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MacRobertson Shield
Test 2, Day 3, Lawn 2: James Death (England) vs Ben Rothman (USA) by Josh Smith
Ben Rothman Red and Yellow
James Death Blue and Black
Ben plays Red as a super Shoot Even with Hoop 6
07 Jan 2014 8:03AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
James standard opening with black ... Shoots Blue down the east boundary .. misses into corner 4
07 Jan 2014 8:04AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
ben Hits his super shot .. contracting a break now ... Makes H1
07 Jan 2014 8:09AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Ben makes H2 .. Rushes blue down towards h4 .. But hits the Peg.... Bugger
07 Jan 2014 8:11AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Ben Makes H3 .. But misses the return roquet on black to the north boundary
07 Jan 2014 8:14AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
James Playing black now and moving the balls around the lawn .. sending partner to H3 .. roqueting red .. sending it to h2 and getting a rush on yellow to H1 ...
07 Jan 2014 8:19AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Hoop one says no .. and james rejects the hoop
07 Jan 2014 8:20AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Benn shoots Red and blue at h3 and hits to the east boundary ... lovely croquet shot placing blue and hoop two and going to Yellow and black at h1
07 Jan 2014 8:22AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Ben peels black thru h1 ... has yellow close by for a return roquet ... Hits .. here we go
07 Jan 2014 8:25AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Ben(red makes H2
07 Jan 2014 8:26AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
ben fails h3 .. James Hits yellow and in the process hits red out of the Jaws
07 Jan 2014 8:29AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
James Makes H2 ..
07 Jan 2014 8:31AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Makes make h3 ... loaded h5 and coming down to blue at h4
07 Jan 2014 8:33AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
James has made 1B and 2B ... and 3B
07 Jan 2014 8:38AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Leave red 11 yards off the south boundary and two yards off the east boundary ... Yellow in H2
Blue and black set up with a rush over to red on the west boundary 8 yards south of the north boundary
07 Jan 2014 8:40AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Ben Lifts Yellow shoots from A ... and misses James rushes over
07 Jan 2014 8:43AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
James make H1 and H2
07 Jan 2014 8:46AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
James swings ...... smashes blue thru H3 roqueting red to the east boundary
07 Jan 2014 8:48AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Makes H4 .. Makes H5 only Just ... Liz fleming is called on
07 Jan 2014 8:50AM (Tournament); 42 Readers
James gets his triple under way ... peels 4b getting a rush to h5 ... slams thru h6 to the base line
07 Jan 2014 8:53AM (Tournament); 47 Readers
James peels black thru penult ... get s rush on red by h6 to 4b ... James comes thru the hoop and collects all the clips on the hoop as well
07 Jan 2014 8:59AM (Tournament); 47 Readers
James makes penult and peels rover .. by wants to play a jump shot to the south boundary where yellow is
07 Jan 2014 9:02AM (Tournament); 46 Readers
James wins Game 1 26TP-5
07 Jan 2014 9:03AM (Tournament); 47 Readers
James has a quick break around ... I blinked and missed it ... Setting a lovely diagonal spread.. Has peeled 4b heading to 1b
07 Jan 2014 9:37AM (Tournament); 53 Readers
Blue has been peeled thru penult james has made 4b
07 Jan 2014 9:41AM (Tournament); 54 Readers
James had a straight rover peel blue has only just made the hoop ... James goes up and over to the south boundary
07 Jan 2014 9:44AM (Tournament); 55 Readers
James wins Game 2 26TP-0
07 Jan 2014 9:46AM (Tournament); 55 Readers
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