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2018–19 Season |
Week 15 |
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By Haydn Thompson, with input from Mark Watson.
In the C League, the Brewers Arms continued their remarkable turnaround in form by winning their third consecutive game – after losing the first eight. This time their victims were the Park Timers.
In the A League, when all eight teams played, the most significant result was the Dolphin's narrow defeat at the hands of the Ox–fford. This was also one of the narrowest victories of the week – the Royal Oak beating the Church House Bollington by the same margin.
In the B League, the Nags Head gained a creditable victory over the British Flag.
The Ox–fford's victory over the Dolphin opens things up at the top of the A League. The Ox–fford 'C' are slight favourites due to their superior goal difference, but their game against the Dolphin in Week 17 now becomes even more crucial. At the other end of the A League, the Waters Green Rams are now relegated, while the Dolphin Dragons look almost certain to join them in the B League next season.
At the top of the B League, three teams are tied on 16 points; but the Harrington Academicals have a game in hand over the British Flag and the Rushton Diamonds. The Sutton Mutton look all but doomed to relegation, with the other place being between the Park Taverners and the Waters Green Lemmings.
In the C League, the Robin Hood's 11th consecutive victory confirms them as champions. The Park Timers are probably favourites for second place, but with two games in hand, the Sutton Club are the team most likely to benefit if they slip up in their final match.
No fewer than six players tied for top score this week, with a fairly modest 45. Two players in the B League scored 39, while in the C League, Jim Kennelly's 33 was the only score over 30.
There were just seven personal bests, and 21 people failed to better their lowest scores of the season.
No one will be surprised to see Mark Watson move into top place in the A League table as the other players' lowest scores start to slip out of contention. Wynne Keith–Davies and Graham Wallace moved into the top two places in the B League, and the C League title may well depend on how many of the Robin Hood's last three games Jim Kennelly takes part in.
Weaver | 166 | 141 | Dolphin Dragons |
Ian Grieve (pb) | 45 | 42 | Dave Cooper (pb) |
Church House Bollington | 151 | 155 | Royal Oak |
Ashton Davies | 45 | 36 | Alan James |
Dolphin | 156 | 160 | Ox–fford |
Peter McBride Alan Hodgson |
45 45 |
45 | Mark Watson |
Ox–fford 'C' | 179 | 112 | Waters Green Rams |
Haydn Thompson | 45 | 30 | Keith Pointon |
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Total | Points | |
Ox–fford 'C' | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2018 | 17 |
Ox–fford | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1902 | 17 |
Dolphin | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1737 | 14 |
Weaver | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1961 | 12 |
Church House Bollington | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1915 | 12 |
Royal Oak | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1834 | 12 |
Dolphin Dragons | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1743 | 8 |
Waters Green Rams | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1540 | 2 |
Team | Played | Total | Highest | Lowest | Week 15 | |
Mark Watson | Ox–fford | 10 | 498 | 57 | 36 | 45 |
Alice Walker | Ox–fford 'C' | 12 | 498 | 54 | 33 | 42 |
Ashton Davies | Church House Bollington | 12 | 486 | 57 | 36 | 45 |
Haydn Thompson | Ox–fford 'C' | 12 | 468 | 51 | 33 | 45 |
Peter McBride | Dolphin | 11 | 453 | 48 | 30 | 45 |
Alan Hodgson | Dolphin | 10 | 438 | 51 | 36 | 45 |
Alan Gilday | Weaver | 12 | 411 | 48 | 30 | 36 |
Graham Bailey | Weaver | 11 | 408 | 48 | 30 | 33 |
Ed Baron | Church House Bollington | 11 | 390 | 45 | 18 | 36 |
Paul Morrissey | Ox–fford | 12 | 381 | 45 | 27 | 30 |
Rushton Diamonds | 141 | 116 | Sutton Mutton |
Art Higham | 30 | 30 27 |
Wynne Keith–Davies John Stein |
Plough Horntails | 156 | 113 | Park Taverners |
Malcolm Asquith (pb) Dave McGuinness (pb) |
39 33 |
27 | Graham Wallace |
British Flag | 134 | 157 | Nags Head |
Ian Tams | 30 | 39 33 |
Paul Prior Alasdair Reid (pb) |
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Total | Points | |
British Flag | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1788 | 16 |
Harrington Academicals | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1656 | 16 |
Rushton Diamonds | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1588 | 16 |
Nags Head | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1697 | 14 |
Plough Horntails | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1627 | 12 |
Park Taverners | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1602 | 8 |
Waters Green Lemmings | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1329 | 8 |
Sutton Mutton | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1333 | 2 |
Team | Played | Total | Highest | Lowest | Week 15 | |
Wynne Keith–Davies | Sutton Mutton | 11 | 372 | 45 | 21 | 30 |
Graham Wallace | Park Taverners | 11 | 360 | 45 | 21 | 27 |
Dave Partington | Harrington Academicals | 10 | 360 | 45 | 18 | |
Rob Parkin | Harrington Academicals | 10 | 348 | 42 | 27 | |
Anne Jeater | Plough Horntails | 12 | 336 | 39 | 24 | 24 |
Phil Davies | British Flag | 10 | 327 | 48 | 15 | 24 |
Brian Bogie | Rushton Diamonds | 9 | 327 | 45 | 24 | 24 |
Art Higham | Rushton Diamonds | 10 | 321 | 45 | 24 | 30 |
Malcolm Asquith | Plough Horntails | 11 | 315 | 39 | 9 | 39 |
Andrew Wright | Nags Head | 9 | 312 | 48 | 27 | 27 |
Park Timers | 91 | 111 | Brewers Arms |
Andrew Fenton | 21 | 21 21 |
Andy Ridgway Trisha Ridgway |
Sutton Club | 101 | 132 | Robin Hood |
Chris Butler | 21 | 33 | Jim Kennelly |
Pack Horse Bowling Club | 128 | 111 | Cock Inn |
Mike Vickerstaff | 27 | 27 | Anne Goddard (pb) |
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Total | Points | |
Robin Hood | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1440 | 22 |
Park Timers | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1588 | 15 |
Chester Road Tavern | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1465 | 12 |
Sutton Club | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1367 | 12 |
Harrington 'B' | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1423 | 10 |
Pack Horse Bowling Club | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1521 | 9 |
Cock Inn | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1196 | 8 |
Brewers Arms | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1314 | 6 |
Team | Played | Total | Highest | Lowest | Week 15 | |
John Green | Harrington 'B' | 10 | 297 | 39 | 18 | |
John Poyser | Park Timers | 12 | 291 | 36 | 18 | 18 |
Andrew Fenton | Park Timers | 13 | 279 | 36 | 18 | 21 |
Jim Kennelly | Robin Hood | 7 | 273 | 48 | 33 | 33 |
Wendy Brown | Sutton Club | 10 | 255 | 33 | 6 | |
Trisha Ridgway | Brewers Arms | 10 | 249 | 36 | 15 | 21 |
Andrew Vickerstaff | Pack Horse Bowling Club | 11 | 246 | 30 | 18 | |
Geoff Parkin | Harrington 'B' | 11 | 240 | 36 | 9 | |
Chris Butler | Sutton Club | 10 | 240 | 30 | 18 | 21 |
Mitch Moores | Chester Road Tavern | 11 | 240 | 30 | 12 |
For the full spreadsheet, please click here.
Week | Setters | Difficulty | Balance | Ent'ment | Total | Last Yr | ||
1 | 1 | GK | Ox–fford | 9.89 | 8.67 | 7.22 | 25.77 | 17.22 |
2 | 1 | Spec | Ox–fford | 10.00 | 5.50 | 7.17 | 22.67 | 24.69 |
3 | 5 | GK | Sutton Club | 7.99 | 6.98 | 6.33 | 21.30 | 19.98 |
4 | 14 | GK | Dolphin | 5.84 | 9.43 | 5.78 | 21.05 | 13.17 |
5 | 2 | GK | Dolphin Dragons | 6.39 | 8.37 | 6.22 | 20.97 | 17.65 |
6 | 8 | Spec | Park Taverners | 7.01 | 6.54 | 6.72 | 20.27 | (11.45) |
7 | 7 | GK | Ox–fford 'C' | 10.00 | 3.38 | 6.26 | 19.64 | 19.10 |
8 | 3 | GK | Plough Horntails | 6.33 | 7.41 | 5.51 | 19.25 | 8.76 |
9 | 4 | Spec | Waters Green Rams | 3.19 | 9.87 | 5.39 | 18.45 | |
10 | 9 | GK | Rushton Diamonds | 5.79 | 7.01 | 5.39 | 18.19 | 14.14 |
11 | 9 | Spec | Park Timers | 9.88 | 1.13 | 7.00 | 18.01 | (23.61) |
12 | 3 | Spec | Plough Horntails | 2.26 | 9.61 | 5.76 | 17.64 | |
13 | 13 | GK | Cock Inn | 7.64 | 4.21 | 5.56 | 17.41 | 7.42 |
14 | 2 | Spec | Dolphin Dragons | 5.65 | 5.53 | 6.22 | 17.40 | 20.42 |
15 | 10 | GK | Robin Hood | 4.69 | 7.67 | 3.89 | 16.24 | (14.01) |
16 | 7 | Spec | Ox–fford 'C' | 2.08 | 8.08 | 5.87 | 16.02 | 12.56 |
17 | 15 | GK | Waters Green Lemmings | 4.10 | 7.29 | 4.57 | 15.96 | 12.70 |
18 | 13 | Spec | Harrington Academicals | 7.34 | 2.72 | 5.83 | 15.89 | 18.04 |
19 | 10 | Spec | Nags Head | 1.35 | 7.46 | 5.50 | 14.32 | (7.83) |
20 | 5 | Spec | British Flag | 5.48 | 1.90 | 6.72 | 14.10 | 24.61 |
21 | 8 | GK | Chester Road Tavern | 5.97 | 2.09 | 5.67 | 13.74 | 13.96 |
22 | 6 | GK | Harrington 'B' | 5.03 | 3.05 | 5.32 | 13.40 | (16.23) |
23 | 4 | GK | Waters Green Rams | 7.94 | 0.00 | 5.22 | 13.16 | 18.84 |
24 | 6 | Spec | Waters Green Lemmings | 2.78 | 4.90 | 4.97 | 12.65 | 14.47 |
25 | 12 | Spec | Church House Bollington | 0.24 | 6.43 | 5.10 | 11.77 | 17.13 |
26 | 12 | GK | Church House Bollington | 1.95 | 4.34 | 4.82 | 11.11 | 14.74 |
27 | 15 | Spec | Harrington 'B' | 3.02 | 0.83 | 5.50 | 9.35 | 16.23 |
28 | 11 | Spec | Sutton Mutton | 0.00 | 5.92 | 3.17 | 9.09 | 11.5 |
29 | 14 | Spec | Dolphin | 2.33 | 0.00 | 5.22 | 7.55 | 7.84 |
30 | 11 | GK | Brewers Arms | 0.00 | 2.70 | 3.89 | 6.59 | (11.16) |
Neither set of questions scored particularly highly. The Specialist questions, set by the Harrington 'B', are 18th in the Entertainment rankings, and the Waters Green Lemmings' General Knowledge set are fourth from bottom; but overall these positions are almost exactly reversed.
Both sets of questions were slightly harder than average, according to the spreadsheet. In the Specialists, teams scored on average 97% of their averages, and there was a distinct bias in favour of the teams that went second. The General Knowledge scores were lower, relatively speaking, with average scores of 94%; these also showed a bias towards the teams that went "second first" – albeit less pronounced than in the Specialists. Overall, the teams that went "first first" scored only 92% of their averages, while those that went "second first" scored 99%. On an average team score of 140 this would make a difference of about ten points. In fact, only two games this week were won by a margin of less than ten points, and one of those was won by the team that was playing against the apparent bias.
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