Macclesfield Quiz League |
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2019–20 Season |
Week 12 |
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Nine of the ten games this week were won by the teams going "first first". The only team to buck this trend was the Broken Cross Club; the table would seem to suggest that their victory over the Brewers Arms was something of a minor triumph.
In the B League, the sixth and seventh–placed teams played each other. The Harrington Academicals and Plough Horntails were level on points at kick–off, but the former had a significant advantage on goal difference. It was a damned nice thing, as the Duke of Wellington might have put it, but at the end of the evening the Accies won by just one point.
Rushton Diamonds moved out of the A League relegation zone with an away victory in their local derby, leaving the British Flag (who were asking the questions this week) in seventh place.
The aforementioned victory for the Harrington Academicals moved them up two places to fourth in the B League. They may still have a bit of work to do however, as they are level on points with the Robin Hood and Waters Green Lemmings, and the Plough Horntails are only two points behind with a game in hand.
The only change in the C League table was that the Harrington 'B' took advantage of the Pack Horse Bowling Club's week on question–asking duty, to move above them into sixth place with a victory over the King's Gambit.
Top scorer this week was Haydn Thompson with 51. There were 48s for the three 'A's – Alice Walker, Alan Hodgson and Ashton Davies – and 45s for Peter McBride and Wynne Keith–Davies. Top scorer in the B League was Dave Partington with 42.
There were 23 personal bests – not bad for this stage of the season – and only five people failed to better their lowest scores of the season.
The first four individuals named above moved ahead of Mark Watson (who didn't play this week) in the A League table. But Mark now has a game in hand on all of them except Ashton; he won't be fifth for long!
In the B League, the top four was unchanged; the biggest movers were Alasdair Reid (up from seventh to fifth) and Malcolm Asquith (up from eighth to sixth). In fairness however we should point out that neither of the two they replaced – Liz Horrocks and Paul Prior – played this week.
In the C League there were re–entries for Wynne Keith–Davies and Mike Proctor – at the expense of Simon Rumsey, Tim Bloor and Andrew Vickerstaff (from last week's Top Eleven).
Royal Oak | 150 | 173 | Rushton Diamonds |
Gill Baker (pb) Alan James Bill Cawley |
30 30 30 |
42 36 36 30 |
Chris Bogie (pb) Art Higham Brian Bogie Richard Briand (pb) |
Church House Bollington | 166 | 173 | Dolphin |
Ashton Davies | 48 | 48 45 33 |
Alan Hodgson Peter McBride (pb) Derek Owen (pb) |
Queens | 187 | 160 | Weaver |
Haydn Thompson (pb) Alice Walker Caroline Massey (pb) Tim Massey (pb) |
51 48 33 30 |
39 39 |
Graham Bailey Ian Grieve |
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Total | Points | |
Nags Head 'B' | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1524 | 16 |
Queens | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1678 | 14 |
Dolphin | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1593 | 12 |
Church House Bollington | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1436 | 12 |
Weaver | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1419 | 8 |
Rushton Diamonds | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1331 | 6 |
British Flag | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1225 | 4 |
Royal Oak | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1373 | 2 |
Team | Played | Total | Highest | Lowest | Week 12 | |
Alice Walker | Queens | 10 | 453 | 54 | 33 | 48 |
Alan Hodgson | Dolphin | 10 | 447 | 57 | 39 | 48 |
Ashton Davies | Church House Bollington | 9 | 432 | 54 | 42 | 48 |
Haydn Thompson | Queens | 10 | 417 | 51 | 24 | 51 |
Mark Watson | Nags Head 'B' | 9 | 414 | 51 | 42 | |
Peter McBride | Dolphin | 10 | 381 | 45 | 27 | 45 |
Brian Bogie | Rushton Diamonds | 9 | 324 | 42 | 21 | 36 |
Graham Bailey | Weaver | 9 | 312 | 42 | 27 | 39 |
Alan Gilday | Weaver | 9 | 297 | 39 | 24 | 30 |
Rosalie James | Royal Oak | 9 | 291 | 48 | 18 | 27 |
Alan James | Royal Oak | 9 | 291 | 42 | 24 | 30 |
Ian Grieve | Weaver | 9 | 291 | 42 | 18 | 39 |
Harrington Academicals | 140 | 139 | Plough Horntails |
Dave Partington Steve Dale (pb) |
42 27 |
33 33 |
Malcolm Asquith Julian Amey |
Nags Head | 169 | 125 | Robin Hood |
Andy Johnson (pb) | 39 | 30 27 |
Lorraine Hilton Tony Wilkinson (pb) |
Waters Green Lemmings | 127 | 146 | Waters Green Rams |
Sunil Peck John Thompson |
24 24 |
30 30 27 21 |
Adum Carr (pb) Keith Pointon David Reynolds Keith Bebbington (pb) |
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Total | Points | |
Waters Green Rams | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1475 | 18 |
Nags Head | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1480 | 16 |
Dolphin Dragons | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1209 | 10 |
Harrington Academicals | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1388 | 8 |
Robin Hood | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1317 | 8 |
Waters Green Lemmings | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1140 | 8 |
Plough Horntails | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1186 | 6 |
Chester Road Tavern | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 796 | 0 |
Team | Played | Total | Highest | Lowest | Week 12 | |
Dave Partington | Harrington Academicals | 10 | 390 | 48 | 27 | 42 |
Keith Pointon | Waters Green Rams | 10 | 357 | 45 | 27 | 30 |
Jim Kennelly | Robin Hood | 9 | 303 | 48 | 21 | |
Jon Thompson | Waters Green Lemmings | 9 | 303 | 45 | 24 | 24 |
Alasdair Reid | Nags Head | 9 | 282 | 42 | 21 | 36 |
Malcolm Asquith | Plough Horntails | 9 | 273 | 36 | 21 | 33 |
Liz Horrocks | Dolphin Dragons | 8 | 270 | 42 | 21 | |
Andy Johnson | Nags Head | 9 | 267 | 39 | 18 | 39 |
Paul Prior | Nags Head | 8 | 252 | 42 | 21 | |
Rob Parkin | Harrington Academicals | 7 | 219 | 39 | 27 |
Brewers Arms | 117 | 128 | Broken Cross Club |
Andy Ridgway (pb) | 36 | 33 24 |
Jackie Hulme (pb) Anne Goddard (pb) |
Sutton Mutton | 147 | 141 | Sutton Club |
Wynne Keith-Davies (pb) Mike Proctor John Stein (pb) Gill Dyson (pb) |
45 30 24 21 |
33 27 27 |
Wendy Brown Emma Griggs (pb) Chris Butler |
Park Taverners | 127 | 146 | Park Timers |
Shauna Barstow | 30 | 33 30 27 |
Glyn Bradley (pb) John Poyser Tim Brewin (pb) |
King's Gambit | 104 | 141 | Harrington 'B' |
Michael Taylor (pb) | 27 | 30 30 |
Geoff Parkin John Green |
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Total | Points | |
Sutton Club | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1423 | 16 |
Park Taverners | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1399 | 16 |
Park Timers | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1322 | 14 |
Brewers Arms | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1256 | 12 |
Sutton Mutton | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1227 | 12 |
Harrington 'B' | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1209 | 9 |
Pack Horse Bowling Club | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1169 | 8 |
Broken Cross Club | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1110 | 7 |
King's Gambit | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 899 | 2 |
Team | Played | Total | Highest | Lowest | Week 12 | |
Andy Ridgway | Brewers Arms | 11 | 315 | 36 | 18 | 36 |
John Poyser | Park Timers | 11 | 306 | 39 | 12 | 30 |
John Green | Harrington 'B' | 10 | 285 | 36 | 21 | 30 |
Wendy Brown | Sutton Club | 9 | 276 | 45 | 18 | 33 |
Shauna Barstow | Park Taverners | 10 | 249 | 36 | 15 | 30 |
Graham Wallace | Park Taverners | 9 | 243 | 33 | 18 | 27 |
Kenny Davenport-Slater | Brewers Arms | 11 | 237 | 30 | 15 | 18 |
Tim Brewin | Park Timers | 11 | 237 | 27 | 12 | 27 |
Wynne Keith-Davies | Sutton Mutton | 7 | 225 | 45 | 24 | 45 |
Mike Proctor | Sutton Mutton | 9 | 222 | 33 | 12 | 30 |
Week | Setters | Difficulty | Balance | Ent'ment | Total | Last Yr | ||
1 | 12 | Spec | Chester Road Tavern | 9.92 | 9.56 | 7.03 | 26.51 | (15.29) |
2 | 7 | Spec | Royal Oak | 9.47 | 8.39 | 5.15 | 23.00 | 8.43 |
3 | 4 | GK | Waters Green Rams | 7.13 | 9.11 | 6.20 | 22.44 | 18.84 |
4 | 4 | Spec | Park Timers | 10.00 | 5.47 | 6.47 | 21.94 | 18.44 |
5 | 1 | Spec | Rushton Diamonds | 8.24 | 6.45 | 6.67 | 21.36 | |
6 | 6 | Spec | Queens | 5.59 | 8.34 | 6.03 | 19.95 | 15.92 |
7 | 9 | GK | Broken Cross Club | 6.27 | 8.84 | 4.43 | 19.54 | 18.23 |
8 | 2 | GK | Dolphin Dragons | 5.17 | 8.33 | 5.65 | 19.16 | 17.65 |
9 | 3 | Spec | British Flag | 2.69 | 9.89 | 6.03 | 18.61 | 14.50 |
10 | 6 | GK | Queens | 6.07 | 5.81 | 5.86 | 17.74 | 21.09 |
11 | 11 | GK | Church House Bollington | 4.81 | 6.50 | 6.09 | 17.39 | 11.71 |
12 | 1 | GK | Rushton Diamonds | 10.00 | 0.58 | 6.28 | 16.86 | 18.63 |
13 | 2 | Spec | Sutton Mutton | 6.27 | 5.95 | 4.11 | 16.33 | 8.61 |
14 | 11 | Spec | Church House Bollington | 4.65 | 3.84 | 6.67 | 15.16 | 11.85 |
15 | 7 | GK | Royal Oak | 4.10 | 4.93 | 5.98 | 15.01 | 17.10 |
16 | 5 | GK | Sutton Club | 6.74 | 1.71 | 6.11 | 14.56 | 21.28 |
17 | 12 | GK | Pack Horse Bowling Club | 6.30 | 1.84 | 5.97 | 14.12 | (21.93) |
18 | 8 | Spec | Brewers Arms | 0.00 | 9.98 | 3.86 | 13.84 | (8.05 |
19 | 9 | Spec | Robin Hood | 1.55 | 7.20 | 4.37 | 13.12 | (15.73) |
20 | 8 | GK | Nags Head | 1.70 | 7.00 | 4.08 | 12.78 | (15.49) |
21 | 10 | GK | Harrington 'B' | 0.00 | 4.50 | 5.28 | 9.78 | 13.84 |
22 | 5 | Spec | Sutton Club | 3.43 | 0.00 | 6.19 | 9.62 | |
23 | 3 | GK | British Flag | 3.71 | 0.00 | 5.04 | 8.75 | |
24 | 10 | Spec | Plough Horntails | 0.36 | 2.90 | 4.19 | 7.45 | (19.31) |
For the full spreadsheet, please click here.
Entertainment marks: | A League | 7.00 | B League | 6.83 | C League | 7.25 | Overall | 7.03 | Last year | 6.44 |
Average team score going "first first": | 62 | Average team score going "second first": | 62 | Season's average: | 55 |
On average, teams going "first first" scored | 113% | of their average for the season |
On average, teams going "second first" scored | 114% | of their average for the season |
The difference between these two figures is statistically insignificant. |
Entertainment marks: | A League | 6.50 | B League | 5.17 | C League | 6.25 | Overall | 5.97 | Last year | 5.96 |
Average team score going "first first": | 92 | Average team score going "second first": | 75 | Season's average: | 79 |
On average, teams going "first first" scored | 111% | of their average for the season |
On average, teams going "second first" scored | 98% | of their average for the season |
On average, the teams going "first first" did | 13% | better than their opponents |
Average team score going "first first": | 154 | Average team score going "second first": | 137 | Season's average: | 134 |
On average, teams going "first first" scored | 112% | of their average for the season |
On average, teams going "second first" scored | 104% | of their average for the season |
On average, the teams going "first first" did | 8% | better than their opponents |
Thanks and congratulations to the Chester Road Tavern, whose Specialist questions were judged by both the contestants and the spreadsheet to be the best of the season so far. In fact the spreadsheet reckons they're the best we've had since we've been marking the questions this way (in other words, since the start of the 2006–7 season). Only one previous set has scored more than 26: the Ox–fford's General Knowledge in Week 5 of the 2012–13 season.
So far this season, the only Specialist questions that people have found easier than the CRT's contribution were the ones set by the Park Timers in Week 4. The spreadsheet couldn't argue with the balance of the latest set; on this criterion they're second only to the British Flag's questions from Week 3. And on Entertainment they are the first set this season to score over 7.
The gauntlet is well and truly thrown down to those setting questions in the remainder of this season – not least the Nags Head 'B', whose turn comes in Week 18 this time.
The General Knowledge questions, set by the Pack Horse Bowling Club, scored well on Entertainment and Difficulty but (according to the spreadsheet) were let down by their Balance.
Overall, teams going "first first" did 8% better (compared to their average scores this season) than those going second. On an average team score of 140, this could have made a difference of 11 points. It's always dangerous to read too much into these figures, but this may have affected the results of up to three matches.
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