Reports 29th January 2011
Men's 1sts beat Horncastle by Walkover
Men's 4ths narrowly lose to Peterborough
Cambridge South Men's I 3 - 0 Horncastle I
Match conceded by Horncastle as they fail to raise a team.
Cambridge South Men's II 2 - 0 Long Sutton II
H/T: 1 - 0
Scorers: Tim Clapp, Alex Stafford
MoM: Richard Claes (Dangerous in attack and good tracking back in defence)
LoM: Ron Oren (For his uncalled for post-match rant)
In a match that saw more injuries than goals, Cambridge South M2s fought hard to secure a victory over Long Sutton M2s, a team that has proven South’s nemesis previously (a mere 2 points out of 3 matches).
The team started brightly enough, pressing high and making good inroads into the visitors’ final quarter in the first few minutes. Although Long Sutton wasn’t getting much of the game, South found it hard to convert their possession to goals. Soon the first injury struck: skipper Ron Oren found out his hamstring wasn’t up to running and had to sub himself off. It must have been coincidence that the first goal fell within a minute of this change: while Ron was theatrically limping around the pitch, Alex Stafford surged into Sutton’s D and, with what’s turning into a trademark reverse stick shot, deposited the ball into the far corner. Unfortunately for Alex, the universe (or maybe Long Sutton) took a dim view at his scoring ability and paid him back with a direct hit on the shins; wearing only tiny shinguards, he was lucky to come away with bruises and a scraped knee only...
Most of the match followed a set pattern: while South had most of the play, they couldn’t seem to find the goal again. Long Sutton was never completely out of the game, but neither did they threaten South’s goal much. The visitors’ strongest weapon, their speedy right-wing, was expertly neutralised by solid tackling of Tom Anns and energetic tracking back by Rich Claes. Eventually, an elegant team move of 3-touch hockey found Tim Clapp free at Sutton’s post; not even bothering with 3 touches, Tim slapped the ball home immediately to secure the win.
The last moments of the game saw a few more bruised bodyparts: Alex found the universe hadn’t forgiven him yet and suffered another blow to his shins; Sutton’s captain got an earful in return. To cap things off, Bhav Virdi lost control of the ball momentarily and parked it, at short range, into a Sutton defender - who bowed out of the match with an even more pronounced limp than Ron’s. Undoubtedly, Long Sutton will long rue the moment that South broke it’s dry spell against them!
Team played: Shahbaz Ali, Manu Bhardwaj, Ron Oren, Tom Anns, Ian Glover, Andy Passmore, Dave Monck, Tim Clapp, Richard Claes, Bhavdeep Virdi, Mariano Rosenzvaig, Rob Barton, Alex Stafford
Cambridge South Men's III 1 - 0 St Neots III
H/T: 0 - 0
Scorers: John Greaves
A dominant performance, not fully reflected in the scoreline, saw CSouth do the double over St Neots, with Sniffer Greaves grabbing the only goal with another 6 foot special.
The teams couldnt be separated in the first half, as the St Neots goal survived numerous chances, the best one saved by...Paul South...with his leg, lying on the goal line. He claims he was trying to get up at the time. The away side did have some moments, but the CSouth defence of CreedEvansKern, with keeper Chris Collinson increasingly confident behind them, stood firm. St Neots hardly got a shot in, even on their few short corners, all of which were dealt with well.
More of the same after half time, until the deadlock was broken, with John Greaves calmly sliding the ball into goal after a short corner scramble. This could have opened the floodgates. John Parker could have had a hatrick; Stu Creed, Jonny Deacon and Paul South had chances, but sadly none went in. It was nonetheless great to see some fine passing moves using the width of the pitch involving different midfield/forward combinations, stirring runs , particularly up the right by Creed, some pinging crosses from Greaves, and the usual wholehearted action-man display from Dom Nelson; DijkstraParkerPatel was lively on the wing, and Jim Thorpe kept turning defence into attack from his position in front of the back 3.
A win is a win, and the Corner House did us proud once again afterwards.
Team played: Chris Collinson, Jim Thorpe, Ian Evans, Dom Nelson, John Parker, Nishant Patel, Jonny Deacon, Wilco Dijkstra, Stu Creed, Paul South, Matt Kern, John Greaves
Cambridge South Men's IV 1 - 2 City of Peterborough VIII
H/T: 0 - 1
Scorers: James Raikes
MoM: Owen Vaughan (Ran his heart out and his speed helped the defence tremendously)
It was a pretty even match with lots of chances for both sides and a draw may have been a fairer result. Both keepers did well to keep out a number of chances and South hit the post twice in the first half.
It was a enjoyable and competitive game.
James Raikes gave up smoking for 2 days and scored a goal.
Team played: Shahbaz Ali, Owen Vaughan, Richard Marley, David Bridge, Ky Ho, Simon Jelley, Shahzad Ali, John Sharp, Boris Lossy, Simon Frampton, Jake Davis, James Raikes, Rupert Espley
Cambridge South Ladies' I 2 - 5 Cambridge University Ladies III
H/T: 1 - 1
Scorers: Georgie Hurford, Alice Hug
On a cold and frosty January afternoon, Cambridge South ladies 1s stepped onto the pitch with a sense of anticipation to face a clearly well practised Uni side. The scene was set, cameras were rolling...Uni set off like greyhounds after a hare (the metaphorical goal), with a ‘Go Hattie’ here and a ‘go Darcey’ there, they looked well good for a bit but South were even more well gooder. Then Alice scored from a short corner and it was a blinder of a strike! Ginge was bobbing about in the centre of the pitch, making herself a well bad nuisance to ‘Hels’ and the other posh totties of Cambridge Uni.
Moving on to half time, it was 1-1. Our all powerful leader roused us with words that we’ve now forgotten, but we’re sure they were great and we probably didn’t listen properly. The second half didn’t go so well...
Georgie made a triumphant return to the pitch, tapping another goal in at the left post. But then Uni won a series of short corners and scored twice in quick succession via some well drilled routines and excellent open play.
Hayley and Rhi are sad to be leaving such a hoorah and spiffing bunch of people.
Team played: Louise Tonkin, Ellie Raffan, Caroline Dent, Julie Sadler, Hannah Dillon, Siren Dabb, Ash Price, Georgie Hurford, Liles Dee, Caroline Molony, Hayley Sharpe, Tash Cox, Alice Hug
Cambridge South Ladies' II 2 - 0 St Ives Ladies III
Scorers: Carla Fitzachary, Ash Price
MoM: Ash Price, Liz Harte
Awaiting Report
Team played: Louise Tonkin, Louise Gutteridge, Tracey Hunter, Carla Fitzachary, Siren Dabb, Jo Read, Sam Cooper, Ash Price, Liz Harte, Hayley Sharpe, Leonie Dickman
