The free food was the only positive to come out of a heavy defeat by the Brolly Boys at the Umbrella Inn.
First leg was marked by Malc’s – and the team’s – lowest score of the season, and his 22 pin deficit on his opponent served as a warning that this would be a difficult alley. John (with 40) and Rob together tied their opponents down however and second leg went in to bat some 20 pins down.
On second leg it was Pete H and Chatz’s turns to batter their opponents with scores of 41 and 44 respectively. It was Chatz’s highest score of the season but alas only helped to result in a gain of 3 pins on the leg.
Now 17 pins down, third leg failed to make any positive impression on the game, all three players losing a few pins, and the resulting shortfall of 11 pins left last leg with an almost impossible task.
Last leg saw our three brave lads trying to stave off a Brolly Boys’ onslaught. Although Captain Neilson did his best with an anchorman’s 42 the other two lost pins and, against an opposition leg of 132, Hustlers went down a further 19 pins to lose by 47.
| Away vs Brolly Boyz 11 February 19 – Lost by 47 | |||||||||
| Place | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | V man! |
| 1 | Rob | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 1 |
| 2 | John | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 1 |
| 3 | Malc | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -22 |
| Leg | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 94 | -20 | |
| 4 | Pete H | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 6 |
| 5 | Chatz | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 7 |
| 6 | Brian | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 34 | -10 |
| Leg | 20 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 119 | 3 | |
| 7 | Ant | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 38 | -2 |
| 8 | Dave | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 34 | -5 |
| 9 | Andy | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 35 | -4 |
| Leg | 16 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 107 | -11 | |
| 10 | Lloyd | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 32 | -14 |
| 11 | Gary | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 39 | -7 |
| 12 | Neil | 9 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 2 |
| Leg | 20 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 113 | -19 | |
| Brolly Boyz 480 v 433 Hustlers | |||||||||