Craig Ryan
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I'll probably get shot down on this one - but i would like an intelligent answer.
I averaged about what i expected and i am not complaining about the conditions - i am just asking the question based on stats.
In the men there were 13 lefties --- average 182.17 (take out Porto and the average was 177)
There were 57 righties -- average 190.17
4 of the bottom 5 men's averages were lefties
That would suggest the left was harder .... yeah yeah i know --- first time for everything .
Is it as simple as lefties don't need to work on their game as much as righties because they get easier conditions and when struck with a tough pattern had no answers? Or is there more to it than that. Obviously the other side of the coin is that Porto was high average, but Porto could get a glass bowling ball to hook on ice so he is an exception.
To my eyes it seemed that the very good bowlers found a line and eventually shot decent numbers – regardless of whether they were left or right handed.
The difference I noticed was the righties who could not bowl on the fresh oil eventually got a bit of a shot later in the block as the lanes broke down, the lefties who could not find a shot on fresh oil had little or no break down and therefore had no shot. (probably no pattern is ever fair to everyone – but I am interested in what answers I get)
I'm still in the office and a little short in terms of time, but I think you also need to factor in the quality of the left handers that bowled. By no means disrespecting anyone, but in my opinion the number of solid / quality right handers outweighted the number of solid /quality left handers (in proportion to their percentage of the field). The fact that 4 of the bottom 5 bowlers were left handers may add further weight to my argument. Gary, just out of interest, can you provide a breakdown of what the top 30-40% of both sides averaged? That may provide a more accurate reflection.
Cheers,
Craig