Friday 18 January 2008

Seconds vs Linlithgow 2 Thursday 17th Jan 2008

Stop Press....a win for the seconds....is this a record...?

Well..no..more like the start of a full-scale recovery through the second half of the season, methinks.

We started off with Alan Stokes at No2 against Drew Purdie. Alan carried on in the same vein as last week with some nice touch and a well-paced game against an equally committed opponent. An entertaining five setter resulted with Alan running out a 3-2 winner.

Dougie Brown at No 4 came up against Mark Osborne and was also put to a stern challenge with games going one way then the other till the last when Dougie finally took control and closed it out. 3-2.

Mark Dutton at No 5 played the capable Ian Forshaw. In both of the first two games he allowed Ian to get to 8 points before turning up to play and frustratingly got to 7-8 in both games before the inevitable happened in each. The same start in the third game but the inevitable final point for Ian came a bit sooner than the scriptwriter demanded this time. Note to self....must start games the way I intend to finish them. Result 0-3.

Kevin Roberts was protecting a long winning streak at No 3 against Jack Purdie. He tells me that it's lasted several years, although the long gaps between team matches explains quite a bit of that...mebbe. The streak did continue on the night with a reasonably untroubled 3-1 victory.

Gerald Suggett at No 1 had to contend with that sturdy little nugget Joe Andrews. A very entertaining five-setter ensued (when is a Suggett match NOT entertaining...?) with no certainty going into the fifth game as to who was getting on top of whom. In the event it was Gerald and in no uncertain fashion with a 9-0 close-out.

Overall a 15-10 win which is our second of the season...the second of many more....

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