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| Nom | Home Player | Nom | Away Player | Result | Games |
| 10 | Neil Atkins | 3 | Simon Malcolm | 3 | 0 | 9/6, 9/7, 9/1 | | 11 | Tony Davies | 11 | John Flavell | 3 | 0 | 9/0, 9/5, 9/0 | | 18 | Dan Sweeney | 12 | Paul Thomas | 3 | 1 | 7/9, 9/5, 9/0, 9/2 | | 20 | Steve Pusey | 22 | Toks Adugin | 3 | 1 | 9/2, 9/1, 2/9, 9/3 | | 25 | Phil Groves | 23 | David Allen | 3 | 0 | 9/6, 9/1, 9/6 | | | | | | | | | | | Games: | 15 | 2 | |
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| | | Bonus: | 5 | 0 | |
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| | | Result: | 20 | 2 | |
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| Report: | The evening got off to a confusing start as Waterfront players were a)unsure of their playing order, b)unsure if they were eligible to play and c)unsure whether their missing players were going to turn up. To add to the confusion a Dulwich player turned up to play against our 2nd team. The phrase “…piss up in a brewery” sprang to mind. Anyway, we finally got it sorted and the evenings entertainment got under way.
Pre-match conversation was all about whether Waterfront would play Mr A Ringer (aka Marcus) as they did against us in their home match although this has been his only appearance for the team so far. Not only was Mr A Ringer not playing but neither was their usual number 1, so when we heard that Simon was playing number 1, I felt that warm feeling you get when you sense that justice was about to be dispensed. Either that or I had just pissed myself.
On first was the number 4’s, Steve and Toks. Steve started off cruising to a 2-0 lead. However, in the third Steve dropped down a couple of gears and let Toks back in to win the third 9-2. Normal service resumed in the fourth and Steve won the match 3-1.
In the absence of the other Waterfront players, I was next on with John at number 2. John came on court wearing a nice fresh white vest. All he needed was a black moustache and you had a dead ringer for Freddie Mercury. As Freddie played at number 4 the last time the teams met, I sensed a comfortable win and thought that I would just move Freddie around the court to test his fitness. Although I took the first game 9/0, Freddie was no push over and he contested every rally. Freddie expressed his delight to the crowd at winning his first point in the second game and played some “A Kind of Magic” shots to move into the lead. However, Freddie was starting to feel “Under Pressure” and tired during one long rally to lose the game 9/5 and then lost the third game 9/0. So 3-0 to me. “Another One Bites the Dust”.
On the other court the number 5’s, Phil & David, were playing. Although I didn’t see any of this it looked like Phil was on for a comfortable win as he went 2-0 up and ahead in the third but then seemed unable to finish David off. However, he finally got his act together to win 3-0.
Next on were the number 3’s, Dan and Paul. I had a feeling that if Dan didn’t concentrate on this one then the Old Fox, Paul, just might steal it from under his nose. Dan started off well but then got a bit cocky/over confident. This played right into the Old Fox’s trap and he encouraged Dan to play his back courts boasts only to be waiting at the front court to make the kill. 1-0 to the Old Fox. After a bit of a bollocking/constructive criticism from yours truly ably assisted by Mr Pussey, Dan pulled his socks up, took his bra off and took the next 3 games to win the match 3-1. Highlight of the match was the number of times both players hit the soft drinks bottle lying at the front wall. Perhaps next week they should pin one further up the wall.
So it was now the turn of the number 1’s (or number 3 in Simon’s case). Although Neil has recently lost some weight, both these guys still seem to be on the large size for squash players. To give you some idea, if you stood them back to back they would resemble a pair of giant book ends. Having described Simon as the “younger wrinkly” in the previous match report, I was impressed with his more youthful appearance this time around. Either it was standing next to Old Man Ali that made him look older or that he was now reaping the benefits from his bag of skin care products. Anyway, I digress, on with the match report. From the outset you could see that Neil wasn’t going to push himself hard for this one. Even though Simon took an early lead in the first Neil wasn’t ruffled and moved Simon around to take it 9/7. The second was a similar game with the same result. By the third Simon was now starting to resemble the “younger wrinkly” I’d seen previously and had little left in the tank as Neil won it 9/1.
So, 5-0 to BCC and that warm feeling returned although it definitely wasn’t anything to do with my shorts this time. Had Waterfront not played Mr A Ringer against us first time around, then we most definitely would have finished in second place. However, there is still one more match to go and not having seen Cannons result we could still be in with a shout.
Still, that’s 5 straight wins on the bounce now which is almost as good as Charlton’s record.
As I’m off to Turkey Land on Friday so the final match is all down to the deputy captain, Mr Leffen. No pressure Al.
This will also be my last match report as I hand the captaincy for the winter season back over to the now fully fit Mr Groves. It’s been emotional.
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