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Week 14 Match Reports

By AASA Management on 19th February 2012 in Winter League Reports

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	14	10	2	2	605	477	65	14.40
2	Spread Eagle	14	10	0	4	603	473	59	14.35
3	The Fox	14	9	0	5	551	483	56	13.11
4	College Oak	14	9	2	3	576	504	54	13.71
5	Old Masters	14	9	0	5	558	493	54	13.28

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Con. Club	14	7	2	5	514	492	44	12.23
2	Ab. Legion	14	7	1	6	502	496	41	11.95
3	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	14	2	2	10	418	544	21	9.95
4	Penlon	14	1	0	13	342	517	13	8.14
5	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	14	1	1	12	328	508	13	7.80

Game reports.

Spread Eagle beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 6-0 with leg scores of 13-11, 16-7, 16-7. For The Spread G.Brown 12, M.Phillips 10, S.Kinnaird & B.Newman 8 each & J.Bowler 7. For Utd. ‘C’ S.Martin top scored with 8 dolls. Not going to say anything about P.Arnolds’ 1 doll as he gets a bit ‘punchy’.

Ab. Utd. ‘B’ drew 3-3 with Ab. Con. Club with leg scores of 11-11, 9-10, 19-12. For Utd. ‘B’ T.Ward included a 6 in his 11 dolls, which delighted his grand-daughter Lili-Mae, who was watching. D.Holmes 8, D.Bowler & D.Davies 7 each. For Con. Club J.Sims hit a cracking 14 dolls & J.Castle 8.

College Oak beat The Fox 5-1 – their heaviest defeat of the season. The leg scores were 13-13, 15-12, 15-12. For The Oak L.Clapton 12, P.Soden 10, A.Pocock, C.Crawford & S.Enock 7 each. For The Fox B.Parker 11, D.Butler 10, N.Nuttall 8 & D.Rusher 7. I think P.Stone questioned my memory recently, but I do seem to remember you only hitting 1 doll tonight Paul.

In the bottom of the table clash Penlon recorded their 1st win of the season. It was a 4-2 win over Ab. Utd. ‘A’ with leg scores of 7-8, 10-8, 9-8, something Utd. ‘A’ absolutely ‘eighted’. For Penlon T.Lach 9 & T.Phipps 7. In reply for ‘The Muckspreaders’ D.Warrell top scored with 8, despite a 3rd leg blob.

Ab. Legion beat Old Masters 4-2 with leg scores of 10-11, 13-11, 15-7. For The Legion N.Hazell & D.Sapey 9 each, N.Tait & P.Ealey 7 each. For OM J.Barguss top scored for the 5th week running, this week hitting 9 dolls. T.Downes & A.Woolloff 8 each. G.Bargus managed a ‘Nelson’. That’s 1-1-1 – ( 1 eye, 1 arm, 1 b**l), & J.Lessa…J.Lesac… J.Lessi…Jason managed just 1 doll.

Regards

Tosh

p.s. Despite last weeks note the raffle was again short of money.

p.p.s. Don’t want to go on about the poor sale of the rolls, but last week with over 50 people present we managed to sell just 18 – ( and I bought 2 of them ) – come on lads you know we rely on this extra income.

Top Dolls Week 12

By AASA Management on 13th February 2012 in Winter League Reports

‘A’ Section Player M Dolls Ave. 1 J.Simmons 12 144 4.00 2 B.Parker 12 133 3.69 3 T.Downes 12 121 3.36 4 L.Clapton 11 118 3.57 5 D.Bowler 12 113 3.13 6 D.Davies 12 112 3.11 7 G.Brown 11 103 3.12 8 D.Holmes 12 96 2.66 9 J.Barguss 11 95 2.87 10= G.Barguss 11 94 2.84 10= P.Soden 12 94 2.61 ‘B’ Section Player M Dolls Ave 1 T.Barrett 12 120 3.33 2 C.Brind 11 106 3.21 3 S.Martin 12 96 2.66 4 P.Wiblin 12 89 2.47 5 J.Castle 12 87 2.41 6 D.Sapey 12 86 2.38 7 N.Tait 10 81 2.70 8 P.Ealey 12 76 2.11 9= A.Gregory 11 75 2.27 9= T.Lach 11 75 2.27 9= D.Harris 12 75 2.08

Week 13 Match Reports

By AASA Management on 10th February 2012 in Winter League Reports

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	13	10	1	2	566	444	62	14.51
2	The Fox	13	9	0	4	514	440	55	13.17
3	Spread Eagle	13	9	0	4	558	448	53	14.30
4	Old Masters	13	9	0	4	529	455	52	13.56
5	College Oak	13	8	2	3	533	467	49	13.66

‘B’ Section

	TEA	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Con. Club	13	7	1	5	481	453	41	12.33
2	Ab. Legion	13	6	1	6	464	467	37	11.89
3	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	13	2	2	9	393	499	21	10.07
4	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	13	1	1	11	304	482	11	7.79
5	Penlon	13	0	0	13	316	493	9	8.10

Game reports.

The Fox beat Ab. Utd. ‘A’ 6-0 with leg scores of 11-7, 9-7, 12-9. For The Fox D.Butler 12, D.Rusher 8 & B.Parker 7.. In reply for ‘The Wurzels’ D.Warrell top scored with 7.

Spread Eagle beat Penlon 6-0 with leg scores of 17-8, 16-11, 13-9. For The Spread M.Phillips 12, J.Simmons, S.Kinnaird & G.Brown 9 each & B.Newman 7. For Penlon M.Jeffries 10 & T.Lach 9. R.Holmes managed just 1 doll. Rog, have you tried rubbing your sticks down with Viagra – that way you may be able to get them up (another sleepness night thinking up this twaddle).

Ab.Con. Club beat Ab.Utd. ‘C’ 6-0 with leg scores of 12-9, 12-9, 11-9. There’s got to be a 9 9 9 joke in there somewhere but it escapes at the moment. For The Con. Club T.Barrett 11 & J.Sims 7. For Utd. ‘C’ S.Martin 8 & D.Harris 7.

College Oak beat Ab. Legion 4-2 with leg scores of 13-11, 12-15, 16-10. For The Oak P.Soden 10, L.Clapton 9, A.Pocock 8, C.Crawford & S.Enock 7 each. For The Legion N.Hazell & C.Brind 10 each & P.Ealey 7.

Old Masters took advantage of some dodgy calling to beat Ab. Utd. ‘B’ 4-2. The leg scores were 10-12, 15-14, 18-14. For OM, the in form J.Barguss top scored for the 4^th week running, this time hitting 12 dolls. A.Wooloff 10 (that was 8 dolls plus the 2 bonus one’s), G.Barguss 9 & T.Downes 8. For the disgruntled Utd. ‘B’, their Irish star Dean O’Bowler top scored with 10, Dave ‘Disgusted’ Davies 9, D.Holmes, B.Clapton & I.Morrison 7 each.

Regards

Tosh

p.s. I may have to bring in a new rule about the use of partially sighted callers !

p.p.s. The raffle was short of money for the 3^rd week running. Come on lads play the white man and make sure you put your money in.

p.p.p.s. Competitions next week so make sure you know whats going on. Captains, you have had the info so no excuses.

Week 12 Match Reports

By AASA Management on 8th February 2012 in Winter League Reports

(delayed due to Tosh’s internet and memory difficulties)

‘A’Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	12	10	1	1	526	401	60	14.61
2	The Fox	12	8	0	4	479	417	49	13.30
3	Old Masters	12	8	0	4	486	415	48	13.50
4	Spread Eagle	12	8	0	4	512	420	47	14.22
5	College Oak	12	7	2	3	492	431	45	13.66

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Con. Club	12	6	1	5	446	426	35	12.38
2	Ab. Legion	12	6	1	5	428	426	35	11.88
3	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	12	2	2	8	366	464	21	10.16
4	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	12	1	1	10	281	447	11	7.80
5	Penlon	12	0	0	12	288	447	9	8.00

Game reports.

Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 5-1 with leg scores of 17-9, 15-11, 14-14. For Utd. ‘B’ D.Holmes & D.Bowler 11 each, D.Davies 10, B.Clapton & I.Morrison 7 each. For Utd. ‘C’ A.Gregory included a 6 in his 12 & S.Martin hit 8.

Ab. Con. Clubs’ lowest total of the season (32) was enough to overcome Penlon 4-2. The leg scores were 11-6, 9-11, 12-5. For Con. Club T.Barrett 9 & J.Castle 8. For Penlon….. well, for once words fail me. You must score 7 to get a mention….so there’s a target for you boys. (Might have to make an exception for you though).

The Fox beat Spread Eagle 4-2 with leg scores of 13-11, 13-19, 14-12. For The Fox B.Parker 11, D.Butler, N.Nuttall & N.Weston 8 each. In reply for The Spread J.Simmons 12, G.Brown 11 & M.Phillips 7

Old Masters beat College oak 4-2 with leg scores of 16-13, 16-14, 12-14. For OM J.Barguss 12, T.Downes 9, G.Barguss & A.Woolloff 8 each & M.Hall 7. For The Oak L.Clapton 12, P.Soden & C.Crawford 8 each & S.Enock 7.

Ab. Legion beat Ab. Utd. ‘A’ 4-2 with leg scores of 8-5, 11-7, 10-12. For The Legion N.Tait top scored with 11 dolls. For Utd. ‘A’ Jim Warrell 9 & R.Pepperell 8. Won’t say to much about M.Ashmalls’ dreaded X-X-X as he is a b****y nice bloke – c**p at Aunt Sally, but a b****y nice bloke.

Regards

Tosh

p.s. Don’t forget Matts’ Quiz Night on Friday (10^th) at 8 o’clock. The Club would appreciate your support. I thought I heard there was £500 up for grabs, but I might have got that wrong. Interested ? – speak to Matt.

The Olympian and Jubilee Season

By AASA Management on 5th February 2012 in Summer League Reports

Match reports including sixers and blobbers (x-x-x) will appear here!

Competition Dates and Singles next Round

By AASA Management on 28th January 2012 in Winter League Reports

The Competition dates and the next round of Singles games is published on the right!

Week 11 Match Reports

By AASA Management on 22nd January 2012 in Winter League Reports

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	11	9	1	1	480	367	55	14.54
2	Spread Eagle	11	8	0	3	470	380	45	14.24
3	The Fox	11	7	0	4	439	375	45	13.30
4	Old Masters	11	7	0	4	442	374	44	13.39
5	College Oak	11	7	2	2	451	387	43	13.66

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Con. Club	11	5	1	5	414	404	31	12.54
2	Ab.Legion	11	5	1	5	399	402	31	12.09
3	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	11	2	2	7	332	418	20	10.06
4	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	11	1	1	9	257	418	9	7.78
5	Penlon	11	0	0	11	266	415	7	8.06

Game reports.

Ab. Con. Club beat The Fox 4-2 with leg scores of 14-13, 12-17, 11-10. For Con. Club T.Barrett 12 & J.Castle 7. J.Sims & R.North each hit a ‘Ted Rogers’. I’m sure you can work that one out. For The Fox N.Weston 12, B.Parker 10, N.Nuttall 8 & M.Sheridan.

College Oak beat Ab. Utd. ‘A’ 6-0 with leg scores of 15-9, 17-5, 18-10. For The Oak F.Tracey ‘delivered’ 12 dolls, S.Enock & D.Cross 10 each, P.Soden & L.Clapton 9 each. Their 50 dolls was their highest total of the season. In reply for Utd. ‘A’ Jim & Dave Warrell 7 each. M.Ashmall scored just 2 dolls. He actually hit the ceiling more times than he hit the doll.

Old Masters beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 6-0 with leg scores of 13-12, 16-7, 16-9. For OM J.Barguss 12, A.Woolloff 10, T.Downes & M.Hall 8 each & G.Barguss 7. For Utd. ‘C’ S.Martin top scored with 10.

Spread Eagle beat Ab.Legion 6-0 with leg scores of 17-10, 17-8, 13-12. For The Spread J.Simmons 13, J.Bowler & G.Brown 11 each. For The Legion C.Brind 10 & N.Hazell 8. The Spreads 47 dolls was their highest total of the season while The Legions 30 was their lowest.

In the ‘A’ section it looks as if it’s all about the runners up spot as Ab. Utd. ‘B’ extended their lead to 10 points after a 6-0 win over The Penlon. For Utd. ‘B’ D.Bowler & I.Morrison 10 each, T.Ward & D.Davies 8 each. For Penlon T.Lach & the one armed M.Jeffries 7 each.

Regards

Tosh

p.s. I will try to get through the singles tonight as quickly as possible, but some of you will not get a game but that can’t be avoided. Good luck to all.

p.p.s. Anyone want a second hand set of sticks with bag for free, come and see me.

p.p.p.s. Matt ‘The Quizzer’ Ashmall will be holding a Quiz Night on Friday 10^th Feb in the Club at 8.00 p.m.. There are cash prizes up for grabs. The club would appreciate your support. For more info speak to Matt.

League Averages

By James Barguss on 14th January 2012 in Anchorman Blog

League Averages

I spoke a while back about how the committee decide which teams go up or down a section. It got me thinking, particularly after I overheard someone say that they believed the standard of Aunt Sally to have been better in years before.

It’s always difficult to quantify when or if a certain era was better or for scores in any competitive game. Sure some teams can dominate for long periods and anecdotal evidence always proves the point. Everyone looks back on their careers as perhaps being the best for scores and the breaking of records.

These days because the reporting and results are widely published it’s easy to see what the state of the leagues is.

This post is going to be broken down into two because post 2006 all the results, teams and top dolls are in the digital domain for anyone to look at. After that it becomes more difficult. I’ve got hold of quite a few results sheets from way back when, but it will take me a while to sift through and collate.

For the purposes of this post I’m referring to years 2007 to 2011 summer season only.

What does a team’s leg average need to be consistently to be in the premier or A section?

	P	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
2007	21.33	18.35	14.41	12.95	12.28	9.83	6.24	8.62	5.33
2008	21.85	17.26	12.64	12.71	10.67	10.78	7.69	8.16	6.63
2009	21.98	16.71	14.40	12.91	12.42	9.93	9.40	8.64	6.41
2010	21.76	17.33	14.98	13.03	11.26	10.31	8.53	8.56	8.17
2011	21.69	17.86	14.84	13.17	12.12	11.52	9.99	8.63	7.17

I took the total number of dolls for every team in each league. And divided by 18 games and then divided it by 3 for the legs.

As you can see the totals remain pretty static for the 5 years that we have data for. If as a team you can average 22 dolls a leg then you will easily make the Premier section. It’s also interesting to note the difference between team averages roughly 2 or 3 dolls per league.

What about the hallowed end of year top ten dolls. How many would you think you would need to get to get into the top 10 of your section?

Top Dolls	P	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
2007	154	131	117	118	115	88	63	76	52
2008	161	131	113	111	88	98	65	72	62
2009	161	129	122	106	109	84	82	72	52
2010	162	126	144	110	97	88	75	86	72
2011	161	137	129	110	110	94	93	77	66

I got the above table by taking the top 10 dolls from the last 5 years. Again the numbers appear fairly static. 110 dolls would see you at the top of the C and D section this year.

Perhaps a more accurate comparison of team dolls can be shown below

Team Average	P	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
2007	1152	991	778.4	699.4	663.3	530.7	336.7	465.7	287.9
2008	1180	932.2	682.6	686.6	576.1	582.2	415.4	440.9	358
2009	1187	902.2	777.6	696.9	670.9	536.2	507.6	466.4	346.3
2010	1175	935.8	809	703.5	608.2	556.8	460.4	462.4	441.3
2011	1171	964.4	801.2	711	654.7	622.3	539.7	466.2	387.3

These numbers are the total number of dolls for the section divided by the number of teams. It gives a better indication as to whether or not the standard of play is better or worse. I think you’ll agree there isn’t much movement here, apart from section H where the standard has got better.

Finally to give some perspective, its all very well averaging out all the scores to give a nice linear pattern. But what are the differences between the top and the bottom.

It’s quite obvious that there is a marked difference between those in the top half and those in the bottom.

As I’ve said before this only really goes back as far as 2007. It’s going to take me some time to go thru the paper copies of years gone by, but it’s something I will do.

What do you think?

Week 10 Match Reports

By AASA Management on 14th January 2012 in Winter League Reports

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	10	8	1	1	440	343	49	14.66
2	The Fox	10	7	0	3	399	338	43	13.30
3	Spread Eagle	10	7	0	3	423	350	39	14.10
4	Old Masters	10	6	0	4	397	346	38	13.23
5	College Oak	10	6	2	2	401	363	37	13.36

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Legion	10	5	1	4	369	355	31	12.30
2	Ab. Con. Club	10	4	1	5	377	364	27	12.56
3	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	10	2	2	6	304	373	20	10.13
4	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	10	1	1	8	233	368	9	7.76
5	Penlon	10	0	0	10	242	375	7	8.06

Game reports.

Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat Ab. Legion 6-0 ( their first 6-0 defeat of the season). The leg scores were 14-12, 12-9, 17-12. For Utd. ‘B’ D.Bowler & D.Davies 12 each, D.Holmes & I.Morrison 8 each. The Legions 33 dolls was their lowest total of the season. For The Legion C.Brind 9, N.Hazell & D.Sapey 8 each.

The Fox beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 4-2 with leg scores of 7-8, 15-13, 14-11. For The Fox B.Parker 12 & N.Nuttall included a blob in his 7. For Utd. ‘C’ A.Gregory & S.Martin 8 each.

College Oaks lowest total of the season (34) was enough to overcome Ab. Con. Club 4-2. The leg scores were 13-8, 9-16, 12-11. For The Oak A.Pocock 9, S.Enock & L.Clapton 7 each. For Con. Club T.Barrett 10, J.Castle & P.Wiblin 7 each.

An embarrassingly poor performance by Old Masters was just enough to beat Penlon 4-2. The leg scores were (you won’t believe this) 7-6, 9-6, 7-10. For OM J.Barguss top scored with 8 dolls. OM’s 23 dolls was their lowest in the last 5 seasons ( I have the records to prove it ). For Penlon T.Lach top scored with 7.

Spread Eagle beat Ab. Utd. ‘A’ 6-0 with leg scores of 12-7, 10-8, 16-10. For The Spread G.Brown 10, J.Simmons 9 & J.Bowler 7. For Utd. ‘A’ Jon Warrell top scored with 10 dolls. J.Bussey managed just 1 doll. You need to get yourself down to Specsavers Joe. If you want a lift, us Old Masters are running a mini-bus.

What a strange night of Aunt Sally. A night that saw J.Simmons failing to hit double figures for the first time this season. Unlikely blobs for the likes of G.Barguss, N.Nuttall, N.Weston & B.Clapton ( well maybe not so unlikely for Brian ), and an absolutely appalling performance from Old Masters. ‘ It’s a funny old game’, that’s why we will all be up for it again this week.

Regards

Tosh

Week 8 Match Reports

By AASA Management on 8th January 2012 in Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	9	7	1	1	397	310	43	14.70
2	The Fox	9	6	0	3	363	306	39	13.44
3	Old Masters	9	5	0	4	374	324	34	13.85
4	Spread Eagle	9	6	0	3	385	325	33	14.25
5	College Oak	9	5	2	2	367	328	33	13.59

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab.Legion	9	5	1	3	336	312	31	12.44
2	Ab. Con. Club	9	4	1	4	342	330	25	12.66
3	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	9	2	2	5	272	337	18	10.07
4	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	9	1	1	7	208	330	9	7.70
5	Penlon	9	0	0	9	220	352	5	8.14

Game reports.

Uummm. Who can I can take the rise out of this week.

Ab. Utd. ‘C’s first 6-0 win of the season came against Penlon with leg scores of 12-7, 8-7, 11-7. For Utd. ‘C’ A.Gregory 9 & S.Martin 8. In reply for Penlon T.Lach top scored with 7.

Old Masters beat Ab. Utd. ‘A’ 6-0 with leg scores of 14-9, 15-8, 14-8. For OM T.Downes 11, G.Barguss & A.Woolloff 10 each & J.Barguss 8. For Utd. ‘A’ Dave ‘The Fox’ Warrell hit 9 dolls.

Spread Eagle beat College Oak 5-1 with leg scores of 14-14, 15-14, 15-9. This was The Oaks’ heaviest defeat of the season. For The Spread J.Simmons 12, G.Brown 11, S.Kinnaird, J.Bowler & J.Driver 7 each. For The Oak L.Clapton 9, S.Enock & D.Cross 8 each & P.Soden 7.

A very close game saw Ab. Con. Club beat Abingdon Legion 4-2 with leg scores of 10-10, 14-14, 15-13. For Con. Club T.Barrett 10, P.Wiblin 9, J.Castle & M.Haynes 7 each. For The Legion C.Brind 11, D.Sapey 8 & N.Tait 7.

Another close game saw Ab. Utd. ‘B’ come from behind to beat The Fox 4-2 and so extend their lead at the top. The leg scores were 15-16, 14-13, 14-11. For Utd. ‘B’ D.Holmes & D.Bowler 10 each, I.Morrison 9 & D.Davies 8. For The Fox D.Butler & N.Weston 11 each, B.Parker 9 & N.Nuttall 8. R.Nicholls throwing like an arthritic Norwegian down hill skier managed just 1 doll. Thought I’d forgotten hadn’t you.

Regards

Tosh

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