Lockout Stuffs The Badger

After a long Easter break both players looked rusty. The match of two and a half hours (including dinner) in front of a crowd of one saw Lockout emerge 3-1 victor. The first frame was slow but whereas Lockout offered a little , The Badger offered nothing. Despite a few Badger specials near the end Lockout easily moved to 1-0.  At this point the players went for dinner. Sausage, eggs, beans and chips. The Badger showed great speed here and cleared the table in 3 minutes ! The second frame was as the first with The Badger still in hibernation. Lockout moved through the gears to leave The Badger in his wake and it was 2-0. It looked over and in the third frame Lockout went into the colours in a great position. But finally The Badger stirred and potted the last 5 balls in 2 visits , winning with a doubled black. At this point Lockout went for a long, long toilet break. Whatever he did in there, it worked. He demolished The Badger in the final frame. Badger's only accurate shot was to knock his cup of tea clean off the side table with the extended spider. Onwards for Lockout, Backwards for The Badger.

Frame scores :

Lockout 3 vs 1 The Badger 57(13,10) - 33(4), 60(10) - 34(7), 43(9) - 50(10,13) , 58(7) - 5(4)

Post match comments

Lockout - Over to you Hurricane

The Badger - I'll take third.