The delayed arrival of some of the CSHC team seemed to have an effect as Wisbech grabbed two quick goals in the first five minutes. The first one was somewhat unlucky as the ball deflected wickedly off Andy Bleach's stick to elude keeper Poole.

Although the away side got gradually back into the game, with the reshaped defence marshalled by the always effective Tim Poole keeping Wisbech attacks at bay, the attack did not have enough penetration. Wisbech got a third goal from a short corner, from which they had to have four shots before finally breaching the defence.

South's main hope seemed to be from corners and so it proved, with the Greaves-Lewis short corner routine giving Andy Lewis his chance to bury a rasping shot beyond the keeper, to reduce the deficit to 3-1.

After half time the game continued to be open end to end stuff, but there were few real chances. Ali Blake and Andy Lewis tried manfully to launch attacks but the final decisive ball never materialised. Wisbech's efforts were mainly kept out by Poole's acrobatics, but South eventually managed a second goal from another short corner. This time Lewis, instead of shooting, evaded the advancing defenders to slip the ball back to Greaves, who controlled it calmly before whacking it into the net from longish range (i.e. longer than his usual two yards).

Sadly South were unable to get the equaliser, against one of the league's stongest teams, in spite of continued pressure. Everyone played their part in a good game played in sporting spirit but it was not quite enough after the early setbacks.