Well last week’s 30 fixtures only produced one maximum 6 from the 180 legs played and that came courtesy of Phil Adams third leg for Abingdon Conservative Club in their 4-2 victory over the Plum Pudding in the Premier section. The Con Club’s win saw them retain their 2 point advantage at the top of the table ahead of Croft Nomads who were also 4-2 winners on the night against Steventon Sports SC A.
For the Con Club Phil, Adams and Dave Dix shared the top dolls of the night with 12 dolls each and Paul Barrett also contributed 11 dolls. For the Plum Simon Winterbourne top scored with 10 dolls and Plum had the consolation of winning the 3rd leg with the best leg total of 27, but the consistency of the Con Club with two legs of 24 and one of 25 saw them home.
Croft Nomads 4-2 victory against Steventon Sports who were missing Derek Fletcher won the final leg setting 23 dolls in the which was just out of reach of the home side who left anchorman Steve Enock requiring 5 from his last throw to draw, but he just fell short and the visitors secured their 2 points. Chris Jenkins, new to the Abingdon League this year, top scored for the Nomads with 11 dolls.
Elsewhere in the Premier/A section Berinsfield continued their good form ad now lead the A section following their 6-0 defeat of the College Oak. For Berinsfield Richard Jones top scored with 11 and he was aided and abetted by Martin Rawlings who hit 10 dolls, both recording their highest scores of the season so far. Paul Kelsey top scored for the Oak with 9 dolls.
There was a welcome first win of the season for The Vine, with them winning 4-2 against Abingdon United A who were without skipper Steve Martin, but who still had 4 players hitting 9 dolls notably John Simmons (our President), Dave Hudson, Jumbo Mott and Jason Bowler, but unfortunately their efforts were not enough as the rest of the team could only manage 13 doll between them!
Red Lion remain in second place in the A section after they defeated Stanford FC 6-0. Scott Tabor led the scoring for the Lion with 10 dolls, his best of the season and for Stanford, Guy Checketts matched that with 10 of his own!
Other double digit scorers on the night were Andy Shipman of Harwellian B, Carl Jeffries of the Ladygrove, Billy Shellington for Marcham Centre B, Michael Rainbow, Long Wittenham AC and Tony Barrett of Abingdon RBL. Really good to note that 3 of these players are in sides in the F section so lots of promise down in the lower sections and while I am at it I should mention the Black Swan Abingdon (where the league started 65 years ago!), new to the league this season and in the F section who surpassed, I suspect even their own expectations, when they hit 17 dolls in a leg against the North Star B. Their leg score was bettered when fellow newcomers and also in the F section hit a highly commendable 19 doll leg against league leaders Grove RFC.
Elsewhere there was some very good individual and team scores. Although only 1 maximum on the night there were 17 5’s recorded and these included players from all sections so there are lots of players who were tantalisingly close to joining the exclusive “6” members club. In the B section best leg score of the night came in Abingdon RBL 5-0 win against the Earl of Abingdon A in the B section with 19 dolls, also in the B section both the WADS Bar and the Royal Oak recorded leg scores of 18 dolls and the Earl B also matched their A team’s 18 doll leg in their 6-0 win over the Eight Bells.
Quick summary of the league tables show that only 2 teams remain unbeaten and lead their respective tables that is The Wheatsheaf in Section C and The Plough West Hanney in the D section both of whom have 7 straight wins under their belts! Grove RFC remain top of Section F, just 1 point ahead of Long Wittenham AC, in the E section Marcham Centre A have the top spot leading The Bystander by just 2 points and in the B section WADS Bar are top, level with the Royal Oak on points, but ahead only on dolls scored.
Disappointingly we are already aware of one match that cannot be played this week because of a shortage of players and it is just worth reminding everyone as we approach the peak holiday season that additional players can be registered throughout the season simply by advising us of any additions to your teams and they can be immediately eligible to play.
We really don’t want teams to be unable to fulfill fixtures if they have other individuals who want/wish and are able to play.
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