THE White House and Yarnton British Legion fought out an entertaining game, with Roger Goodall starring for the White House with 15 dolls (5-4-6), writes Andy Beal.
White House set and won the opening leg 25-22. Legion set the second leg with a low 18 which should have been a formality for the White House, however they made hard work of it and sneaked over the line with 21.
The third leg had more twists and turns than a tornado. Legion set with 26, and in return White House could only muster up a total of five with their first three players and the leg looked lost as their last five players needed 22 between them.
The fightback started with Goodall clanging off all six and the next three players hitting four apiece to leave anchorman Mick Phipps needing four to win. A shaky start saw Phipps miss with his first two sticks, however he steadied himself to whip off the doll with his last four sticks to snatch a win for the White House by one doll.
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Kevin Giles was another 15-doll hitter (4-5-6) as he guided the Gladiators to a tricky 2-1 win at The Catherine Wheel ‘A’. The Gladiators set and won the first leg 25-20, and then chasing a set of 25, looked on course to beat that, however a collapse in the middle order left them three dolls short with 22. Gladiators set and won the final leg 25-18.
It was a very long night at The Black Horse ‘A’ against North Leigh FC as one leg went to three-sticks and the other to one-stick. North Leigh set all three legs and in the first one they hit 21, and in reply Black Horse had to rely on anchorman Steve Walton to whip off the four dolls needed to tie the leg.
Three sticks could not separate them (12-12) and on the one-stick shootout, Black Horse sneaked it 3-2. They then went two up in the second leg 26-16. In the final leg, a set of 20 by North Leigh was matched by Black Horse thanks to Walton, who clanged off the five dolls needed. Black Horse once again won the three-sticker 8-7 to give them maximum points.
Mark Bayliss was in fine form, hitting 14 dolls (4-6-4) as Littlemore British Legion had to come from behind to beat The New Club ‘A’ 2-1. An opening set of 21 was passed by New Club with ease, hitting 28. Legion levelled in the next leg 27-22. New Club’s only set 17 in the final leg, Legion flying past that with 25.
SIXERS: K Giles (Gladiators), R Goodall (White House), L Worrall (Duke of Monmouth), C Webb (Masons Arms A), J Lane (Northway ‘C’), M Bayliss (Littlemore British Legion).
BLOBBERS: B Woodward (White Hart).
TOP DOLL SCORERS: 15: K Giles (Gladiators), R Goodall (White House); 14: M Bayliss (Littlemore British Legion); 13: S Walton (Black Horse A), C Webb (Masons Arms A).
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