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| Nom | Home Player | Nom | Away Player | Result | Games |
| 14 | Ben Grinnell | 9 | Zeb Young | 3 | 2 | 9/5, 3/9, 9/7, 3/9, 10/8 | | 16 | Steve Harsum | 10 | Kevin McCaughan | 3 | 0 | 9/5, 9/3, 9/2 | | 22 | Nic Winning | 14 | Fergus Burnett | 0 | 3 | 2/9, 3/9, 1/9 | | 23 | Ravi Dogra | 16 | G. Trednick | 1 | 3 | 9/5, 1/9, 5/9, 9/10 | | 25 | Ed Knox | 24 | Trevor Young | 3 | 0 | 9/0, 9/6, 9/6 | | | | | | | | | | | Games: | 10 | 8 | |
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| | | Bonus: | 5 | 0 | |
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| | | Result: | 15 | 8 | |
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| Report: | Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. When Park Langley turned up with Fergus Burnett at no 3 having played at no 1 in the summer Dulwich could smell trouble, especially after Bromley fielded three 1st team players in the opening game.
There seems to be a culture of abstract nominations and selection policy in this league. Maybe Dulwich should turn to the following team for our next three games as all these palyers are eligible for the 3rds in Div2 having not played their quota for the 1st team; 1. Daryl Selby 2. Jason Barry 3. Peter Genever 4. Ben Grinnell 5. Steve Harsum. That would bag us 60 points - but be utterly pointless and a trifle unfair. We all live in hope that disingenuous nominations and blatant gamesmanship is discouraged if not stopped.
Dulwich responded with courage in a keenly contested match. It all started with Trednick of PL running home a 10-9 winner over Dogra in an intersting fourth game, to take the match 3-1. Gerald never stops running, retrieves everything playing with a grim determination and if he decided to stop squash would make a commendable poker player. Nic Winning lost to Fergus Burnett which was unsurprising, in the same way it would have been unsurprising had Fergus Burnett lost to Peter Genever.
Bring on Steve Harsum who brought his surgical precision onto the court fuelled by the finest left bank Bordeaux. Harsum had decided that a three course dinner with wine was the civilised way to warm up for his squash match. The reality was that he forgot he was playing and when telephoned was eating his pudding. Though judging by his result who would disagree with the Armstrong-Harsum theory on alcohol and squash. Park Langley 2-1 up and seemingly cruising.
Next on was Ed Knox versus Trevor Young. We all anticipated the usual five set match given Trevor's history, but some (though not those from SE22) were disappointed to see Knox execute surgical skills of his own to level the tie at 2-2 with a fine 3-0 victory.
This left Big Ben versus Zeb. Hercules versus Goliath. Madman versus nutter (not in the literal sense). These two are so fit and powerful it made the audience wilt just watching them play. Both had endured patches of excellent squash but in truth this was a furious but fair fight and a case of who would retrieve better. The end came with Ben stuck at the back unable to walk and Zeb putting the ball in the tin in the fifth game. Great match contested proprly by both men, and it is a shame that unlike football such games cant end in a draw.
The ragu was all the tastier and the ale to match. Now all Dulwich have to do is repeat this performance at least 15 times. |
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| Author: | Ravi Dogra |
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