report & match card
Division 4 - The Forrest Cup Final
Manweb C v Police B
The two teams were Jason Ao, Alvin Tso, Ben Chen & Robert Wong for Manweb ‘C and Len Dyson, John Moore, Alan Cameron & Tommy Lynch for Police ‘B’
Police won the toss and chose the
first call, captain Len Dyson securing a comfortable 11-4, 11-3, 10-12, 11-5 win
against Alvin Tso. Jason Ao, who has suffered just one league reversal to
date, took the first game against John Moore, although the next required 36
points to determine a winner. The young Manweb man, though, won 19-17 before
another tight 13-11 game went his way to level the match.
Tommy Lynch then enjoyed a straight games success for
Police against Robert Wong to restore their lead. Manweb then,
surprisingly, called on Alvin Tso against Alan Cameron, having already tasted
defeat but, he put his early loss behind him, making no mistake winning for the
loss of one game.
The fifth set, the first to go against the call, saw John Moore go
down over four games to Ben Chan. This left Manweb, who won the cup for the
first time in 1948, at 4-2 and within one win of lifting the cup, when Jason Ao
beat Len Dyson 3-1. Alan Cameron reduced the arrears, also 3-1 against Robert
Wong but the old trophy, first competed for in 1934, went to the Thingwall Road
side with a set to spare - Ben Chan beating Tommy Lynch 13-11, 11-6, 11-9
to emerge victorious by 5 sets to 3. Their next target is to complete the
'double', lying a point adrift of fourth division leaders Wavertree Labour C,
but, with a match in hand.
Match in Order of play:
A Tso lost to L Dyson -4, -3, 10, -5; J Ao bt J Moore 6, 17, 11; R Wong lost to
T Lynch -7, -8, -8; Tso bt A Cameron 6, 7, -7, 6; B Chan bt Moore 9, -12, 8,
11; Ao bt Dyson
9, -5, 9, 4; Wong lost to Cameron -5, -12, 5, -4; Chan bt Lynch 11, 6, 9;
Manweb C 5, Police C 3
Thanks to Stan Clarke and Wavertree Labour for the venue
Match Official Stan Clarke and Match Umpire Graham Rollinson
Report by Don Davies