At No 2 Alan Stokes took on Robin Nisbet. The first two games were very level in terms of chances. The third 0-9 game was just one of those freak things where Robin simply got every break and Stokesy got none. He also was pretty drained by a long and tough second game plus having to play all the games on the weekend before.
Mark Dutton's game at No 3 was quite a good one against Rob Norris. Mark gave Rob a very hard time in the first two games and looked like he'd take it comfortably. However, Rob returned teh favour and gave Mark a hard time in the next two. The 2-9 in the last game wasn't a good reflection of how hard fought it was. Tons of handouts with Rob just gradually creeping away with the scraps of a point after each set of handouts.
Pete Cockburn played very well at the thankless No1 spot against Ralph Bain. Had a real shot at taking the third game but Ralph had just a teensy extra gear to go to to save the day for himself.
Steve Davey at No5 was just a few points adrift of the pace in games 1 and 2 against Bruce Melvin. He should have had the third in the bag and went to 8-8 but was done in the end.
Iain Sinclair made a comeback to the team at No4 against Aussie Mark Tucker. He played very well and won 3-1 and Mark Tucker's mangled racquet in the bin afterwards was an eloquent enough commentary on the game.
Loss 5-16.
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