Milton Keynes Shambles 4-6 Mursley Hawks

Tuesday 5 November 2019

Game Result Score Match score
1 Steve Jordan lost to Martin Johnson (0-3) 6-11, 9-11, 6-11 0-1
2 Paddy Patel beat Frank Beck (3-1) 6-11, 11-8, 11-2, 14-12 1-1
3 Simon Green lost to David Bartlett (2-3) 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 6-11 1-2
4 Steve Jordan and Paddy Patel lost to Frank Beck and Martin Johnson (1-3) 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 5-11 1-3
5 Paddy Patel lost to Martin Johnson (2-3) 11-9, 14-16, 11-9, 3-11, 8-11 1-4
6 Steve Jordan lost to David Bartlett (0-3) 9-11, 8-11, 8-11 1-5
7 Simon Green beat Frank Beck (3-1) 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11 2-5
8 Paddy Patel beat David Bartlett (3-2) 11-7, 13-15, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10 3-5
9 Simon Green lost to Martin Johnson (1-3) 11-7, 8-11, 2-11, 1-11 3-6
10 Steve Jordan beat Frank Beck (3-2) 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6 4-6
 
Played on loan
Team Legs won Legs average (%) Points won Points average (%)
Milton Keynes Shambles 18 42.86 382 47.99
Mursley Hawks 24 57.14 414 52.01
Team Player Games played Games won Legs played Legs won Legs average (%) Points played Points won Points average (%)
Milton Keynes Shambles Steve Jordan 3 1 11 3 27.27 208 96 46.15
Milton Keynes Shambles Paddy Patel 3 2 14 8 57.14 280 144 51.43
Milton Keynes Shambles Simon Green 3 1 13 6 46.15 234 109 46.58
Mursley Hawks Martin Johnson 3 3 12 9 75.00 219 129 58.90
Mursley Hawks Frank Beck 3 0 13 4 30.77 252 116 46.03
Mursley Hawks David Bartlett 3 2 13 8 61.54 251 128 51.00
 
Played on loan
David Bartlett played on loan from Mursley Swifts in Division Three.
Match date Tuesday, 5 November 2019 at 19:30
Competition League
Division Division Two
Venue Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre
Season 2019-2020
Legs played 42
Points played 796
Published 28/03/2024 15:50 by Martin Johnson.
Match Report  (courtesy of Martin Johnson)

Milton Keynes Shambles took on Mursley Hawks, two places above them in the table, after a third of the season has passed.
Things appeared to be going acording to 'form', early on, as although there were some close sets, Hawks built up a 5-1 lead.

Martin Johnson opened with a straight games win over a slightly rusty Steve Jordan, but Paddy Patel levelled it up with a four
games win over an out of sorts Frank Beck, despite dropping the first game.  Hawks' fifth different reserve in seven matches,
David Bartlett, went two games down to Simon Green, but hung in well, to grab a fine five games win, before Frank / Martin
eased to a four games win over Paddy / Steve.  It became 4-1 to the visitors as Martin just overcame Paddy in another five
setter, and then David snatched three close games against Steve, to make it 5-1.  Cue the comeback, and Simon showed
some excellent consistency to beat Frank in four games, and Paddy held off a strong challenge from David, to just clinch it
at 12-10 in the decider, to bring Shambles back to 3-5.  The final two sets were played on two tables, as time was passing
by as a result of the close games.  On one table, Steve renewed battle with a familiar foe in Frank, and found enough of his
old form, to take it five close games, however, on the other table, after two tight sets left Simon and Martin at one all, it was
Martin who upped his play, to take the third and fourth four games more easily, and thus give Hawks their sixth 6-4 scoreline.