Mursley Hawks 6-4 Mursley Swallows

Monday 24 September 2018

Game Result Score Match score
1 Mervyn Phillips beat Martin Johnson (3-0) 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 1-0
2 Andy Palmer lost to Peter Sear (1-3) 8-11, 8-11, 11-9, 7-11 1-1
3 Andy King beat Roger Shelton (3-1) 10-12, 12-10, 11-8, 11-7 2-1
4 Andy King and Mervyn Phillips beat Martin Johnson and Peter Sear (3-2) 11-2, 9-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7 3-1
5 Andy Palmer lost to Martin Johnson (2-3) 11-5, 11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 11-13 3-2
6 Mervyn Phillips beat Roger Shelton (3-0) 11-5, 11-0, 11-5 4-2
7 Andy King lost to Peter Sear (0-3) 9-11, 4-11, 7-11 4-3
8 Andy Palmer lost to Roger Shelton (2-3) 7-11, 16-14, 11-9, 8-11, 8-11 4-4
9 Andy King beat Martin Johnson (3-1) 11-5, 13-11, 9-11, 11-9 5-4
10 Mervyn Phillips beat Peter Sear (3-1) 9-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-8 6-4
Team Legs won Legs average (%) Points won Points average (%)
Mursley Hawks 23 57.50 399 53.99
Mursley Swallows 17 42.50 340 46.01
Team Player Games played Games won Legs played Legs won Legs average (%) Points played Points won Points average (%)
Mursley Hawks Mervyn Phillips 3 3 10 9 90.00 164 108 65.85
Mursley Hawks Andy Palmer 3 0 14 5 35.71 275 132 48.00
Mursley Hawks Andy King 3 2 11 6 54.55 214 108 50.47
Mursley Swallows Martin Johnson 3 1 12 4 33.33 226 101 44.69
Mursley Swallows Peter Sear 3 2 11 7 63.64 197 101 51.27
Mursley Swallows Roger Shelton 3 1 12 4 33.33 230 103 44.78
Match date Monday, 24 September 2018 at 19:30
Competition League
Division Division Two
Venue Mursley Village Hall
Season 2018-2019
Legs played 40
Points played 739
Published 29/03/2024 08:12 by Martin Johnson; edited 1 times, last on 29/03/2024 08:12 by Martin Johnson.
Mursely Hawks   6 - 4   Mursley Swallows

Newly promoted Mursley Hawks took on their own Club's Swallows team, in their first Division 1 fixture. A close match was expected, and was delivered!
Hawks top player Merv Phillips went on first against Martin Johnson, and gave Hawks the lead with a three straight games wins, as Merv maintained his winning run from last season, whilst Martin appeared a little 'ring rusty'. Next up it was Swallows captain, Peter Sear, who levelled the contest in four games against Andy Palmer. Andy King then took the home team back into the lead against Roger Shelton, despite dropping the opening game, to win in four. Andy K and Merv then took on Peter and Martin, and in an ebb and flow double encounter, edged through in the fifth, to put Hawks 3-1 up. Another five-gamer followed, as Andy P went two up against Martin, only to be pegged back, with Martin eventually sneaking it at 13-11 in the decider. Merv restored Hawks' two set advantage with a comfortable win over Roger, before Peter grabbed one back for Swallows, edging out Andy K in three games, and then Roger got on the board in another tight encounter, taking it 11-8 in the fifth against Andy P, to leave the match score at 4-4. However, Hawks were not to be denied, and took the final two sets, each in four games, as Andy K beat Martin, and then Merv beat Peter (taking Merv's League winning run up to 30), to clearly announce that Hawks are not out of their depth in the higher division.