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Dave Walker

Team: Lever ClubDivision: Division ALast updated: 10/28/2026

Rating

836

Current Handicap

Honours

Season:

Matches Played

Wins

Losses

30%

Win Rate

7.8

Avg Win Margin

8.1

Avg Loss Margin

16-23

Home Record

6-29

Away Record

100%

Handicap Confidence

Very Reliable

74 / 33 matches for full confidence· Last recorded match: 8/22/2019

A large recent sample: 74 matches in the 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 window, comfortably past the 33-match benchmark for full confidence. The handicap is stable and only shifts as form changes.

Milestones

Career

No career milestones yet — keep bowling!

Next goal: 50 Wins22/50

✦SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

No season milestones recorded yet.

Handicap Trend

All Time · 74 matches

+9 Rising

Win on the night Loss on the nightLower handicap = stronger player

The line re-checks the handicap after every match — from results, winning and losing margins, the strength of who was played, and home or away. Each dot is the number that applied going into the next game.

Gives 9 more chalks than at the start of this period.

Started0

Lowest0

Current9

Win Percentage(35%)

30%

score-0.41→contribution-0.14

Avg Winning Margin(23%)

7.8

score-0.04→contribution-0.01

Avg Losing Margin(15%)

8.1

score-0.02→contribution-0.00

Recent Form (last 20)(10%)

25%

score-0.50→contribution-0.05

Opponent Strength(15%)

971

score-0.45→contribution-0.07

Weighted Score-0.275

Sample Size Confidence

100%(74/33 matches)

Rating890 → shrunk 890→ adjusted 836

Handicap

Formula: Rating = 1000 + (weighted score × 400). Each factor is normalized to −1…+1, multiplied by its weight, then summed. Window: factors are computed from the Handicap Calculation Years only (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026), excluding walkovers — the same window the official recalculation uses. Bayesian shrinkage: the raw rating is pulled toward 1000 by confidence (window matches ÷ 33, an adaptive threshold set by the last recalculation). Offsets: division and B/C/D team offsets are then applied, weighted by where each window match was played. Recency blend: the calculation years are re-weighted at up to 40% by match volume. Players with a long career but fewer than 5 window matches fall back to their full career record. Rating maps to handicap 0–15 (lower = stronger) via the league's spread multiplier.

League

22W52L74 matches·29.7% win rate

Club	Seasons	Division(s)	P	W	L	Win %
Lever Club	2016–2019	Division A	42	9	33	21.4%
Lever Club B	2016–2019	Division B	32	13	19	40.6%

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Margin	Competition	Division
8/22/2019	Stuart Blair	A	7-21	LOSS	-14	League	Division A
8/20/2019	Darren Hankin	H	11-21	LOSS	-10	League	Division A
8/19/2019	John Rogers	A	7-21	LOSS	-14	League	Division A
8/13/2019	Dave Harrison	A	13-21	LOSS	-8	League	Division A
8/8/2019	John Harrison	H	13-21	LOSS	-8	League	Division A
7/30/2019	# Mo Saville	A	19-21	LOSS	-2	League	Division A
7/25/2019	Eric Cook	A	11-21	LOSS	-10	League	Division B
7/23/2019	Andrew Halsey	A	7-21	LOSS	-14	League	Division A
7/10/2019	vs Arno Tixall	A	5-21	LOSS	-16	League	Division B
7/9/2019	Michael Green	H	19-21	LOSS	-2	League	Division A
7/4/2019	Gary Lewis	A	15-21	LOSS	-6	League	Division A
6/27/2019	Irene Brett	H	21-12	WIN	+9	League	Division A
6/20/2019	Fred Doherty	A	21-20	WIN	+1	League	Division A
6/13/2019	Dave Hulmston	H	21-14	WIN	+7	League	Division A
6/11/2019	Geoff Hawkswell	H	12-21	LOSS	-9	League	Division B
6/6/2019	Roy Mcgunigall	H	10-21	LOSS	-11	League	Division A
5/30/2019	Adrian Cairns	H	19-21	LOSS	-2	League	Division B
5/23/2019	Anthony Jones	H	21-8	WIN	+13	League	Division A
5/16/2019	Andy Rose	H	21-13	WIN	+8	League	Division A
5/14/2019	Robert Rogers	A	13-21	LOSS	-8	League	Division A
5/9/2019	Chris Morrison	H	7-21	LOSS	-14	League	Division A
5/2/2019	James Motley	A	1-21	LOSS	-20	League	Division A
8/21/2018	Paul Griffiths	A	9-21	LOSS	-12	League	Division A
8/20/2018	vs Thingwall	H	18-21	LOSS	-3	League	Division B
8/16/2018	Phil Critchley	A	15-21	LOSS	-6	League	Division B
8/14/2018	Gary Cookson	A	6-21	LOSS	-15	League	Division A
8/14/2018	Eddie Charlton	H	14-21	LOSS	-7	League	Division B
8/7/2018	Eric James	A	19-21	LOSS	-2	League	Division B
7/31/2018	Mark Houghton	H	10-21	LOSS	-11	League	Division A
7/26/2018	Gill Smith	A	19-21	LOSS	-2	League	Division A
7/19/2018	Derek Gore	H	21-11	WIN	+10	League	Division B
7/12/2018	John Harrison	H	17-21	LOSS	-4	League	Division A
7/11/2018	vs Cammell Laird	A	11-21	LOSS	-10	League	Division B
7/10/2018	Phil Nielson	A	16-21	LOSS	-5	League	Division A
7/10/2018	Colin Taylor	H	21-11	WIN	+10	League	Division B
7/5/2018	Steve Telford	H	21-20	WIN	+1	League	Division A
6/28/2018	Joan Jones	A	21-11	WIN	+10	League	Division B
6/26/2018	Finlay Hormbrey	H	13-21	LOSS	-8	League	Division A
6/21/2018	Katie Wood	H	21-20	WIN	+1	League	Division B
6/14/2018	Glynis Lomax	H	19-21	LOSS	-2	League	Division A
6/12/2018	Kyle Gordon	A	9-21	LOSS	-12	League	Division A
5/31/2018	Peter Martin	H	21-20	WIN	+1	League	Division A
5/24/2018	John Bennion	A	14-21	LOSS	-7	League	Division A
5/17/2018	Les Davies	A	16-21	LOSS	-5	League	Division B
5/15/2018	Jim Mannion	A	15-21	LOSS	-6	League	Division A
5/15/2018	Eric Sant	H	21-7	WIN	+14	League	Division B
5/10/2018	Harry Millington	H	20-21	LOSS	-1	League	Division A
8/22/2017	Ian Johnson	H	4-21	LOSS	-17	League	Division A
8/17/2017	Zoe Stratton	H	18-21	LOSS	-3	League	Division B
8/15/2017	Eric Osborne	H	21-13	WIN	+8	League	Division B
8/10/2017	John Madge	A	21-14	WIN	+7	League	Division B
8/3/2017	Jim Tunley	H	21-12	WIN	+9	League	Division B
8/1/2017	Mike Reeves	H	11-21	LOSS	-10	League	Division A
7/20/2017	Sean Howell	A	21-12	WIN	+9	League	Division A
7/19/2017	vs Hoylake Central & Melrose	A	15-21	LOSS	-6	League	Division B
7/13/2017	Richie Finch	H	8-21	LOSS	-13	League	Division A
7/11/2017	Phil Hellyer	A	20-21	LOSS	-1	League	Division A
7/11/2017	Nobby Clark	H	19-21	LOSS	-2	League	Division B
7/6/2017	Jackie Thompson	H	21-15	WIN	+6	League	Division B
7/4/2017	Dave Chapman	A	13-21	LOSS	-8	League	Division B
6/28/2017	vs Tixall C	A	21-8	WIN	+13	League	Division B
6/22/2017	Colin Mounsey	H	10-21	LOSS	-11	League	Division B
6/15/2017	Fred Beacall	A	21-19	WIN	+2	League	Division B
6/13/2017	Robert Rogers	A	7-21	LOSS	-14	League	Division A
6/1/2017	Ian Dougherty	A	15-21	LOSS	-6	League	Division B
5/25/2017	Andrew Milford	H	21-6	WIN	+15	League	Division B
5/18/2017	Atrau Charlton	A	16-21	LOSS	-5	League	Division B
5/16/2017	Kevin Pulham	H	21-14	WIN	+7	League	Division B
5/11/2017	Jessie Tiplady	A	8-21	LOSS	-13	League	Division B
8/9/2016	Ron Rintoul	A	18-21	LOSS	-3	League	Division A
7/27/2016	John Eisen	H	21-11	WIN	+10	League	Division A
7/12/2016	Sean Howell	H	6-21	LOSS	-15	League	Division A
6/28/2016	Bob Jones	H	19-21	LOSS	-2	League	Division B
5/31/2016	Vinnie Roxburgh	H	15-21	LOSS	-6	League	Division A

1 Cup Title Won

Leverhulme Cup 2018· Lever Club B

Leverhulme Cup8 games · 1W 1×

20192 rounds

Round	Opponent	Team	Score	Result	Team
Round of 16 Round	Roger Simcoe	Lever Club B	21-16	WIN	WON
Quarters Round	John Kayll	Thingwall	19-21	LOSS	WON

2018 Winner3 rounds

Round	Opponent	Team	Score	Result	Team
Quarters Round	Jack Wilson	Heswall Rbl	1-21	LOSS	WON
Semi Final Round	Ged Richardson	Parkfield	10-21	LOSS	WON
Final Round	Gill Sheen	Pensby	7-21	LOSS	WON

20173 rounds

Round	Opponent	Team	Score	Result	Team
Round of 32 Round	Keith Christian	Tixall C	14-21	LOSS	WON
Round of 16 Round	Dave Simcoe	Lever Club	9-21	LOSS	WON
Quarters Round	Peter Holian	Cammell Laird	4-21	LOSS	LOST

George ONeill Trophy4 games · 1W

20191 round

Round	Opponent	Team	Score	Result	Team
Round of 32 Round	Lesley Quinn / Keith Loughrin	Kendal	15-0	WIN	WON

20182 rounds

Round	Opponent	Team	Score	Result	Team
Round of 32 Round	Roy Cooke / Jean Clark	Pensby B	10-15	LOSS	WON
Round of 16 Round	Nick Burridge Jr / James Whalley	Gladstone	5-15	LOSS	LOST

20171 round

Round	Opponent	Team	Score	Result	Team
Round of 32 Round	Brian Lane / Vinnie Roxburgh	Kings 2000	11-15	LOSS	LOST

Andy Dawson Cup4 games · 2W

20192 rounds

Round	Opponent	Team	Score	Result	Team
Preliminary Round	Derek Mycock	Pensby B	21-15	WIN	WON
Semi Final Round	Matty Roberts	Oxton Cons B	5-21	LOSS	LOST

20181 round

Round	Opponent	Team	Score	Result	Team
Preliminary Round	Zoe Stratton	Arno Tixall	18-21	LOSS	WON

20171 round

Round	Opponent	Team	Score	Result	Team
Round of 16 Round	Atrau Charlton	Bromborough Recs	21-18	WIN	LOST

Current Streak

11losses

In a slump

Longest Win Run

Career best winning streak

Longest Loss Run

Career worst losing streak

Last 50% win rate

LLLLL

Last 100% win rate— steady

LLLLLLLLLL

Opponent	W	L	Total	Win %	Last Met
John Harrison	0	2	2	0%	8/8/2019
Robert Rogers	0	2	2	0%	5/14/2019
Sean Howell	1	1	2	50%	7/20/2017
Stuart Blair	0	1	1	0%	8/22/2019
Darren Hankin	0	1	1	0%	8/20/2019
John Rogers	0	1	1	0%	8/19/2019
Dave Harrison	0	1	1	0%	8/13/2019
# Mo Saville	0	1	1	0%	7/30/2019
Eric Cook	0	1	1	0%	7/25/2019
Andrew Halsey	0	1	1	0%	7/23/2019

Biggest Win

Andrew Milford (+15)5/25/2017

Heaviest Defeat

James Motley (-20)5/2/2019

Best Season

201741% · 22 matches

Worst Season

201923% · 22 matches

Form Arc (1st half → 2nd half)

35% → 24%declining

Avg Opponent Rating Faced

96562 known · 12 unknown

vs Strong Opponents (rating ≥ 1000)

6-2023% win rate

vs Weak Opponents (rating < 1000)

13-2336% win rate

By Division

Division A9-33 (21%)

Division B13-19 (41%)

Division A21.4%

9W·33L·42 played

Division B40.6%

13W·19L·32 played

Debut

May 31, 2016

Latest

Aug 22, 2019

Seasons Active

4 (3.2 yr span)

Matches / Season

18.5 (74 total)

Seasons

2016201720182019