CSHC started tentatively against league leaders Boston, who were soon in the lead. Three goals in fairly quick succession in the first half gave Southouth a mountain to climb. The first two had an element of luck as Boston picked up a poor sixteen yard hit (goal 1) and then left keeper Poole stranded (goal 2) as the ball took a deflection off a defender's foot. The third goal was a simple matter of leaving the centre forward unmarked. Further goals were prevented by some last ditch defending with a couple of goal line clearances.

In spite of these setbacks, South had regained their combative spirit since the previous week's drubbing. Pressure on the Boston goal led to a number of short corners, which all produced shots, one of which was converted confidently by Andy Lewis before the defence could get close. Creed and Korstanje continued to turn defence into attack throughout, but too often the final pass went begging.

The second half was much more even as CSHC sniffed the opportunity to come back. John Greaves in particular could have had a hatrick as his close range efforts were scrambled away off the line time after time. Unfortunately it was Boston who got the next goal with the defence outnumbered leaving the right winger an easy flick in. This was followed by a similar fifth goal, this time from the left-winger. It would have been six but for a magnificent save by Tim Poole from a well taken penalty.

The final minutes were dominated by South, who grabbed a second goal as Dan Adlington bundled the ball in through a crowd of players.

Overall the scoreline flattered Boston, but CSHC 2nds had to rely too much on their energy and set piece routines to overcome the impact of all those soft goals.