LATEST MATCH REPORTS...

Since London has a large squad, I'm used to having to give the bad news that a player(s) might not get a game, this time however we just about managed to get a full squad with a little help from the B team.

We had a tentative start staying just ahead at 6 -5 in the first set, however once we settled in with our new team mates we raced ahead with winning run of 8 to take set 2 by 10 frames to 1! Taking the score to 16-6.

In set 3 out came the Kully sweets and Tony was eager as usual to get his share which he justly deserved winning 3 out of 4 games and only losing to a break dish. However, even with the sweets we could only manage just losing the set 5-6. This meant London were tantalisingly close to winning with the score at 21-12, well done Hampshire for not giving up after the half way mark!

In set 4 after having been rudely awoken by a great performance from Hampshire, we put our game face on and took a total of 10 games in a row (2 from the previous set) including another break dish from Jordan "feast or famine" Kennedy! With a 10-1 in the final set the score ended 30 -14. With great performances and winning all their games (break dish aside), Kully Ross and Tony get Men of the match; Well done guys. Special mention to Peter "fairy tale" Pan for 3 out of 4, and staying 2 ahead of number 2 for the county C team player rankings with 14 wins out of 16.

Hampshire C (Home) v London C Match synopsis

Set 1: Hampshire C 5-6 London C
Set 2: Hampshire C 1-10 London C
Set 3: Hampshire C 6-5 London C
Set 4: Hampshire C 2-9 London C

Stats

Jordan Kennedy 2/4
Ross Dawkes 4/4
Andre Cox 2/4
Shane O'Reilly 2/4
Tony McDowell 3/4
Steve Burke 2/4
Kulvinder Bath 4/4
Rob Cork 2/4
Peter Panayiotou 3/4
Dave Hall 3/4
Matt Holroyd. 3/4
Jeremy Ruffer ----