Wallingford Comrades Club Team Stats (Match 13)

12th December 2012 - Match 13
A TEAM	Pl	W	L	Pts for	Av	Pts ag	Av	%	Breaks over 25
Pete Billingham	11	10	1	635	58	313	28	91	26, 30
Nigel Prior	11	9	2	552	50	321	29	82	32, 32
Kev Higgs	10	8	2	544	54	344	34	80
Jon Hawkins	3	2	1	216	72	146	49	67
Tom Williams	9	4	5	363	40	404	45	44
Dave Greathead	7	2	5	271	39	377	54	29
Kev Gray	3	1	2	122	41	168	56	33
Nick Somarakis	0	0	0	0	##	0	##	###
	A Team host Marlboro B in the last match of the 1st half of the season & get the big 5-0 they need to move above Wantage to 2nd in the League! Captain knocks in a 30 break & VC follows with a 32. KG steps in as sub & makes a notable 22 & Cuz & Jon both record good wins. Same again next week?
B TEAM	Pl	W	L	Pts for	Av	Pts ag	Av	%	Breaks over 20
David Rowe	3	2	1	135	45	115	38	67
Dave Glaves	3	2	1	133	44	140	47	67
Brian Orton	8	5	3	440	55	325	41	63
Rob House	9	5	4	450	50	325	36	56	31, 30
Pete Beaumont	6	3	3	267	45	260	43	50	25
Andy Rance	10	4	6	395	40	490	49	40	27, 32
Bob Elliott	3	1	2	95	32	185	62	33
Kevin Pickworth	8	0	8	240	30	473	59	0
Simon Ellam	0	0	0	0	##	0	##	###
	No league match (again) for the B Team this week as they sit out their 2nd bye week... but pay particular attention to proceedings on table 4 as the A Team do them a huge favour by taking all 5 points off their nearest rivals! Now what was the deal...? Oh yeah, a pint per frame won please! LOL!

D&DS&BL Week 12 Match Report

Only the A Team were in League action this week as the B Team start their 2 weeks of byes (& nervously wait for results of other matches to see if they retain 'top spot' in the 1st Division!).
 
The A Team travelled to Abingdon RBL who are renowned for having one of the best tables in the league.  However, on arrival the snooker room was freezing cold (or have we just become spoilt at Wallingford Comrades since they finally sorted out our heating?).  Nah, IT WAS bloody cold!
 
First frame saw Harvey Pearce play Captain.  Harvey is recovering from a rather nasty shoulder injury & was playing only his 2nd match frame this season!  Captain, quite wary of a 'wounded tiger' (let's face it, I've been there enough times myself!  LOL!), found that Harvey was still a tenacious opponent & it went down to the pink ball before a 1-0 lead was gained by Wallingford, 47-33.
 
The table was playing RIDICULOUSLY fast (the cloth having been recently 'stretched') & the middle pockets wouldn't take any pace on shots at all (thanks for the advice Cuz!  Well, it is his Monday night Oxford League 'home' table!).
 
Second frame was Paul Archer v VC.  Paul potted very well & it was a most uncharacteristic performance from Nigel (maybe the lack of heat & fast cloth took it's toll?  Just trying to 'help' you out with reasons VC!) who lost 64-6!
 
Jon Hawkins was up next v Keith Bennett.  Jon, standing in for 'man flu' Tom, came in 'cold' but played solid match play (despite missing the pack on the break off!) & was in control of the frame throughout.  Jon stroked the cue ball around nicely & won 71-27 to put Wallingford 2-1 up.
 
Cuz was on next v Nigel Archer (& Cuz has had something of a reputation of nicking the 'glory' leg this season!).  It was a dogged performance & Cuz slotted in some fantastic pots, but Nigel just wouldn't give up.  After a hilarious interlude when Nigel questioned how the score board read to the ref (Jon), who replied "IF you get to 20, you'll go on there", pointing to the 4 tiered score board!  Well, I thought our guest cheerleader Big Dan 'The Man' Sheridan was gonna spill his pint!  Both teams were creased up!  LOL!  Undeterred, Cuz battled on & aided by a HUGE slice of luck when he 'fluked' the green (match ball!  Take it Cuz, you've had plenty of bad 'run' this year!), he eventually made it 3-1 by winning 71-35.
 
So with the win secured, Anchorman faced his old protagonist Doug Young.  Now Doug looked well up for this having been defeated by Dave earlier in the season in the Over 50s (or OAPs as we call it!).  Dave was always on the back foot & again battled valiantly, even to the point of requiring 2 snookers on the colours (& getting 1).  A questionable 'push shot' wasn't called by the ref when Doug potted the brown, but unfortunately it wasn't the deciding factor as Doug won by 48-21 to make it a final frame score of Abingdon RBL 2, Wallingford 3.
 
So, with our 6th (!!!) 3-2 win of the first half of the season, the A Team have a home match v Marlborough next week to finish the 1st half.  We need to record MORE than 3 points to catch & pass Wantage who currently lay 2nd (& have a bye).  A nice big 5-0 would be very timely please... CHAMPIONS!

Wallingford Comrades Club Team Stats (Match 12)

5th December 2012 - Match 12
A TEAM	Pl	W	L	Pts for	Av	Pts ag	Av	%	Breaks over 25
Pete Billingham	10	9	1	567	57	307	31	90	26
Nigel Prior	10	8	2	490	49	311	31	80	32
Kev Higgs	9	7	2	482	54	300	33	78
Jon Hawkins	2	1	1	135	68	123	62	50
Tom Williams	9	4	5	363	40	404	45	44
Dave Greathead	7	2	5	271	39	377	54	29
Kev Gray	2	0	2	55	28	119	60	0
Nick Somarakis	0	0	0	0	##	0	##	###
	A Team travel to Abingdon RBL & win 3-2. Captain wins the 1st but VC puts in an uncharacteristic performance & drops the 2nd. Jon scores heavily to make it 2-1 & Cuz secures the win (with some 'run'... for a change!) making it 3-1. Dave battles valiantly v Doug who avenges his Over 50s defeat. Get well soon Tom!
B TEAM	Pl	W	L	Pts for	Av	Pts ag	Av	%	Breaks over 20
David Rowe	3	2	1	135	45	115	38	67
Dave Glaves	3	2	1	133	44	140	47	67
Brian Orton	8	5	3	440	55	325	41	63
Rob House	9	5	4	450	50	325	36	56	31, 30
Pete Beaumont	6	3	3	267	45	260	43	50	25
Andy Rance	10	4	6	395	40	490	49	40	27, 32
Bob Elliott	3	1	2	95	32	185	62	33
Kevin Pickworth	8	0	8	240	30	473	59	0
Simon Ellam	0	0	0	0	##	0	##	###
	No league match for the B Team this week as they start the first week of their 2 bye weeks.  Mind you, they arranged a 'friendly' v RAF Benson & apparently have ANOTHER 'friendly' next week v Kennington.  Hmm, keeping sharp for the next League match lads?  Noted!