Men's 3rds v : Awaiting Result

A convincing victory over a weakened Bourne team was never in doubt, as Cambridge South worked out that the ball should be kept away from the mature central spine of the Bourne team, thus enabling the home midfield to control the game, and the forward to enjoy a productive afternoon. Andy Lewis grabbed a brace in the first quarter, the first a dazzling solo dribble and shot starting near the half way line, and the second from one of numerous great crosses from right midfield Rupert Espley to Lewis waiting to play a one two off the keeper, netting on the second attempt. The third goal just before half time was one of the best of the day, for the combination at least, as Lewis crossed to Stu Creed to lay the ball off to John Greaves in his customary position two yards from goal, who made no mistake.

Although the warm weather seemed to slow things down, South were soon back into the goals with John Greaves latching onto another Espley move to snatch his second with a firm effort inside the near post. This got the midfield and defence keen to join in the fun and Stu Creed maneouvred around to fire a fine reverse stick shot in for the fifth. Dom Nelson made it six from one of the many well executed short corners, after Creed stopped the ball for him to drag-stop-flick the ball in from the top of the D.

Leo Tomita got the seventh as he found himself with ball at the top of the D to thump an unstoppable effort into goal. At this point Rupert Espley decided that providing teammates with goalscoring opportunities was not as much fun as he thought, so he grabbed a brace of his own, the first from a slick short corner lay off, and his second from a tight angle as others distracted the opposition in the D.

John Greaves completed the scoring near the end, taking a Dom Nelson pass at the top of the D before calmly thwacking the ball inside the post for his hatrick and South's tenth.

This was by some distance the 3rds biggest win of the season, against a team who had beaten them earlier. New man Mike Coffin played well in the "James Pope" position in front of the back three. He mopped up anything loose and distributed the ball very well to set up attacks. Everyone played their part in maintaining discipline and positions, passing and moving, and keeping the defence tight. Well played one and all!

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Shahbaz Ali
Player of the Match