Greenleys Glory 5-5 Milton Keynes Topspin
Wednesday 16 January 2019
| Game | Result | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Midson lost to David Wackrill (0-3) | 9-11, 3-11, 9-11 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Scott Dixon beat Mervyn Kelly (3-0) | 12-10, 11-5, 11-9 | 1-1 |
| 3 | Ian Brown beat Russell Penn (3-1) | 12-10, 8-11, 11-1, 11-7 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Ian Brown and Scott Dixon beat Russell Penn and David Wackrill (3-2) | 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-9 | 3-1 |
| 5 | Scott Dixon lost to David Wackrill (1-3) | 7-11, 3-11, 11-9, 6-11 | 3-2 |
| 6 | Jacob Midson beat Russell Penn (3-1) | 11-9, 2-11, 11-9, 11-5 | 4-2 |
| 7 | Ian Brown beat Mervyn Kelly (3-1) | 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 12-10 | 5-2 |
| 8 | Scott Dixon lost to Russell Penn (2-3) | 11-7, 6-11, 11-4, 10-12, 6-11 | 5-3 |
| 9 | Ian Brown lost to David Wackrill (1-3) | 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 3-11 | 5-4 |
| 10 | Jacob Midson lost to Mervyn Kelly (2-3) | 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 12-14, 9-11 | 5-5 |
| Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenleys Glory | 21 | 51.22 | 375 | 49.73 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | 20 | 48.78 | 379 | 50.27 |
| Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenleys Glory | Jacob Midson | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 41.67 | 222 | 107 | 48.20 |
| Greenleys Glory | Scott Dixon | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 50.00 | 216 | 105 | 48.61 |
| Greenleys Glory | Ian Brown | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 58.33 | 219 | 113 | 51.60 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | David Wackrill | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 81.82 | 194 | 116 | 59.79 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Mervyn Kelly | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 33.33 | 234 | 108 | 46.15 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Russell Penn | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 38.46 | 229 | 108 | 47.16 |
| Match date | Wednesday, 16 January 2019 at 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Competition | League |
| Division | Division One |
| Venue | Greenleys Junior School |
| Season | 2018-2019 |
| Legs played | 41 |
| Points played | 754 |
Published 25/04/2024 05:54 by David Wackrill.
Glory couldn’t turn out a side for their last fixture (the only such occurrence this season) so it was good to see them back on track for this one and to have Jacob Midson make his debut after a year’s absence, alongside Ian Brown and Scott Dixon. My Topspin team was the usual one of Russell Penn, Mervyn Kelly and me.
The home boys raced into a 5-2 lead with the doubles loss crucial for us yet again as we couldn’t capitalise on a good recovery from 8-10 down in the 4th to 6-2 up in the 5th.
But, as so often in the recent past, we managed to claw our way back into the match, this time by clinching the last 3 sets for a hard earned draw. Russell saved 2 match points against Scott before bringing the match score up to 3-5. I completed my hat-trick against Ian to make it 4-5 and Mervyn squeezed home 11-9 in the 5th against Jacob after yet another match point was rescued in their 4th game.
We somehow still cling on to that lead at the top of the table despite just 1 win in our last 6 matches now.