Author: Alison Maugham

Mac Day 2 England started day 2 with two fairly quick wins for Samir Patel against Jeff Soo and Jamie Burch against Stephen Morgan to take a 3-2 lead in the Test. Harry Fisher v Matthew Essick was a good quality match. Harry had the first third turn ball round of tthe event, but was […]

Some analysis has been supplied by Phil Cordingley of England. A note from Phil: DGrades in Orange indicate players with a DGrade less than the next player in order. Where the difference is 100 or more the Degrade shows in Red. Australia Order Player DGrade 1 Robert Fletcher 2,760 2 Malcolm Fletcher 2,551 3 Edward […]

The first day of a Mac is usually fascinating and today had it all. A three TP match, pegged out endings – deliberate and accidental, failed hoops and short misses, there was always something interesting happening. Some matches were over in a couple of hours, others started the final game after 8 hours of play. […]

Yesterday was the second day of practice and the NZ team took the opportunity to drive an hour outside Melbourne to the Belmont club in Geelong who kindly hosted a Representative match against a “Victoria” team. We started in bright sunshine which changed to light and then heavy rain, so the players got to experience […]

Good morning from a bright and sunny Cairnlea. Today is the first official practice day for the four teams, so I thought I’d try and set the scene for what promises to be one of the best MacRobertson Shields in its long history. Firstly, a bit about the venue. Cairnlea (the Victorian Croquet Centre) has […]