OK, so, we've cleared the first round in our 10th anniversary blog series; in this week's installment, we move on to the play-offs and the first second round match.
Match 15, Play-Off 1: Lincoln vs Lancaster (5th November 2012)
The first of the two play-offs
pitted Lincoln, who lost that iconic match to Manchester, against Lancaster,
who had lost to Pembroke. Lincoln were the firm favourites, but, while still decent,
were on not as good form as their first match. The teams were very even at
first, generally swapping starters and being evenly matched on the bonuses.
Lancaster led after the music
round; Lincoln then took two starters in a row to take the lead, only for
Lancaster to immediately retake it on the next starter and they would keep hold
of it for the rest of the match, despite their bonus rate tailing off a bit
late on. Lancaster won the game 165-120, while for Lincoln, it was a sad case
of what might’ve been after that highly unlucky first round defeat.
Match 16, Play-Off 2: Homerton vs King's (12th November 2012)
The second play-off was a Cambridge
derby. The teams started off pretty even at first, until King’s managed to
string a run of starters together in the lead up to the music round that saw
them pull ahead. One unfortunate incident saw Mr Fitzgerald offer ‘Orinoco’ in
lieu of the artistic movement ‘Rococo’, which I strongly suspect might have
something to do with a starter the previous series asking for a river that
rhymed with an art movement.
Homerton recovered well though,
and pulled level a couple of times before taking the lead late on, but they
failed to add to their lead with either of the two starters they took having
done so. This proved their undoing, as King’s took two of their own and a pair
of bonuses; key moment came when Mr Angland zigged with ‘Canute’ and lost five,
allowing Jim Gratrex to zag with ‘Ethelred’ and take the points. Two further starters
secured King’s the win, with the tension getting to Ms Middleton, who at one
point forgot Jim’s name and was forced to say “Nominate, er, him!”! King’s won
the game 205-160 to take the final place in the second round, while Homerton
could also feel unlucky to go out having run into two decent teams.
Match 17, Round 2 Match 1: Pembroke vs Bath (19th November 2012)
The first second round brought
back two teams who’d won consecutive first round matches. Pembroke were the
firm favourites to win the game, and did so comfortably, but Bath, to their
credit, were very much on level terms at first. After just over 10 minutes, the
teams were level on 50-each, but, by the time Bath next scored, Pembroke had
run away to 210.
One starter asked for three rhyming
words (beam, steam and meme), the sort of starter we used to have a lot around
this time, but has since fallen out of fashion on the show. (Pretty sure we had
that particular question on another show to boot) Another, asking for a
Charlotte Bronte title character, I remembered enough to provide two pointless
answers in a Pointless final last week! Bath did get a couple more starters
late on to reach a more respectable score, but were well beaten. Pembroke won
the game 255-75, but that, sadly, would be as good as it got for them this
series…
Three more matches coming up next week, and I also suspect we'll be getting news of when the new series of UC will be starting as well shortly. See yous then then.
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