Chackmore Hasbeens 5-5 Mursley Hawks

Wednesday 18 January 2023

Game Result Score Match score
1 Sam Willett lost to Martin Johnson (1-3) 2-11, 11-7, 9-11, 10-12 0-1
2 Bub Burman beat Ian Spanswick (3-0) 11-6, 11-7, 11-5 1-1
3 Andy Whitehead lost to David Bartlett (2-3) 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 10-12, 10-12 1-2
4 Bub Burman & Andy Whitehead lost to David Bartlett & Martin Johnson (2-3) 3-11, 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 10-12 1-3
5 Bub Burman lost to Martin Johnson (1-3) 9-11, 12-10, 2-11, 8-11 1-4
6 Sam Willett beat David Bartlett (3-0) 11-9, 11-3, 11-7 2-4
7 Andy Whitehead beat Ian Spanswick (3-0) 11-5, 11-9, 11-2 3-4
8 Bub Burman beat David Bartlett (3-1) 9-11, 11-4, 11-1, 12-10 4-4
9 Andy Whitehead lost to Martin Johnson (2-3) 11-6, 7-11, 3-11, 11-8, 4-11 4-5
10 Sam Willett beat Ian Spanswick (3-0) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 5-5
Team Legs won Legs average (%) Points won Points average (%)
Chackmore Hasbeens 23 58.97 368 52.42
Mursley Hawks 16 41.03 334 47.58
Team Player Games played Games won Legs played Legs won Legs average (%) Points played Points won Points average (%)
Chackmore Hasbeens Sam Willett 3 2 10 7 70.00 182 98 53.85
Chackmore Hasbeens Bub Burman 3 2 11 7 63.64 194 107 55.15
Chackmore Hasbeens Andy Whitehead 3 1 13 7 53.85 235 120 51.06
Mursley Hawks Martin Johnson 3 3 13 9 69.23 230 131 56.96
Mursley Hawks Ian Spanswick 3 0 9 0 0.00 157 58 36.94
Mursley Hawks David Bartlett 3 1 12 4 33.33 224 97 43.30
Match date Wednesday, 18 January 2023 at 19:30
Competition League
Division Division Two
Venue Chackmore Parish Hall
Season 2022-2023
Legs played 39
Points played 702
Published 09/05/2024 23:19 by Martin Johnson.
Chackmore Hasbeens vs Mursley Hawks (Div 2)

Chackmore Hasbeens and Mursley Hawks stood in 3rd and 4th positions, after the first two thirds of the season, just three and five points behind the two leaders.  In the first two encounters between these two teams, Hasbeens had the upper hand, winning 6-4 at home and 7-3 away; the only two defeats of the season, so far, for Hawks.

With Hasbeen's Sam Willet needing to leave early, he played his three sets straight off, leaving his team 2-1 up, after losing a close one against Martin Johnson, but easing past Ian Spanswick and David Bartlett in straight games.  The doubles then saw the regular Hasbeens pairing of Bub Burman and Andy Whitehead taking on Martin and David.  Hawks got off to a quick start to take leg one, but Hasbeens appeared to have restored the advantage as they went 2-1 up, however the Hawks pair battled to the end, and sneaked the deciding game 12-10, to inflict just the second doubles defeat of the season on Bub and Andy.

Bub then beat Ian in straight games, to put Hasbeens back ahead, but it was level once again at 3-3 as Martin took a see-saw set against Andy over five games, never looking back after a good start to the final leg.  Back came Hasbeens again, as Bub overcame narrowly losing the opening leg to beat David in four games, then Andy overpowered Ian three straight, to put Hasbeens 5-3 up, to set up a potential treble over their rivals.

Set nine saw the two unbeaten players face each other, as Bub played Martin.  The opening two legs were neck and neck, with some good hits taking each player to one game, however, in game three Martin got off to a flyer and never looked back, as everything seemed to go in.  Game four was closer, but again, Martin's hitting went in when he needed it, to inflict a rare defeat on Bub, ending a run of twelve consecutive singles wins by Bub, whilst Martin has now extended his own run of singles wins to seven.  The final set saw Andy play David, and when Andy went 2-0 up, it looked like a third straight defeat on the cards for Hawks against Hasbeens, but the fightback started, as David clawed his way through the next three games 11-8, 12-10, 12-10, to snatch a 5-5 draw by the narrowest of margins, and end a fine match.

With the result being a draw, Hasbeens / Hawks stay in 3rd / 4th, respectively, but both lost ground to the two leading teams, who each won 10-0 this week!

Player of the Match : Martin Johnson.