Will be going on lawn 1 shortly

Jenny (K) 8yds N of corner 4

Keith (Y) 6inches S of corner 2

Jenny (U) hits K from A baulk

Jenny takes off to Y, bounces off 2 has 9yarder at Y,  hits it anyway

rolls Y to max distance just off W boundary and fired off behind K to leave a rush pointing at Y. E boundary level with 4

Keith shoots at U from A baulk, scuffs the ground missing just right.

Jenny has put R near 4, K to 2 and is rushing Y to 1....

poor rush, clubbed to S boundary.  Approach is good, 4ft straight.

CLANG

Bounces off to the side.  Keith has a 4 yarder

Keith hits, makes 1, hits sweaty 4yarder and now has Jenny's break

Keith is up to 6 with a very precise break

Keith is running his hoops from 3inches.

Quality precision and a really Captain's innings.

A top quality turn finishes with a clip on 4back and a diagonal spread.

K 11 yds S 2yds E of corner 2, U tight to the peg , R 3yards from it and Y on the E boundary having missed the final rush. 

U lifts and misses K from B baulk

Keith misses R at Y finishing in contact.  Jenny has a 3yarder

Jenny hits the 3 yarder rushing it to 2

Jenny is taking Keith's hoop 1 ball to hoop 1

Rushes to 1yd due W of hoop 1. Approaches to the same spot as last time, runs it well, has 5yd return.  Hits half ball

Jenny is approaching 2 from 5yds to the side, has 4ft 25degrees hoop 2.  CLANG off partner.

Keith misses R at Y ,10yards, now joined up.

Runs 2, may have been wired from partner.

Jenny is digging the break out, just 1 good rush...

... makes it and is now going round

Jenny has made 1back and is setting up the start of an NSL.  R (1) 10yds S 3yds E of corner 2.

Rushed K very near to 5. Played the roll across going off the lawn.  Keith has 4yarder with Y (4back) or 7yarder with R(1)

Takes the 7yard lift, misses badly

Jenny hits the 4 yarder, makes 3back, puts Y 5yds SSE of hoop 2, R between 1 and the corner and has a reverse rush in corner 4.

Keith shoots R at Y, wrists it off badly

Jenny comes on to the lawn, thinks and then realises it is a reverse rush

K plays takes off to R on N boundary, 5yards short, hits it

Jenny rolls down to Y, hitting it, rolls up to hoop 1, short

Jenny leaves a rush pointing across corner 4.

Keith takes 17yarder with 4back ball from 1 towards 2, misses way left, sticks by hoop 2

Jenny has taken off to Keith's ball at 2, and hit hoop 2 in the take off for the third time in the game, poor rush to 1, 10yds NNW of the hoop

Jenny plays a good roll up but has failed the hoop off R (1)

Keith has a golden opportunity though U is near corner 4

Keith jawses first peel after 3 having balready brought the ball out from near corner 4 before 2

Goes back after 4, only nicks it, needs a ref to watch the take off to 5, gets within 2 yards of pioneer

Over rolled when bringing Y to penult, looking for the peel before 1back

U the 2back pioneer is 3 yards off the S boundary,  good peel and a rush to 1back, has a 5ft approach from the NE

Jawsed rover going to 3back

Finishes +17tp

1-0

Just 1 More!

How many times have I said that today

GAME 2

Keith (U) peg high E boundary (Applause from Chris)

Jenny (R) shoots at U from corner 3, rushes to S boundary

U just N corner 4, R just S of corner 2

Keith play K 5ft N of U.

Jenny shoots at U, centre ball

Runs 1 by 5yds, misses the return roquet.

Keith shoots with K by 1, hitting U on the E boundary

Keith takes off to Y, no sign of a break yet.

Has got Y to 3, put U near corner 2 and is approaching 2 from the corner sending R towards 1.  Gets in front of 2, R on the lawn by 5ft.  Runs hoop by not a lot, hits 8yarder

Now has a 3ball break

Had a 4yarder to pick up the 4th ball, now has everything.

Keith is round to 4back with a spread.

Y(2) 5yds SW of 2

R(1) glued on the SE side of the peg

K&U 10yds N of corner 4 with rush pointing at the peg

Jenny lifts R and is taking the long lift....

HITS U centre ball rushing it to 2ft W of corner 4

Rolls off the lawn going back to K.

Keith plays his 4back ball and will be having another leave.

Prefers a 2yarder to a 12yarder

Puts R(1) 10ft in front of hoop1, U peg high E boundary, Y 1yd off the W boundary level with 2. K in front of U leaving a rush pointing at Y 

R runs the hoop to N boundary 6yds E of corner 2

Nicks Y cutting it in lawn slightly.  Rolls across to 3 and 7yds short of K&U

Hits U

Runs 2 and now has a break

Currently making 6, with full control

Makes 2back, nicks 5yard return, has all the balls round 3back

Having had K&U very tight to each other before making 3back, rushed K towards corner 4 cannoning U to almost perfect position for the NSL.  Sends U (1) to 6yards S of 2, K is 6 inches ENE of 4, R&Y are 9yds N of 4 with rush pointing at U

U 1

K 4back

R 4back

Y 2

Lifts U to A baulk and takes the short shot...

... misses very badly wrong side of the hoop approx 2ft offline

Taps R, punts it towards 3, rushes U down to the corner.

Plays U to 4 yds from the peg getting a 7ft rush pointing at 2, rushes it to 2ft W of 2

Clubs through 2, nicks another 5yarder.

Overhits croquet stroke, cuts pivot wrong way,  struggling to get it under tight control

Has rescued it well, fails peel after 3, it's just off the left wire, possibly rush peelable

Another 5yard return roquet, missed clipping the wrong wire of the hoop.

Keith hits from 5 to 4 with U(1)

takes off to Y, rushes Y north, sends Y between 2 and the corner, hits R , leaving it just infront of 4back.  Sends R W of 1 and fires U into corner 4, 2yds S of K

R shoots at K&U....

...bad contact and misses, Keith has a finishing turn to win the test.

Pokes R in lawn, appeals that U is in a hole, no relief from the ref, rushes off behind Y..

rushes 3yards S of 1, makes the hoop, twitches on the return roquet nibbling the very edge.

Makes 2 but is hampered....

hits the hampered shot, playing down the outside of the hoop.

Sends K 4yds NW of 4 and U 3yds in front of 3, Y tight behind 3 wired from it, going for Y through the hoop, restalks with fire engines roaring past, makes the roquet, now approaching from behind the hoop

Deals with the hoop, takes off to R near corner 4, 5ft from going off.  Break returning to normal, delayed TP to go

Rushed K N of 3 after 4 rolled K down the E side of the hoop and U down the right, roqueted Y to approx 1 balls width from K and is now having to take off from the wrong side of the ball to get to 5.

Makes 5, Rushes R to E boundary, sends it N of 1back, rushes K gently into Y, gets a rush on Y, rushes to tight position at 6, runs by nothing, plays the rush swinging through the hoop

Doesn't get close enough to roquet K softly.  No peel to 1back

This is now just a ball to the peg, no peels.  Jenny will have another shot

Makes hampered shot after penult

Has a reverse spread,

Y (5) 1 inch off the peg

R (4back) 2yards off E boundary max distance

K (4back) max distance W boundary

U (peg) rush at peg

While sending R out, U got very close to the peg

K&U were further N than I thought

Jenny lifted Y and shot at K&U from 3yards off the end of B baulk, missing

Keith with another chance to finish

Come on Keith!!!

Pokes Y into the lawn, rushes U across to S of R, just missing the peg.

Keith rushes R to 6ft from the hoop, makes the hoop...

Keith finishes

+17TP +13

GB WIN THE TEST

11-9 with 1 still in play

Congratulations to Keith for bringing it home.

N.I.D

That's me done for the commentary, it's now over to Chris for the rest of the day, and the Surbiton commentators  on Wednesday.