Young takes the JJ Murphy Cup at Bauravilla
O’Driscoll opened with a great bowl to the first bridge. Young missed that by 20m. Young then made Robin’s cross with a good second, but O’Driscoll edged it by a metre. Young was just shy of Coppinger’s gates with his third. O’Driscoll played his bowl to the left and missed that by ten metres. O’Driscoll followed with a good bowl to the steps, but Young just edged it. O’Driscoll then made sight at the netting, but again Young responded with a big shot and beat it by 20m. O’Driscoll increased the pressure with another brilliant bowl past Dekker’s. Again Young found the resources to just beat that one.
O’Driscoll’s next bowl got a great rub and went well down the hill. Young missed that with his reply, but he was called. He did better with his second attempt and beat the tip by 20m. O’Driscoll then reached the rock. This time Young got a sensational rub, which directed his bowl onto the double gates and opened a 100m lead. O’Driscoll hit back with another big one to the end of the railing to regain the lead.
