Woburn Sands Data 4-6 Milton Keynes Topspin
League
Division One
Wednesday 15 November 2017
| Game | Result | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Molloy beat David Wackrill (3-0) | 11-9, 11-9, 11-4 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Rob McPheat lost to Mervyn Kelly (0-3) | 9-11, 7-11, 9-11 | 1-1 |
| 3 | David McGarragh lost to Russell Penn (2-3) | 3-11, 11-6, 11-7, 13-15, 10-12 | 1-2 |
| 4 | Rob McPheat & James Molloy beat Mervyn Kelly & David Wackrill (3-1) | 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 | 2-2 |
| 5 | Rob McPheat lost to David Wackrill (0-3) | 9-11, 9-11, 5-11 | 2-3 |
| 6 | James Molloy beat Russell Penn (3-0) | 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 | 3-3 |
| 7 | David McGarragh lost to Mervyn Kelly (2-3) | 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-13, 1-11 | 3-4 |
| 8 | Rob McPheat lost to Russell Penn (2-3) | 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 7-11 | 3-5 |
| 9 | David McGarragh lost to David Wackrill (0-3) | 7-11, 5-11, 3-11 | 3-6 |
| 10 | James Molloy beat Mervyn Kelly (3-1) | 10-12, 11-3, 13-11, 11-4 | 4-6 |
| Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woburn Sands Data | 18 | 47.37 | 348 | 49.29 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | 20 | 52.63 | 358 | 50.71 |
| Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woburn Sands Data | James Molloy | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 92.31 | 240 | 144 | 60.00 |
| Woburn Sands Data | Rob McPheat | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 18.18 | 208 | 94 | 45.19 |
| Woburn Sands Data | David McGarragh | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 30.77 | 239 | 103 | 43.10 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | David Wackrill | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 50.00 | 214 | 110 | 51.40 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Mervyn Kelly | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 58.33 | 225 | 115 | 51.11 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Russell Penn | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 46.15 | 248 | 121 | 48.79 |
| Date | Wednesday 15 November 2017 |
|---|---|
| Start time | 19:30 |
| Competition | League |
| Division | Division One |
| Venue | Woburn Sands Methodist Hall |
| Season | 2017-2018 |
| Legs played | 38 |
| Points played | 706 |
Published 22/12/2024 01:28 by David Wackrill.
Last season Topspin beat, drew with and lost to Data, so anything was possible this evening, especially with James Molloy in top form on an unbeaten 8 set run. Following Greenleys Warriors defeat last night we needed a 7-3 win ourselves to catch them up but failed at the last hurdle when James extended his run of wins to 11 with a terrific 4-game victory over previously unbeaten Mervyn Kelly.
So, a good night’s work for James, who also took a feisty doubles with Rob McPheat while Topspin mopped up the remaining 6 singles. Rob did get himself in good positions several times, only to fail at the 'death’, losing 6 games by 11-9, while Dave McGarragh has to consider himself hard done by to go home empty handed.
I did log Dave’s misfortunes, of which there were many. After a terrible start with the first 9 points against Russell Penn lost, Dave fought back to hold 2 match points in the 4th game (one of which was saved on a ‘net)’ and another in the decider when Dave’s eyes lit up at the chance to play his favourite forehand smash. But he over-egged the shot, hitting long to allow Russell back into the match and ultimately to win it. Then against Mervyn, Dave led 2-1 in games and by 8-4 and again 11-10 (for another match point) in the 4th, before eventually losing in the decider. And during his set with Mervyn he managed to smash his bat on the umpire’s table with his ‘follow through’ after a winning forehand that knocked the centre pole holding the dividing curtain out of kilter to ‘bring the curtain down’ on an eventful evening.