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00:00.
00:14Game shot.
00:30Now then, welcome to Indoor League, where this week we're going to see The Devil Among
00:39the Tailors. That's the old English name for table skittles, and we've got some right
00:43dab hands here, that's for sure. There's Jim Porter of Doncaster, 75 years old today,
00:48who learned the game in between going over the top in the First World War, and young
00:52Stan Denton, the Yorkshire champ who's got Leeds United, the greatest, plastered all
00:57over his cardigan. But before we see him scrapping at skittles, just watch the sort of finishing
01:01we've been seeing as our darts aces battle it out for a place in the final.
01:06Now Hayward on double 10-8, over there at 4 o'clock.
01:11Right on the wire.
01:16Right on the wire again, you can't get closer. You couldn't get a visiting card in between
01:20those darts and the wire. Bang, he's just inside, it's two fives. Now we're on
01:27double five a piece, and really, the tension here is just too much. Outside, this is Minton.
01:34There he is.
01:37Colin Minton of Easing World, near York, going one leg up on Jerry Hayward of Dewsbury for
01:42a place in the final. You can see what happened in the rest of that match in a tick. But right
01:47now, have a look at a couple of the country's top skittle players, dicing it out. The two
01:51cousins from Barnsley Way, and they are both chasing 101, that skittle's knocked over. Dennis
01:56Jones, the lad who crouches to swing, owns a chip shop, and Stan Denton in play now is
02:01the current Yorkshire champ.
02:02And Stan Denton, on 70, needs a miracle.
02:09He doesn't look at all happy, and I don't wonder.
02:13Oh! Gave themselves up.
02:16They gave themselves up, but I think the luck has turned a little bit too late in this one
02:20for Stan Denton.
02:21Not what we expect from the Yorkshire champ, but just look what a veteran can do when he
02:31really gets going. Remember, the fellow you're going to see now is 75.
02:37Here he goes. That's better. Oh!
02:40Well done, Jim.
02:41The drama! The drama! The stark, naked drama of the table skittle.
02:4483 and two throws left.
02:46The skittle came soaring across him, knocked down the backer, and James Porter, 75 today,
02:52had an unexpected birthday present.
02:55Now he's got two more throws. Now, can he really do the miracle and get all 27? Let's
03:00have a look.
03:02No, he can't.
03:04Only three, but they all count.
03:05Three more down.
03:06And an extra throw.
03:07One throw to go.
03:08And that's six more down.
03:12So that's 89 to Mr. Porter.
03:16Mr. Lodge now on 78.
03:18So, James Porter now on 78.
03:21He needs 101, remember, and Terry Lodge now needs to do something pretty spectacular.
03:25Here he goes.
03:27Well, an unusual five down.
03:29Five.
03:29Now, what's he going to do here?
03:30These four will come with a clever shot.
03:32And there it is.
03:34There it is.
03:34How about that?
03:35The ball hit it.
03:36The skittle hit it.
03:36And now this quarterfinal here is really beginning to hotten up.
03:41Two points behind Mr. Porter.
03:42And this is the one.
03:44He wants a good one.
03:45He wants a good one.
03:46Well, he's got four.
03:47Four down.
03:47Well, Terry Lodge, who goes fishing out of Grimsby, kept that pressure up.
03:52He beat Jim Porter, the oldest competitor in the indoor league.
03:56But then he had to take on one of the youngest, Philip Senior of Boundary, who's only 21, but
04:01moves that little ball like a magic wand.
04:03He wants 21 to finish, and Terry Lodge wants 21.
04:10So it's 21 each.
04:12That's eight of them, and that's good stuff.
04:13And he's got his spare.
04:17He wants 21.
04:20He wanted 21.
04:22He's got nine of them.
04:24So a really good shot here will leave him very hot favorite for this semifinal.
04:29And there they are.
04:30That's nine.
04:30That's very good.
04:31That's eight, rather.
04:33And by my look at it, that means he needs nine.
04:35So that's now 97 to Philip Senior, wanting four to finish, and 80 to Terry Lodge, and wants
04:4221.
04:46Mark Byerle can tick wrong.
04:48Terry Lodge on 21.
04:50Wanting 21.
04:57Yes, he's got them.
04:58Terry Lodge making a last-ditch stand.
05:05That's 89.
05:0789.
05:0812 wanted.
05:09So he wants 12 now.
05:10So he'll want three to leave him.
05:13Shot next time.
05:15He's only got three, too.
05:17He's only got three.
05:18Went round again.
05:19So now Senior.
05:20Swallow.
05:21They did knock that one down, didn't they?
05:22So that's five.
05:25Now, a little bit of a dispute.
05:26Mike Roth, the referee.
05:27Four down.
05:28But that swung around the game, so it doesn't count the game, is it?
05:32Senior wanting four.
05:36There's two of them.
05:37Now, he'll come inside.
05:37Two wanted.
05:38He'll come inside, I think.
05:40And he's got them.
05:41That's it.
05:41He's got them, and that's enough.
05:45That's the acid test in this game.
05:47Picking off the exact numbers you need to win.
05:50Now, let's see which of them two cousins is going to meet young Senior in the final.
05:54On 70, needs a miracle.
05:56It doesn't look at all happy, and I don't wonder.
06:03Oh!
06:04Gave themselves up.
06:05They gave themselves up, but I think the luck has turned a little bit too late in this one for Stan Denton.
06:12Well, that was better, but now the man of the moment, Dennis Jones, looking for nine to get in the hole on 101.
06:27Nine to win.
06:29Nine to win.
06:29Let's have a look.
06:30Well, he needs three.
06:32Six of them.
06:33That's six of them, and my goodness gracious, I should be surprised he doesn't get these nine.
06:36Oh, shepherd me, 10, brosy.
06:41No, 100 now.
06:43And now he needs a good steady outside shot.
06:46Bang!
06:46There you go.
06:47That'll do.
06:48Right, final time.
06:51Who do you fancy to pick up 100 quid first prize then?
06:54Philipsini with his long ginger locks, or Dennis Jones, who's going a bit thin on top?
06:58Before we get going with the final, let's refresh your memories.
07:01Aim of the game is to knock over as many skittles as you can with your three swings.
07:06If you drop all nine with your first shot, or your first two shots, then you go again at all nine.
07:11Winner is first man to knock over exactly 101 skittles.
07:16Dave Lannan takes it up with Dennis Jones here on 32, and Philips Senior on 37.
07:21Not going over to those outside three.
07:23Nice steady round ball.
07:25There they go.
07:25Missed it.
07:26The skittles went either side.
07:27The ball missed it.
07:28Bad luck for Dennis Jones.
07:29Now Senior.
07:30Senior unhappy with his last shot.
07:33Fred Truman lurking in the background, watching the experts.
07:37Here we go.
07:38Dan Senior from dark.
07:41And he can't find the fronter either.
07:46That's another very, very unusual, very lackadaisical cross shot there.
07:50And that's another one too.
07:52And I really do think that nerves are beginning to tell.
07:54So it's 44 points to Philips Senior and 40 to Dennis Jones.
07:57So it's 44 to Senior, 40 to Jones.
07:59Only four in it.
08:01Nothing at all in this one at the moment.
08:03And the nerves, I think, beginning to play their part.
08:05Because there's a lot of money on this one.
08:08Again, a very unimpressive first shot.
08:11An awkward frame.
08:16Nasty three.
08:17Will he go for the easy two?
08:18Or he's going to try a cross shot for all three?
08:21No, he isn't.
08:21He's going on the inside there to pick out his easy two.
08:24Settles for eight.
08:26Nice Senior.
08:27Senior only 21.
08:28And with the spotlight on him, his skittle play has deteriorated slightly in the last minute or so.
08:35Here he goes.
08:37That's a better one.
08:38That's a flopper.
08:39That is a flopper.
08:40All nine down.
08:41And that, Dennis Jones looks philosophical in the background because that's going to be an important throw.
08:47Let's see what he can do now.
08:48Two more throws he has.
08:50And very unlucky.
08:53Very unlucky.
08:54Eight this time.
08:56And that's 18.
08:57And that's good form.
08:58And how unlucky because he nearly got two successive floppers.
09:02And that is really the sort of stuff that he's a lot happier now.
09:05Phillips Senior to Dennis Jones who's 48.
09:0862-48 he leads and that's very vital at this stage.
09:13Now Jones must do something.
09:14Oh, a nasty three.
09:16He's left himself.
09:17He's got to pull off a really spectacular cross shot here.
09:21He's having a go at him and he's missed it completely.
09:26And oh, he got the far outside cross shot.
09:30But he missed him the first time.
09:32Now Senior.
09:33Senior with 18 under his belt.
09:34Last poke.
09:38Can he do it again?
09:38Can he find that fronter dead right this time?
09:40There it goes.
09:41No, he can't.
09:43But these still will come with a cross shot.
09:46No, the ball just didn't quite reach.
09:50Yes, nine.
09:52Nine for Senior.
09:56Phillips Senior 71.
09:57Dennis Jones 56.
10:0071-56 the score.
10:01And it is Jones who trails on 56, needing a big one.
10:07Oh.
10:08Two men gave themselves up.
10:10Three will come.
10:11He needs his spare desperately.
10:13And he's got it.
10:19He needs this one badly to get back on terms.
10:22Remember, he was 71-56 down before this throw.
10:25Here he goes now.
10:26Another good one would be very, very useful.
10:28He doesn't get it.
10:29But still, 13.
10:33Nice, Senior.
10:34Senior on 76.
10:36And the tension mounted.
10:38Not enough strength.
10:46That's a beautiful shot and unlucky.
10:49The ball just came back three short.
10:51Another spare.
10:53But a good nine.
10:55A good nine.
10:5569 to Dennis Jones.
10:5780 to Phillips Senior.
10:58Now, Phillips Senior needs 21 to win.
11:01Jones, again, trailing, needing a big one.
11:06Needing a spare.
11:07And they're on.
11:09It's definitely on.
11:10Now, he's missed it.
11:15He's missed it.
11:16He might regret that one.
11:19And he's missed that one.
11:21Not at all happy.
11:22Senior, the young man.
11:23Senior, the man with the pop-style haircut.
11:26Now, looking set.
11:27He needs 21.
11:28And if he could pull off a shot like we saw just two previously.
11:3321 points needed now to win.
11:35He'll be really up there with the boys.
11:39Now, not happy with that first shot.
11:43Unlucky.
11:44And he's making up his moment to take it.
11:50And he takes it.
11:52So, that's 89 points to Phillips Senior.
11:5577 to Dennis Jones.
11:5777, Jones has.
11:59And Senior.
12:0012 points needed by Phillips Senior.
12:05That's it.
12:07Oh, Jones needed something here.
12:09And it looks difficult.
12:10It doesn't look as though it's on at all.
12:11Oh, that just wouldn't come.
12:14The backer just wouldn't come.
12:16He's going to have to settle for nine.
12:19He's going to have to settle for nine.
12:22And now, Senior, he needs 12.
12:28Senior wanting 12.
12:30A good first ball.
12:31Because if Senior now needs 12, Dennis Jones 15.
12:35And Jones wants 15.
12:36So, Senior can't really afford to muck about.
12:39Well, he'll be pulling one out if he gets a spare here.
12:48He's not going to get out this time.
12:51So, he has seven.
12:52Leaving him five.
12:5396, leaving five.
12:56Now, Jones needing 15.
12:59Needing to really pull out the miracles.
13:01Not a very good one.
13:10But these four will probably be the most important four in his table skating life if he can get them.
13:17And he can't.
13:22Eight.
13:23That's eight.
13:24Ninety-four.
13:27Leaving seven to get.
13:29Phillips, Senior, has to get five.
13:31Senior wants five to get in the hole.
13:37And, oh, he got one there.
13:40And that was an unusual one.
13:41The ball went right through.
13:43He's going to go around through.
13:46Three to get.
13:47And he's in trouble.
13:48He didn't reckon on this.
13:49He needs three from somewhere.
13:50And he's got them.
13:52That's it.
13:54He's got them.
13:55And that really was quite a spectacular finish.
13:58And I think, for a senior, knows he's a little bit lucky there.
14:01But, nonetheless, he is the indoor league skittle champion.
14:05The winner of £100.
14:06And now, the tension is off and he looks happy.
14:10How do you feel, Philip?
14:10Happy.
14:12You've won it?
14:12Aye.
14:13At the beginning, you were a bit pent up, a bit nervous, weren't you?
14:17Well, at the final, Fred, I mean, I'm not all that used to.
14:20The competition, I only played two seasons.
14:24Have you ever played for £100 as well?
14:26No.
14:27Last time I played for any money, I think it was two bob.
14:32You're a good cracker tonight, that lad.
14:34That's it, then, from Table Skittles.
14:36Sit in a tick with some top oil darts.
14:38Right, then, it's arrows all the way now.
15:05The lads have battled through into the semi-finals.
15:08So let's see how they're getting on.
15:09Remember, you just saw Colin Minton winning the first leg of his semi against Gerry Hayward.
15:14Let's see now if Hayward can level it.
15:16It's on a Yorkshire board, no trebles, and it's 501, best of three legs.
15:20Dave Lannan is doing the chat.
15:22Gerry Hayward from the Brunswick Hotel on Dewsbury Moor.
15:25Bang, 20.
15:29Bang, 40.
15:30It's easy, isn't it?
15:31It's simple.
15:32What's the last one?
15:32There it is.
15:34Who needs Robin Hood?
15:39This is Minton.
15:4345.
15:44Oh, dear, Colin.
15:46Tuck, tuck.
15:46You missed a 20, son.
15:49Now Hayward again.
15:54That's a 5.
15:57That's 25.
16:0245.
16:0245.
16:03Could have been a lot more.
16:06But still, Hayward edging in front.
16:08286.
16:09But now Minton by no means out of touch.
16:1360.
16:14Beautiful darts.
16:15Beautiful grouping.
16:16Pretty to watch.
16:19Hayward, needing this leg.
16:20Needing this leg to keep in this competition.
16:23That's a 20.
16:28Well, why do they put the other numbers on the board?
16:32Why don't we just have 120 and let them get on with it?
16:33Minton, 226, won't we?
16:35Only 10 in it.
16:38That's very good.
16:4141.
16:4241.
16:43Disaster.
16:44He's missed a 20.
16:45Hayward requires 216.
16:49Jerry Hayes, with a bit of a chance to build up something here.
16:51That's nice.
16:55Just flighted off.
16:57Just flighted away.
16:5861.
16:5961.
17:04Minton, 185.
17:06Minton going like mad here.
17:08Minton scoring beautifully.
17:10Beautiful darts.
17:10Came downstairs.
17:1179.
17:12Came downstairs.
17:1379.
17:14He needed an odd number and he got it.
17:16Now, 155 for Hayward.
17:18Hayward must win this one.
17:19That's 20.
17:22That's 40.
17:26That's 60.
17:27Trying very hard for that elusive double top.
17:29But 60 is still pretty useful.
17:30He's down at 95.
17:31106 going there.
17:32Colin Minton.
17:33106 going on.
17:34That's 40.
17:3660, 61.
17:37He's missed a double 17.
17:39A great try.
17:3957 scored.
17:41A great try there.
17:4495.
17:4495, you're quite right here.
17:4695.
17:4795 for Hayward.
17:4919.
17:57Doesn't quite know what he could make his mind up.
17:59He's got to make his mind up.
18:00He's got to make it.
18:01He's got to work it out.
18:02And he keeps him downstairs.
18:0364 scored.
18:0654 scored.
18:07He's got to make his mind up.
18:0849.
18:0949 for Minton.
18:11That's 17, I think.
18:12Double 16.
18:12I think it is no.
18:1617 scored.
18:17Now, he's got a 2.
18:18It was so close on the wire.
18:19He needs double 16.
18:20Now, we have Hayward on 31.
18:22Hayward on 31.
18:23And he needs this shot badly.
18:25That's one.
18:26Double 15.
18:29He's got to get it.
18:30He's got to get the keep in.
18:31Run on the wire.
18:32Run on the wire.
18:33Taking his time.
18:34Picking away.
18:35Come on, Jerry.
18:39That's level begging.
18:40Now, for the deciding game.
18:41Who's going to go through to the grand final?
18:44It says Minton first to go.
18:45Minton straight away now.
18:47Third leg.
18:48Decisive leg.
18:49This is the one that counts.
18:5120.
18:5140.
18:53Bonk.
18:53That was predictable.
18:5460 away.
18:57Now, Hayward.
19:02Jerry Hayward.
19:03They'll be rooting for him in the Brunswick Hotel.
19:08Clunk.
19:0960.
19:11Thank you, George.
19:12I can do what you can do.
19:13And I think I can do it better.
19:15Here we go again.
19:1720.
19:1740.
19:1860.
19:1960.
19:23Well, it doesn't come any steadier.
19:25It doesn't come any more consistent.
19:30Unbelievable.
19:31Bonk.
19:3560.
19:3660.
19:37We should all go home and let them bang these 60s into the case.
19:41Come home.
19:42Here we go again.
19:43And he's missed one.
19:45That's an event.
19:4645.
19:4745.
19:48And such is the standard.
19:49As I say, he misses 120.
19:51It's a big deal.
19:53Now, Hayward.
19:5460.
20:0360.
20:03Well, Hayward must have a piece of cord tied on those darts, and it must guide them straight
20:09in the 20s, because he hasn't missed one yet.
20:11Now, Minton.
20:14The same could be said.
20:1660.
20:16Commentators should pack up and go home and let them get on with it.
20:1960, 60, 60.
20:20Here we go.
20:20When is Jerry Hayward going to miss that 20?
20:24There he does it.
20:25He must have heard me.
20:31Fighting.
20:31Change this position.
20:32Shuffling his feet.
20:33Looking for that.
20:33The looser one.
20:34There he is.
20:3561.
20:36Well, he missed 60, but he got 61, so he can't complain.
20:39Minton requires 276.
20:41Still only 16 in it.
20:42That's double top.
20:48100.
20:50And really and truly, you just cannot match it.
20:52260 required by Hayward.
20:55No, Hayward.
20:55Hayward's got to match a ton if he can.
20:57He's trying.
21:01Always outside.
21:04And he's outside again.
21:0520.
21:05Now, has that ton, that 100 that Colin Minton scored rattled him.
21:09It looks like it's got a little bit of the lead.
21:12And at this stage of the game, that might prove to be fatal.
21:16Looks like 60.
21:1760.
21:18It is 60.
21:19It's got a little bit of the lead.
21:20Minton edge it into the lead.
21:22Now, Hayward needs to pull something out.
21:28Oh, he's dropped a little bit over there to the left.
21:31And then to the other side.
21:3241.
21:3341 scored.
21:35And now Minton on 116.
21:36116.
21:38116 for Colin Minton.
21:4360 scored.
21:4460 scored.
21:45Beautiful stuff.
21:46Beautiful stuff.
21:48They'll talk about him in public bars up and down the country.
21:5056 he wants.
21:51Hayward wants a big one.
21:5360 scored.
22:00Now, Minton in with a big chance to wrap it up.
22:03Minton requires 56.
22:04He'll go down, I think, for 16.
22:06Now, he's caught on the wire there.
22:08What's that as a one?
22:09Double 18.
22:11Oh, so close.
22:12So close.
22:13These boys work it out in their heads.
22:15They're all computers up there.
22:17And he was very, very close.
22:18139.
22:19139.
22:2314.
22:25Hayward trying to come back.
22:26He scored.
22:27He scored.
22:28And now double 18.
22:30And Minton in with a chance to get in this final now.
22:33Colin Minton trying for double 18.
22:34That's a good lay.
22:36Very close.
22:37The last start.
22:38The last start on this one.
22:39And it's close.
22:40Very close.
22:42Edging the wire.
22:4359.
22:4459.
22:44I should think it'll go 19.
22:4519 double top for Jerry Hayward.
22:47Jerry Hayward to come from the back here, possibly.
22:49It's all down to him now.
22:51That's 19.
22:52Double top.
22:56The tension is unbelievable.
22:58Oh, double 10.
22:59Down there at 4 o'clock.
23:03He's waiting.
23:03He's waiting.
23:04He's sizing it up.
23:04He's trying to find his length.
23:06Here he goes.
23:07Oh, inside.
23:08The nerves, I think, just showed there for Jerry Hayward.
23:11And that's left column.
23:12And I think, Colin, you've got to get it now if you want to get to this final.
23:15Double 18.
23:17There he is.
23:17And the release.
23:20No messing.
23:22Deadly finish by Colin Mint of Easingwall near York.
23:25And here's how it looks for next week.
23:27We started out with 16 of the country's best darts players.
23:30And now Colin Milton is sure of at least 50 quid.
23:32And which one of these two lads is going to take him on?
23:34Will it be Johnny Walker of Hull?
23:36Going for a finish now.
23:37Who was fourth in the news of the world last year?
23:4358 scored.
23:47Now let's see if we have 48.
23:48Will it be the blonde bomber from Bradford, Charlie Ellis?
23:51Find out next week in our last indoor league.
23:53That's one of them.
23:55He wants a double and I had to win this first one.
23:58Just that side.
24:01Oh, rushing the wire.
24:03Couldn't be closer.
24:04Couldn't be closer.
24:05Closer.
24:06We're 62.
24:1830 scored.
24:19Now this requires double 16.
24:36And shot.
24:38First, thank you, Alex.
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