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as5680 · 03-24-2021, 01:54 PM

MONTHLY ROUND-UP: MAY 1870

The Metropolitan League has surprise leaders at the one-third mark of the season, as the City of London Club have moved clear in first place on the back of a seven game winning run. The month began with the Royal Artillery Barracks taking over in first place having ended Angel’s winning start in extra innings, but the reigning champions ended the month with defeats against both Kensington and the City Club. City have now won eight games out of ten – the same number as they managed in the entire thirty game programme a year ago.

Victory over the Artillery formed part of an undefeated month for Kensington, who share second place with the champions, but Angel lost three of four and now sit two games off the pace in fourth place. Everyone else has a losing record, with the two teams who contested last year’s tiebreakers with the Artillery proving a particular disappointment. The season is turning out to be a disaster for Greenwich, who lost all their games and are a distant last in the standings, with just one win from ten games.

There is a three-way tie at the top of the Manchester and District League, with former outright leaders Salford having lost their undefeated record against Stockport at the start of the month. They were then defeated by Oldham and Irwell in the next two games, before recovering to end May with victory over Rochdale. Salford’s struggles had allowed Irwell to take over in first place, but they finished the month with a shock loss to an improving Belle Vue team, dropping them back into a tie for first. Oldham are in that tie as well, as they sit on a three-game winning run.

Moss Grove had been going well until two successive defeats to end the month, while Stockport and Rochdale are struggling for consistency and sit on even records. Belle Vue lost their first six but having earned a first win against Stockport, have gone on to win the next two as well and move clear of Bolton at the bottom of the standings. Bolton defeated Belle Vue in their first game of the season but since then have lost all eight and look set to be cut adrift.

At Oxford University, Trinity College look set to become the third different champions in as many years after early season pacesetters New College won just two of their eight games in May. Trinity won six of their eight, and with such a swing in fortunes the race would have been effectively over already had New College not won the meeting of the two late in the month. The race at Cambridge is much tighter, with Queens’, Jesus College and St Catharine’s still tied at the top of the standings. Queens’ had been out in front but were beaten by both their rivals this month, while St Catharine’s appear to be the form team having won their last three and ended May with a 4-0 win over Jesus College.

03-24-2021, 01:54 PM	#86
as5680 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Didcot, England Posts: 1,426	MONTHLY ROUND-UP: MAY 1870 The Metropolitan League has surprise leaders at the one-third mark of the season, as the City of London Club have moved clear in first place on the back of a seven game winning run. The month began with the Royal Artillery Barracks taking over in first place having ended Angel’s winning start in extra innings, but the reigning champions ended the month with defeats against both Kensington and the City Club. City have now won eight games out of ten – the same number as they managed in the entire thirty game programme a year ago. Victory over the Artillery formed part of an undefeated month for Kensington, who share second place with the champions, but Angel lost three of four and now sit two games off the pace in fourth place. Everyone else has a losing record, with the two teams who contested last year’s tiebreakers with the Artillery proving a particular disappointment. The season is turning out to be a disaster for Greenwich, who lost all their games and are a distant last in the standings, with just one win from ten games. There is a three-way tie at the top of the Manchester and District League, with former outright leaders Salford having lost their undefeated record against Stockport at the start of the month. They were then defeated by Oldham and Irwell in the next two games, before recovering to end May with victory over Rochdale. Salford’s struggles had allowed Irwell to take over in first place, but they finished the month with a shock loss to an improving Belle Vue team, dropping them back into a tie for first. Oldham are in that tie as well, as they sit on a three-game winning run. Moss Grove had been going well until two successive defeats to end the month, while Stockport and Rochdale are struggling for consistency and sit on even records. Belle Vue lost their first six but having earned a first win against Stockport, have gone on to win the next two as well and move clear of Bolton at the bottom of the standings. Bolton defeated Belle Vue in their first game of the season but since then have lost all eight and look set to be cut adrift. At Oxford University, Trinity College look set to become the third different champions in as many years after early season pacesetters New College won just two of their eight games in May. Trinity won six of their eight, and with such a swing in fortunes the race would have been effectively over already had New College not won the meeting of the two late in the month. The race at Cambridge is much tighter, with Queens’, Jesus College and St Catharine’s still tied at the top of the standings. Queens’ had been out in front but were beaten by both their rivals this month, while St Catharine’s appear to be the form team having won their last three and ended May with a 4-0 win over Jesus College.