South seemed to have gathered a team mostly called John and luckily one of them bravely volunteered to go in goal. The newly laid Abbey pitch resembles a beach, but without all the nice things you normally associate with being by the seaside (I shall leave it to the readers to fill in the blanks with their own imagination). The two teams were pretty even and there were not that many chances in the first half. What few chances there were, they were saved comfortably by the 'keepers although James Raikes deflection of a cross from the left wing probably deserved a goal. South's central midfield pairing of Clapp and Jelly held their own throughout against 2 good St Ives players.

The second half started brightly for South and the St Ives 'keeper promptly had to make 2 saves from Doupe and Raikes. They however scored on the break. South tried to even the score line, but the match played out evenly for the remainder of the half.

On a positive note, it was good to see the 3rds and 4ths had about 14 players available this week.