Drew 3-3
Scorers: B. Hare, S. Keir, G. White
MoM: O. Curtiss
DoD: B. Hare
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50, 39, 37, 40 – winning lottery numbers? No. Win predictors percentage of the grims winning the last 4 games? No. The age of the 4 player who touched the ball between the push back and it being in the gore court net after 30 seconds. The Grims couldn’t have got off to a better start and hoping to carry on with this scoring rate a score of 140-0 was looking a realistic proposition.
Gore Court decided to not give the ball straight back to us so triple figures was probably off the cards although pressure was all one way Canterbury were unable to take advantage and put the game out of reach in the first 15 mins.
While the tide of pressure slowly turning Canterbury held firm with some strong performances in the back line, MoM Curtiss mopping up in midfield and Big Ben Beatty in goal but eventually the defences were breached from a short corner and we headed into the break at 1-1.
The usual good cop bad cop act at half time from Buckingham and Goodman left no one any more tactically aware of what we were meant to be doing in the second half but with the desire to win dial turned up to 11 we were off again.
Gadget must had found a wrist brace in his kit bag at half time after limp-wristed drag flicks and hits at goal because he decided to actually flick one from a short corner which their defender decided to use his face to stop. Every one shouted stroke, everyone looked at the umpire to see if it was, the penny dropped, stroke was given and even Gadget managed to push it 7 yards into the corner for 2-1!
As is the way with the Grims, nothing is easy. From 2-1 up we managed to get to 2-3 down after another couple of corners from an ex-Canterbury player to leave the possibility that we could lose a distinct reality.
The last 15 minutes were all Canterbury and the comeback looked on. The closest Canterbury came to equalising was Hare heading one in on the line. Umpire may have given a goal, but in the spirit of whatever league this is he fessed up, then cocked up the injection of the short corner, then unsurprisingly had to write this!
Eventually the equaliser came from a George White drag flick and the spoils were shared.
Both teams came off saying they could have won which means both teams could have lost! A draw was probably a fair result and we look forward to playing bottom of the league in the showpiece game next week.