Underway at 12.45pm. Edmund playing B & K, Aiken playing R & Y. Current state 1 game each 26-0 to Edmund, 26tp - 0 to Aiken. Edmund first with a roquet with K blobs in hoop 1. Aiken misses roquet. K makes 1 but achieves nothing and leaves Y on southern boundary and R near north boundary by hoop 2. K & B on east boundary. R plays into corner 4. B roquets K. TO to R. R croqueted to hoop 1 with approach of B to Y. Y rushed hoop high for a drive to 2 and B to approach hoop 1. Hoop missed. R roquets B thru hoop. Hoop 1 run. R rushes B to east boundary south of K. B infield with R to rush K to west boundary south of Y. K loads hoop 3 with R to make hoop 2 off Y.. 4 ball break set-up. Should get to 4-back.

Aiken now heading to 1-back in total control. 3 - back now run. B left at 3-back wired from R & Y. Y with rush to K left south of hoop 2. B lifted and shot from corner 4. Roquet missed. Aiken now back in with Y.
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R rushed to west boundary then croqueted to load 2. K rushed to hoop 1. Hoop run with Ybut with 5 yard return roquet. K to load 4 with approach to roquet B in corner 4. Big roll to load 3 and approach R at hoop 2. But Y hits side of hoop 4 and B goes out over northern boundary. Turn over. K with 7 yarder to roquet Y to hoop 1.but misses. Y to roquet R near hoop 2 but misses.- out on northern boundary behind hoop 2. B shoots for R but misses Y with 9 yarder roquets R nearly to middle of south boundary. Loads 3 and splits to K on west boundary beside hoop 1. Boundary TO to B for cut rush to hoop 2. Not great nor is the roll approach with 1 yard hoop to make. No problem..

R rushed to west boundary then croqueted to load 2. K rushed to hoop 1. Hoop run with Ybut with 5 yard return roquet. K to load 4 with approach to roquet B in corner 4. Big roll to load 3 and approach R at hoop 2. But Y hits side of hoop 4 and B goes out over northern boundary. Turn over. K with 7 yarder to roquet Y to hoop 1.but misses. Y to roquet R near hoop 2 but misses.- out on northern boundary behind hoop 2. B shoots for R but misses Y with 9 yarder roquets R nearly to middle of south boundary. Loads 3 and splits to K on west boundary beside hoop 1. Boundary TO to B for cut rush to hoop 2. Not great nor is the roll approach with 1 yard hoop to make. No problem..

Roquets B with the return roquet, loads 3 back with B travelling to K. Rolls K & Y to hoop 3.. Now rushes R to southern boundary. TO to eastern boundary for rush on B to 3 but goes out. Edmund in with B roquets Y and TO to R for rush to hoop 2. Misses hoop. R near boundary behind hoop 2 returns to Y behind hoop 4. K at hoop 3 plays to west boundary 2 yards in from corner 1. Y roquets R. TO to roquet K. Rolls K and Y to hoop 2 for roquet on B to northern boundary. B to hoop 1, Y too hard for hoop 3 approach returns to R.with infield rush from corner 4. K plays into corner 2.

Y rushes R to load 4 and TO to B near hoop 1. Obtains rush towards corner 2 and K. Y to rush K to 3. Hoop high 2 yards away. Hoop made and into a 3 ball break with R waiting.

Y makes hoop 4 then rushes R to corner 2 to bring B into play with a rush to the south boundary. Croquet to load 6 and Y approach to K to make hoop 5. Then rushes K to northern boundary behind hoop 2. K loads 1-back with Y split to R. R roqueted and croqueted to load 4-back for subsequent peel with Y to approach B at hoop 6. Hoop run with rush on B to east boundary for loading 2 back and splitting to R for potential peel attempt. A 3-yarder.with a split to K at 1-back.

Peel missed. But the break goes on. 1-back made K to mid court. TO to R to load 3-back with approach to rush B to 2-back. Looks like a straight break to the peg with no further attempt at peels but we shall see - what would I know! After 2 back is run B is positioned adjacent to 4-back. K is midcourt enabling Y to approach R for the 3 back hoop approach. Hoop run. R is
loaded to Penult. K roqueted and croqueted adjacent to R with Y rushing B to 4-back.

B now loaded to Rover. K is roqueted and croqueted to peg. Y makes penult off R.and Rover off B. Leave has B north of hoop 2 midway peg & hoop 6. K hidden by peg. R & Y in diagonal spread in the east.

K lifted for shot at R from A baulk but misses.R rushes Y beyond B and loads penult. Rushes B to 4-back for a tricky boundary-side approach. 1 yard hoop made to boundary. B rushed towards west boundary. Rover loaded with B. R overshoots Y for a rush to Penult but a reasonable cut gives a 4 yard approach which is overshot. R to roquet K at hoop 4 but misses. Turn over.

K roquets Y and proceeds to make hoop 2. Y now in centre court with approach to B to make hoop 3. B loaded to hoop 5 and Y rushed to R in corner 4. R used to make hoop 4. K then roquets Y in corner 4 and brings into play to mid-court. R roqueted and loaded to hoop 6. Hoop 5 made off B. Hoop 6 made off R. R returned to midcourt. B used to load 1 back. Y rushed to 1-back. Help! Edmund's playing faster than I can type!! 1-back made with Y to load 3 back. 2-back & 3 back run. Y to north of 2 for leave, R to east boundary yard north of peg. B & K near corner 4 on boundary.

Aiken lifts R and roquets B from A baulk. K rushed past Y. K to load Rover with rush on Y to Penult. But rush is duffed. Now 6 yard roll to hoop. Looks okay and hoop run through to K. Rover run with rush back to Y. Peg out! Aiken wins
26-10 and the match 2 games to 1.