The 14th WCF AC World Championship
Johnston v Maugham by Chris Clarke
The players are practicing.
16 Aug 2013 10:28AM (Tournament)
With this match starting after 10.30, it is entirely possible it may not finish today.
16 Aug 2013 10:29AM (Tournament)
Turn 1 Johnston 15y N of C4
Turn 2 Maugham to C2
Turn 3 Andy misses from C3 to C4
Turn 4 Dave shoots at Andys first ball from A-Baulk.............misses
16 Aug 2013 10:34AM (Tournament)
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16 Aug 2013 10:36AM (Tournament)
Turn 5 Andy has put Dave to near h1 and near h2 and joined up near C4
16 Aug 2013 10:38AM (Tournament)
Maugham shoots from W of h1 to C4. Seems to be a horrible stroke - the ball bounces on these pristine lawns..................hits the ball in C4. That should be the first break
16 Aug 2013 10:40AM (Tournament)
Maugham to 4-b. I won't bother mentioning what leave he's made.
16 Aug 2013 11:00AM (Tournament)
Andy lifts ball at h4 and takes long lift (not very flat on that lawn)...............misses to C4
16 Aug 2013 11:04AM (Tournament)
Dave has picked up a break and is setting up a delayed tp
16 Aug 2013 11:12AM (Tournament)
Not quite sure how Dave has got where he is - which is a rolling partner to penult before h6 on a standard tp.
16 Aug 2013 11:19AM (Tournament)
Jawses penult after h6. Rush-peels it by 18" after 1-b
16 Aug 2013 11:23AM (Tournament)
Dave trying long angled peel before 3-b............fails. Straight rover peel needed now
16 Aug 2013 11:29AM (Tournament)
Peg out attempt from 10 feet, wins first 26tp
16 Aug 2013 11:36AM (Tournament)
1. Andrew U to peg high on E boundary
2. Beast Y to C2
3. Andrew misses U from C3 to C4
4. Beast hits Y in C2
16 Aug 2013 11:43AM (Tournament)
Fails to get going, lays up in C2 with oppo balls @ H1 and peg high E boundary
16 Aug 2013 11:49AM (Tournament)
5. Andrew misses balls in C2 from H1.
16 Aug 2013 11:49AM (Tournament)
6. Beast plays C2 cannon, clangs H1
16 Aug 2013 11:51AM (Tournament)
7. Andrew misses H2 into C1
16 Aug 2013 11:56AM (Tournament)
8. Beast misses half ball target at Y to S boundary
16 Aug 2013 12:01PM (Tournament)
9. Andrew hits 7 ydr from C1, going round
16 Aug 2013 12:02PM (Tournament)
Pops Y goinbg to H5
16 Aug 2013 12:17PM (Tournament)
Slow old ball to 4b, two pops, NSL, H1 ball on H4
16 Aug 2013 12:30PM (Tournament)
I take that back,, when I say NSL, obviously I mean OSL
16 Aug 2013 12:37PM (Tournament)
10. Beast lifts peg ball misses long lift into C4
11. Andrew hits 5yd pick up
16 Aug 2013 12:44PM (Tournament)
JStandard tp, awses 4b peel after 3.. Off to lunch myself, back in an hour to report the pegout :-)
16 Aug 2013 12:58PM (Tournament)
But no! Andrew has had some trouble with a tight angled hoop after an attempt at a tight angled straight peel and has clanged leaving Dave all the balls
16 Aug 2013 1:39PM (Tournament)
12. Dave going round...
16 Aug 2013 1:39PM (Tournament)
to 4b, NSL (sic)
16 Aug 2013 1:48PM (Tournament)
13. Andrew lifts ball for rover by W boundary, hits long lift from C3, finishes
Johnston beats Maugham +17
Johnston 1 Maugham 0
GAME 2
16 Aug 2013 1:58PM (Tournament)
Just to clarify, it is now game 3 - Maugham won the first +26tp, so this is the third
16 Aug 2013 2:45PM (Tournament)
1. Johnston to East boundary
2. Maugham just south of corner 2
3. Johnston hits partner, takes off to corner 2 - plays a big split - Dave's ball has gone too far and is only a few yards north of hoop 5.
4. Dave hits, poor first croquet stroke leaving himself a 6 yarder, gets a 5 yard backward takeoff, fails hoop 1 off Andrew's ball, giving Andrew a break
16 Aug 2013 3:00PM (Tournament)
5. Andrew having a leisurely ball around. Looks to want a POP on red before hoop 5.
16 Aug 2013 3:11PM (Tournament)
Andrew around to 4back with all other clips still on hoop 1..... Slow, but very accurate, diagonal spread in the final stages of construction.
16 Aug 2013 3:28PM (Tournament)
Dave misses the long lift and Andrew has failed to rush the ball at the peg anywhere near hoop 1 and has a very long takeoff from a couple of yards north of hoop 5 which has left him a long hoop 1 which has has smoothed through.
16 Aug 2013 3:35PM (Tournament)
Rushes to peg after 1, rolls ball to H4 going to ball in C4, Hogan roll going to H2
16 Aug 2013 3:40PM (Tournament)
Puts escape ball well S for 4b peel, and misses it after doing peel
16 Aug 2013 3:45PM (Tournament)
8. Maugham misses 6ydr at ball on S boundary from H4
16 Aug 2013 3:48PM (Tournament)
9. Andrew cunningly rolls ball into 5 going to balls at 4b, approaches H4 from 3yds, easy dp for game 3
16 Aug 2013 3:53PM (Tournament)
Penult peel after H6
16 Aug 2013 4:03PM (Tournament)
Straight, Irish rover peel sails through, +26sxp
16 Aug 2013 4:08PM (Tournament)
Oops. Last comment was from Bamford v. Death obviously
16 Aug 2013 4:11PM (Tournament)
4b pioneer is 2yds N of 4b, takes off almost to C3 to get behind it, but is making 4b from 1ft dead in front
16 Aug 2013 4:14PM (Tournament)
Straight rover peel, Johnston wins +26
16 Aug 2013 4:22PM (Tournament)
Johnston 2 Maugham 1
16 Aug 2013 4:23PM (Tournament)
GAME 4
1. Andrew K to optimum point on E boundary
2. Dave Y to 6" S of C2
3. Andrew U centre balls K into C4 from C3. Rolls K to peg high on E boundary getting within 3yds of K in C2. As you do. Rolls Y to peg high W boundary returning to partner. An awfullot of good strokes for a flattish DL.
4. Dave R misses U into C4 from C3
16 Aug 2013 4:33PM (Tournament)
5. Andrew rushes across to Y, sends K 5yds SSW of H2 and rushes Y close enough to C4 to get a cannon. Overhits it and has to approach H1 from W boundary level with hoop. Good approach but sticks
16 Aug 2013 4:41PM (Tournament)
6. U is over half way through H1, so Dave hits it from about 4yds at 45deg. Laid break...
16 Aug 2013 4:42PM (Tournament)
...but failsto get rush on H2 pioneer and mis-approaches from 3yds. B class join by peg
16 Aug 2013 4:47PM (Tournament)
7. Andrew centre balls 15 ydr with H2 ball, with a ball by the peg and a pioneer 1yd off the N boundary behind the hoop
16 Aug 2013 4:50PM (Tournament)
Rushes ball by peg to N boundary behind H3, elects to croquet it back to the middle of the lawn and fails to get a rush on the pioneer. Take off for a rush looked like a better option to me.But copes with 6yd backward take-off and crashes through, so what do I know?
16 Aug 2013 4:54PM (Tournament)
Not for the first timeessays a pop at H1 but Walters it off. Clubs H6 pioneer into the peg, but shouldn't be a problem.
16 Aug 2013 5:02PM (Tournament)
2b pioneer is 7yds short of the hoop as the untidy turn continues
16 Aug 2013 5:08PM (Tournament)
Goes to 4b with a spread with Dave's H1 ball by peg rushable to both H1 & H2
16 Aug 2013 5:27PM (Tournament)
8. Dave misses long lift with H2 ball into C4
16 Aug 2013 5:27PM (Tournament)
9. Andrew makes H1, about to Hogan roll out of C4
16 Aug 2013 5:28PM (Tournament)
Striker's ball excellent, but pioneer goes off N boundary by 4"
16 Aug 2013 5:30PM (Tournament)
10. Dave misses 13ydr from N boundary at oppo balls S of H2
16 Aug 2013 5:31PM (Tournament)
11. Andrew makes H2, good cut rush to 3yds W of H3, makes it, clips 4yd return roquet. Takes off to R on middle of W boundary, rolls it to H5 going to good pioneer at H4. Now has a laid delayed tp for the match.
16 Aug 2013 5:37PM (Tournament)
After H5 rushes peelee from 3yds SSW of 4b to 15" dead in front of 4b
16 Aug 2013 5:43PM (Tournament)
Fails to get forward rush after 3b, so pass rolls penult pioneer to 1yd S of penult getting 6ft straight rush on peelee 2yds N of penult. Peels before 4b.
16 Aug 2013 6:01PM (Tournament)
Atempts straight, Irish rover peel from 3ft in front, peelee rejects, bouces back and hits strikers ball. K & U end up either side of rover, but partly open. Scatters them both to W boundary, K level with penult, U 1yd N of C1
16 Aug 2013 6:12PM (Tournament)
12. Dave lifts H1 ball, rushes U north, sends it to H2 but bumps into K.
16 Aug 2013 6:13PM (Tournament)
Rolls K across court, gets a kind of rush on R and is approaching H1 from 5yds, sticks running it gently
16 Aug 2013 6:17PM (Tournament)
13. Andrew misses 20ydr at partner just off E boundary from H2
16 Aug 2013 6:22PM (Tournament)
14. Dave rushes 20yds to H2, makes it and now has a four ball break
16 Aug 2013 6:26PM (Tournament)
Goes to 4b with a reverse NSL
16 Aug 2013 6:39PM (Tournament)
15. Andrew misses long lift into C4
16 Aug 2013 6:45PM (Tournament)
16. Dave approaches H2 to 1yd @ 15deg. Runs it hard to 1yd through. Doesn't get a rush on H3 pioneer, so has 5yd backward take off.Runs 3yd H3 fairly gently clean as a whistle and hits 4yd return roquet
16 Aug 2013 6:48PM (Tournament)
Takes off to ball in C4, Great roll, now has a 1yd straight rush on H4 pioneer 5yds from the hoop
16 Aug 2013 6:51PM (Tournament)
Fails to get forward rush after H5, clubs roll and overruns peelee by 3-4 yds. Speculative peel attempt from 5yds misses the hoop, but good rush so makes H6. 1b pioneer is deep, so could have a go @ 4b peel going to it, but decides in favour of a 2b pioneer instead.
16 Aug 2013 7:00PM (Tournament)
Good rush back to 4b after 2b, but straight peel attempt from 4yds bounces to side of hoop
16 Aug 2013 7:08PM (Tournament)
4b peel straight but rushes to unpeelable position @ penult
16 Aug 2013 7:10PM (Tournament)
Goes to peg,partner for penult, flattish spread. If Andrew lifts the W boundary ball he has a better chance of finishing, but as does Dave if he misses that shot. I'm guessing he'll figure Dave will finish even if he lifts the peg ball, so will give himself the best chance. Whether that's true or not...
16 Aug 2013 7:16PM (Tournament)
17. He has indeed lifted the W boundary ball and is shooting at R&Y down the E boundary. With a screech of anguish, Andrew misses, but presumably not by much.
16 Aug 2013 7:18PM (Tournament)
18. Dave rushes to penult, puts escape ball 1ft dead in front of 6, runs it hard for hoop & roquet, but misses! Hits 6yd return roquet which is partner @ rover. Rolls up, runs 1yd hoop, and has a rush pointingat middle of E boundary. But hits it well and pegs out for a very Openshawic +4
16 Aug 2013 7:24PM (Tournament)
Looking like more Tension in the Twilight as it's
Johnston 2 Maugham 2
16 Aug 2013 7:26PM (Tournament)
GAME 5
1. Andrew K 15yd supershot
2. Dave Y to just S of middle of E boundary
3. Andrew U misses Y into C4 from C3
4. Dave R misses Y from A baulk
16 Aug 2013 7:30PM (Tournament)
5. Andrew hits Y from C4, rushes R just S of supershot ball. R to H2, rushes to 1 and he's away
16 Aug 2013 7:35PM (Tournament)
U to 4b, spread with W boundary ball 1yd off
16 Aug 2013 7:53PM (Tournament)
6. Dave lifts peg ball, misses long lift into C4 from C3
16 Aug 2013 7:56PM (Tournament)
Makes H1, about to Hogan roll out of C4 to H3 & H2. Great shot puts H3 pioneer 1yd in front and gives 2yd rush on pioneer to H2, now approaching from 3yds straight
16 Aug 2013 7:59PM (Tournament)
Rushes partner across after H2 and gets it 3yds in front of 4b for the peel. Rushes partner to 2ft dead in front after H3, does the peel and is away on a standard tp for the match.
16 Aug 2013 8:03PM (Tournament)
Penu;lt peel done after H6
16 Aug 2013 8:15PM (Tournament)
Has an opportunity to do the rover peel going ro 2b, but its quite angled and he's E of the hoop, so more prudent option would appear to be to have a go from better position going to a perfectly placed pioneer at 3b. Anyway have a go he does, and it sails through no problem.
16 Aug 2013 8:18PM (Tournament)
Maybe he just wanted to give himself as many opportunities at it before rover bearing in mind what happened last time...
16 Aug 2013 8:19PM (Tournament)
Completes break for +26tp, so:
16 Aug 2013 8:25PM (Tournament)
Johnston beats Maugham -26tp, +17, +26, -4, +26tp
16 Aug 2013 8:28PM (Tournament)
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