Buckley recovery too much for Butler
He got the better of the opening shot by 10 metres. Butler won the second tip by 25m and dominated till the closing stages. He had 80m odds after his third over the top of the hill. Buckley got a good bowl down the hill, but Butler beat it comfortably with a great bowl onto the flat. Buckley beat that tip by just 20m to leave almost a bowl between them. Butler made Boula lane with his fifth and raised a full bowl of odds.
He held that lead in the next five throws to the top of the straight. Buckley got a brilliant bowl from there to well past the farmhouse. Butler played his reply into the right, but he still had a good lead after his next throw. Buckley went towards the Devil’s bend with his next and amazingly Butler missed the tip. Buckley’s next went well around the Devil’s bend. Butler missed that to fall a bowl behind and conceded.
