3, gets progressively disorganised until he gets no rush to 1back.
05 Jan 2014 5:03PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Walnuts are falling off a tree in the high winds, landing with a loud noise on a corrugated iron shed. Mulliner moves out of range.
05 Jan 2014 5:04PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Mulliner gets a break started from hoop 4.
05 Jan 2014 5:22PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Mulliner goes to peg with a reverse spread. Soo for 2back, Lamm for 3.
05 Jan 2014 5:35PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Soo lifts the ball at the peg and misses into corner 2
05 Jan 2014 5:37PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Death goes round all the balls repeatedly, runs an angled Rover to the south boundary, hits the 10 yard return, and finishes, 26-9.
05 Jan 2014 5:45PM (Tournament); 0 Readers
Matches for the day, England 2, US 1.
05 Jan 2014 5:46PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
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