Div 2 Cup Final: City Hospital 4-3 Oakleigh Lodge

[Mike Langdon]

Congratulations to City Hospital who picked up the 2nd division Cup after a tense deciding pairs frame.  City Hospital got off to a great start with Les Smith winning the opening frame against Colin Tutin before Jordan Parnham won on the black against Tej Lees to put his team two-up.  Jason Turner got Oakleigh Lodge back in the match with a good win over Dennis Peet but Rob Wallace put in a real captains performance against Brendan Murtagh to restore City Hospitals 2 frame advantage.  This meant that Oakleigh Lodge needed to win the final two singles frames to push the match into a deciding pairs frame.  Steven Roe played a perfect frame against Sean Croft with some great safety play backed up with solid scoring running out a comfortable winner to make it 3-2.  On the other table Oakleigh's Adam Robinson was also taking the bull by the horns firing in some spectacular winning pots which were enthusiastically cheered on by his Oakleigh team-mates who now perhaps sensed a shift in the momentum of the match.  The deciding frame paired Oakleigh's captain, Spider Wilkinson & Ryan Cooper against the less experienced Jordan Parnham & Sean Croft who received a 7 start.  The City Hospital pair proved a great combination with Parnham's solid matchplay and Croft's more adventurous attacking style pushing themselves towards victory with a healthy 30 odd point lead.  Cooper gave Oakleigh hope with a much needed 16 break before a couple of excellent pots from both City Hospital players put the frame and treble beyond Oakleigh Lodge.

Well played to both teams  :bravo: :bravo: :bravo:

Scores (City Hospital 1st):

Les Smith (21)           89-44        Colin Tutin (28)
Jordan Parnham (35)   57-33        Tej Lees (35)
Dennis Peet (35)        35-58        Jason Turner (14)
Rob Wallace (28)        67-23        Brendan Murtagh (14)
Sean Croft (35)          12-73        Steven Roe (35)
Russ Kirk (28)            22-65        Adam Robinson (35)
Croft & Parnham (35)  62-25        Spider Wilkinson & Ryan Cooper (28)

Final Score: City Hospital 4-3  Oakleigh Lodge Social Club

Statto Corner

Two of tonights singles frames were plotted ball for ball on my new toy with the following results.

Jordan Parnham v Tej Lees

Parnham: Points Scored 57, Highest Break 16, Pot Success 84%, Safety Success 68%.
Lees: Points Scored 53, Highest Break 8, Pot Success 87%, Safety Success 73%.

unlucky to lose this one Tej

Sean Croft v  Steven Roe

Croft:Points Scored 12, Highest Break 7, Pot Success 72%, Safety Success 71%.
Roe:Points Scored 73, Highest Break 16, Pot Success 95%, Safety Success 82%

very impressive Mr Roe

Cheers

Mike



           

[Jordan]

Great match report mike.  :thumbup:

Whats this toy you used to work out the pot success etc?

[Steve Butler]

Congratulations to City Hospital on this win.  These two teams are probably the most improved teams this season and it's nice to see them both rewarded with some silverware.

:welldone:

Nice stats there too Mike!

[Mike Langdon]

Hi Jordan - it's an app on the iphone.  I think there is a better one out there that give's you more info but this one is dead easy to use.

Well played last night mate...you looked pretty solid in both your singles and pairs frame with great shot selection. heart stopping moment when you only just made contact with the brown....phew  :thumbup:

Mike

[Jordan]

App on the iphone... how does that work then?, sounds interesting.

Someone on my team said "just roll them over the bag" thats what I tried on the brown but I don't think I'll be doing that again :laugh:

It was just a relief to see Sean (Waistcoat) pot the final pink though.

[Rob Wallace]

Those stats are great - I propose for the next meeting that all team captains be issued with I phones for the coming season to monitor performance!

Really enjoyed last night and thought we put in a very solid display when it mattered...under pressure.

Cheers Mike for giving up your time to supervise etc last night.