The Old Elizabethan Association

The College’s tactics of staying inside before the start of the game on a cold winter's night paid dividends within the first 5 minutes when they scrambled a goal while the OE’s were still waiting for the deep heat to warm their aging muscles.

Things got worse for the old boys when Kees Jager in the OE’s goal chose to kick the ball to England U16 International Adam Clark who thought it was too easy to score on his strong side so slotted the goal in with his reverse instead.

This stung the OE’s into action and they got back into the game just before half time when TJ Ozanne tipped in a wayward shot from Matt Watson following his forceful, but far from skilful, run into the D.

Grateful for the halftime rest, the OE’s began to take control of the game in the second half. Lorenzo Crispini was finding a lot of room in the right hand channel and Rod Sallis was bossing the hole in front of the defence. Matt Watson slammed a short corner into the backboard to make it 2-2 as the College began to self destruct.

The OE’s maintained their discipline and took the lead through another Watson shortcorner, and went further clear when Watson repeated the dose with an identikit goal. The game in the bag the OE’s turned on the style, Phil Radford pushing forward and the confusing the College defence with his lack of pace.

Watson, shortly after having run straight into a flat stick tackle for the 17th time, found some space to notch his 4th goal just before the final whistle to confirm a dominant performance by the OE’s.