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2018–19 Season
Week 7

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News and Views: 2018–19 Season – Week 7 – 4 December 2018

Results

Two games this week were decided by just one point ... and both beneficiaries were from the same stable! The Waters Green Rams (should we be calling them Frank Lampard's Waters Green Rams now?) beat the Dolphin by 156 points to 155, while the Lemmings beat the Sutton Mutton 145–144.

Three other games were decided by margins of less than ten points, and in the C League the biggest margin was just eleven (Harrington 'B' over the Brewers Arms).

Tables

After last week we were left with one unbeaten team in each League. This week two of those records went (the Dolphin and Harrington Academicals), leaving the Robin Hood as the only unbeaten team.

Defeats for the Dolphin and the Ox–fford meant that we have a new leader in the A League: well done to the Royal Oak. Meanwhile in the C League, the Robin Hood took advantage of the two teams above them not playing and leapfrogged to the top of that table.

Individual

Congratulations and commiserations to Ashton Davies, who became the second player this season to miss out on a perfect game by just one question. Playing fourth on the team that went "first first", Ashton answered each of his first 18 questions correctly but failed on the penultimate one: the one about gaslighting. He now heads the A League individual table, although there is a pack of players behind him each with a game in hand.

Next highest scorer was Bob Thompson with his customary 51, while there were 45s for Ed Baron and Tony Browne. Top scorer in the C League was Jim Kennelly with 42.

There were sixteen personal bests this week ... but also twenty personal worsts.

A League

Results

Royal Oak 171 112 Ox–fford
Rosalie James 42 27 Dave Robinson
Church House Bollington 183 161 Weaver
Ashton Davies (pb)
Ed Baron (pb)
Bob Gratton (pb)
57
45
33
42 Alan Gilday (pb)
Waters Green Rams 151 150 Dolphin
Bob Thompson (pb) 51 36 Alan Hodgson

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Royal Oak 6 4 0 2 938 8
Dolphin 5 4 0 1 811 8
Ox–fford 6 3 1 2 945 7
Ox–fford 'C' 5 3 1 1 880 7
Church House Bollington 6 3 0 3 948 6
Weaver 6 2 0 4 972 4
Waters Green Rams 5 1 0 4 781 2
Dolphin Dragons 5 1 0 4 715 2

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Week 7
Ashton Davies Church House Bollington 6 270 57 39 57
Mark Watson Ox–fford 5 261 57 48  
Alice Walker Ox–fford 'C' 5 243 54 45  
Haydn Thompson Ox–fford 'C' 5 228 51 39  
Alan Hodgson Dolphin 5 225 51 36 36
Rosalie James Royal Oak 6 216 45 27 42
Ed Baron Church House Bollington 6 213 45 18 45
Alan Gilday Weaver 6 213 42 27 42
Paul Morrissey Ox–fford 6 204 45 24 24
Peter McBride Dolphin 5 195 45 30 30

B League

Results

Sutton Mutton 144 145 Waters Green Lemmings
Wynne Keith–Davies
Mike Proctor
Mick Graves (pb)
39
30
27
33
27
21
21
Jon Thompson
Sunil Peck (pb)
Nick Peck (pb)
Bob Langstaff
Park Taverners 146 166 Nags Head
Nick Crowdy (pb)
Shauna Barstow (pb)
Graham Wallace
36
33
33
39
33
Andrew Wright (pb)
Alasdair Reid (pb)
Plough Horntails 129 148 Rushton Diamonds
Anne Jeater 30 30
30
30
Richard Briand (pb)
Brian Bogie
Art Higham
Harrington Academicals 156 163 British Flag
Dave Partington 42 45 Tony Browne (pb)

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Rushton Diamonds 6 5 0 1 892 10
British Flag 6 4 0 2 910 8
Harrington Academicals 5 4 0 1 826 8
Nags Head 5 3 0 2 750 6
Plough Horntails 6 2 0 4 813 4
Waters Green Lemmings 5 2 0 3 674 4
Park Taverners 6 1 0 5 823 2
Sutton Mutton 5 1 0 4 663 2

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Week 7
Brian Bogie Rushton Diamonds 6 219 42 30 30
Dave Partington Harrington Academicals 5 210 45 39 42
Art Higham Rushton Diamonds 6 195 45 27 30
Graham Wallace Park Taverners 5 183 45 30 33
Rob Parkin Harrington Academicals 5 180 42 33 36
Anne Jeater Plough Horntails 6 180 36 24 30
Wynne Keith–Davies Sutton Mutton 5 174 45 27 39
Tony Browne British Flag 6 165 45 18 45
Jon Thompson Waters Green Lemmings 5 162 45 24 33
Malcolm Asquith Plough Horntails 6 159 33 9 27

C League

Results

Brewers Arms 118 129 Harrington 'B'
Jon Souness (pb)
Andy Ridgway
Tim Hayes
21
21
21
36 John Green
Chester Road Tavern 132 138 Robin Hood
Tony Moores 27 42 Jim Kennelly
Cock Inn 137 134 Sutton Club
Peter Wilcox
Jackie Hulme
Peter Bullivent
Anne Goddard (pb)
33
27
24
21
27 Simon Rumsey

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Robin Hood 5 5 0 0 724 10
Chester Road Tavern 6 4 0 2 810 8
Park Timers 6 4 0 2 784 8
Harrington 'B' 6 3 0 3 778 6
Sutton Club 5 3 0 2 649 6
Cock Inn 5 2 0 3 622 4
Pack Horse Bowling Club 6 1 0 5 693 2
Brewers Arms 5 0 0 5 570 0

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Week 7
John Green Harrington 'B' 6 207 39 30 36
Andrew Fenton Park Timers 6 165 36 21  
Glyn Bradley Park Timers 5 150 39 24  
Jackie Hulme Cock Inn 5 141 42 21 27
Tim Bloor Cock Inn 6 141 33 12  
Andrew Vickerstaff Pack Horse Bowling Club 6 138 30 18  
Jim Kennelly Robin Hood 3 132 48 42 42
John Poyser Park Timers 5 132 36 18  
Mitch Moores Chester Road Tavern 5 132 30 21 21
Jim Moores Chester Road Tavern 4 126 39 24 24

Cars & Vans 4U Question Setters' Trophy

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  Week   Setters Difficulty Balance Ent'ment Total Last Yr
1 1 Spec Ox–fford 9.53 7.76 7.17 24.45 24.69
2 1 GK Ox–fford 7.45 9.24 7.22 23.91 17.22
3 5 GK Sutton Club 6.36 8.70 6.33 21.39 19.98
4 2 GK Dolphin Dragons 4.97 8.85 6.22 20.03 17.65
5 3 GK Plough Horntails 4.94 9.48 5.51 19.93 8.76
6 4 Spec Waters Green Rams 4.61 9.88 5.39 19.88
7 7 GK Ox–fford 'C' 7.83 5.62 6.26 19.71 19.10
8 2 Spec Dolphin Dragons 6.18 7.14 6.22 19.53 20.42
9 7 Spec Ox–fford 'C' 3.76 9.26 5.87 18.88 12.56
10 3 Spec Plough Horntails 3.69 9.36 5.76 18.82
11 5 Spec British Flag 6.12 5.60 6.72 18.44 24.61
12 6 Spec Waters Green Lemmings 3.96 7.66 4.97 16.59 14.47
13 4 GK Waters Green Rams 6.22 1.07 5.22 12.51 18.84
14 6 GK Harrington 'B' 3.97 2.56 5.32 11.85 (16.23)

The results suggest a reasonable balance in the questions, with four games won by the teams that went "first first" and six by those that went "second first".

The Ox–fford 'C''s questions scored reasonably well for Entertainment, taking fifth and eighth place of fourteen sets so far. The Specialists were slightly harder than average (average score 97%) while the General Knowledge were among the easiest we've had so far this season (114%). On the other hand, the spreadsheet suggests that the Specialists were better balanced – with just a 2% bias towards the teams that went first; in the General Knowledge, the spreadsheet detected a more pronounced bias towards the other teams (going "second first"): 118% to 109%. Overall, there was a slight bias towards those teams (going "second first") – 109% to 105%. On an average team score of 137, this would mean a points difference of a fraction under 5.5 points.

Four teams went "first first" and lost by seven points or fewer: the Dolphin, Sutton Mutton, Harrington Academicals and Sutton Club may consider themselves slightly unlucky. Although it must be emphasised that this is only the opinion of the spreadsheet and is not to be taken as Gospel!

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