How do you fancy trying to get out of this snooker?!

During Wallingford A Teams visit to Crown Technology tonight, in the final frame this situation arose!

Dave Greathead was playing Anthony Whitton & with the last red on the table, Anthony clipped off the red to try to lay a snooker, pushing it between the pink & brown in the D.  Anchorman had about 1/8th of an inch of the red to clip off (checking his eyesight!), which he did, nestling the red tightly between the pink & brown & sending the cue ball down towards the black!   Hell of a shot & a stinker of a snooker!

Anthony tried to work out the angle whilst Dave's A Team mates commented about the employment of the 'miss' rule!  The ref joked "We don't play the miss rule at our level!".  To which we said "So long as you know 'Free Ball'!!!"

Anthony missed the get out (it was an awful snooker!), giving a foul & fairly obvious free ball.  Dave did no more than nominate black & clipped off the side of it to lay the cue ball behind the blue (as per the photo)!!!  No mercy!  Dave nonchalantly walked away from the table with a grin like a Cheshire Cat & sniggering like Muttley!

Needless to say, Anthony tried to swerve round the blue to hit what was an impossible snooker, but hit the blue (& thankfully for him), then clattered into the pink, red & brown to resolve the situation which could have kept him there all night!

Just goes to prove the old adage of 'Youth & Exuberance are no match for Age & Treachery', eh Daddy G?

Comrades Club Team Stats 26/11/14 (Match 12)

A TEAM	Pl	W	L	Pts for	Av	Pts ag	Av	%	Breaks over 25
Nigel Prior	8	7	1	471	59	221	28	88	27
Jon Hawkins	5	4	1	270	54	176	35	80
Kev Higgs	9	7	2	468	52	260	29	78	27
Pete Billingham	10	7	3	547	55	268	27	70	(54-CS),31,29
Tom Williams	8	5	3	387	48	300	38	63
Dave Greathead	9	5	4	469	52	415	46	56	(45-GK)
Nigel Woods	1	1	0	53	53	22	22	###
Aaron Tame	0	0	0	0	##	0	##	###
A Team travel to Crown Tech & win 5-0 to finish the 1st half of the season. Captain starts with a 52-16 win v Andy Harper. Nigel has a brace of 24s during a demolition score, 62-4 v M Rowland. Cuz beats T Russell 55-11 slotting in some gorgeous pots. Jon grinds out a 50-23 win v A Simcock (tired Jon?!). Dave pots well & lays some fabulous snookers (see picture later on blog!) in a 69-38 win v Anthony Whitton. Great result A Team! Time to push on!
B TEAM	Pl	W	L	Pts for	Av	Pts ag	Av	%	Breaks over 25
Rob House	8	7	1	441	55	158	20	88
David Rowe	10	8	2	652	65	293	29	80
Brian Orton	7	4	3	301	43	292	42	57
Andy Rance	9	5	4	387	43	357	40	56
Simon Ellam	4	2	2	174	44	179	45	50
Olly Walker	2	1	1	87	44	91	46	50
Craig Mace	6	2	4	193	32	274	46	33	27
Dave Glaves	3	0	3	100	33	146	49	0
No match for the B Team this week as they sit out their bye week & cross fingers that Abingdon RBL & Abingdon Con share (or as close as they can do) points & the A Team drop points (sorry lads! It didn't happen!) after they've sat top for the last 3 weeks while Team Cups have been played. Have you ever seen a 4-way tie at the top of the Premier/1st Div?! Even Chairman Bob Elliott said he couldn't remember it even from 'back in the day'!
C TEAM	Pl	W	L	Pts for	Av	Pts ag	Av	%	Breaks over 17
Hugh Baker	8	3	5	350	44	373	47	38
Alan Wells	8	3	5	304	38	348	44	38
Adam Beasley	8	3	5	298	37	294	37	38
Colin Dalton	6	1	5	175	29	298	50	17
Kev Pickworth	7	0	7	223	32	454	65	0	21
Ben Titford	5	0	5	153	31	276	55	0	17
Eric Cawthorne	2	0	2	22	11	127	64	0
Pete Beaumont	0	0	0	0	##	0	##	###
Joey Edwards	0	0	0	0	##	0	##	###
Luke Wells	0	0	0	0	##	0	##	###
C Team travel to Marlboro C & lose the deciding frame for a 2-3 loss. Kev finds ex-Prem player Stuart Foley too much to handle with a 23-70 loss. Alan redresses the balance to level it at 1-1 with a 53-29 win v Ken Cooper. Hugh has a close high scoring frame but loses out 45-56 v Dave Bradshaw. Adam christens his new cue with a convincing 56-19 win v Andy Patterson before Ade Jackson seals the match win with a 59-34 win over Ben. Unlucky lads!