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Colts
B VII
The Colts Bs opened their
account at Moulsford with a
cracking 4-0 win.
Doron Akinyanju
and
Louis Lord s
cored
superb goals, created from an excellent
flow of passes beginning with
Gus
Howland
in defence. Away to Cheam
was a trickier prospect. The boys put up a
good fight, particularly
Jackson Amies
in
midfield. Lord managed to strike from a
distance for our one goal of the match, but
their passing and finishing were superior.
MCS next, and early in the game the
boys had the measure of the opposition’s
defence and Lord scored a wonderful
opener. In the second half, he and Akinyanju
combined well to produce a goal each, as
the SF dominance continued.
Our next few fixtures proved a little
more taxing. Lambrook’s opening play
revealed their quality, and their clean
passing and better organisation slightly
flummoxed us. Despite their superiority,
Imran Tinubu
impressed with his ferocious
commitment in defence, and a late rally
saw
Nick Crawford
, in his pre goalkeeper
role, providing a classy goal with a clean
strike from some distance. However,
there was not enough time to redress the
balance and we went down 1-4. Crosfields
were also a little too strong, although we
competed well to score three goals – one
from Amies, using his pace and strength,
and another two from Lord – whilst
Tinubu repeated his Man-of-the-Match
performance.
After a further loss at Elstree it was
wonderful to see such a highly contested
match against Ludgrove. The teams, evenly
matched, delivered 100% commitment
throughout. By this stage of the season
the boys had started to find their feet and
the link up through the centre of the field,
from Howland in defence, via Amies, to
Finley Smith
to equalise was excellent.
The particular highlight of this game was
Crawford’s effort in goal which drew much
applause from Ludgrove’s Headmaster (and
referee). Another superb fixture was away
to Lockers Park. In the pouring rain, and
on a rather uneven pitch, the boys passed
nicely and defended well.
Oscar Gleason
made a really spirited display in defence.
Lord scored our only goal, from an acute
angle, and we left with a draw. It’s always
encouraging to finish with a win and our
final match against Cothill was a cracker.
Amies, Smith and Tinubu each chalked up a
goal as a superb team effort saw us finish
off the season in style.
MRJJ
Colts B VII
Opposition
Result
Goals
Scorers
Us Them
Moulsford
Won 4
0
Akinyanju x2, Lord LA, OG
Cheam
Lost
1
3
Lord LA
Magdalen College
Won 3
1
Akinyanju, Lord LA x2
Lambrook
Lost
1
4
Crawford N
Crosfields
Lost
3
6
Amies, Lord LA x2
Elstree
Lost
1
4
Akinyanju
Ludgrove
Drew 2
2
Lord LA, Smith
Lockers Park
Drew 1
1
Lord LA
Cothill
Won 3
1
Amies, Smith,Tinubu
S u m m e r F i e l d s
2 0 1 5 – 2 0 1 6
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Colts A VII
The record for the season does
not look bad.To lose only three
of nine matches is a respectable
achievement but – my word! –
when we lost, we did it in style!
No offence to anybody – apart frommyself,
perhaps – but I suspect that, after only a handful
of practice sessions, I picked the wrong team to
play Moulsford. And then I compounded my
error by tinkering with the line-up, taking boys
on and off, changing their positions and so forth.
We scored first but lost 1-8.The journey home
was memorable.After heavy rain, the upper aisle
of the double-decker coach was ankle deep in
water, the heating was on full power and could
not be turned off, and the loo did not work. It
was not a great afternoon.
But then we got into our stride. I picked the
right team and stopped having a substitute.
We won the next four matches in some style,
beating decent footballing sides.The victories
over Lambrook and Crosfields were particularly
pleasing.We were only a minute or so from
beating Elstree too but an absurd muddle in the
box gave them an equaliser right at the end.A
draw may well have been a fair result.
Ludgrove had a couple of tremendous
players, and the rest were not bad either.They
thrashed us. Lockers Park were very reasonable,
too, but we played extremely poorly for some
reason and were well beaten again. Not one
chap hit his best form and this was our most
disappointing performance.The final match,
against Cothill, was a hard-fought encounter.
Having started strongly, we went down 0-1 to
a penalty. But we kept on playing gritty, skilful
football and won the match 3-2 in the end.
Rory McNair
thoroughly deserved his two goals
and a wonderful effort from
Harry Lowndes
Lumb
saw him strike and score from long range.
I relented and took a substitute along for this
one.
Louis Lord
, a clever player with good vision,
made quite an impact when he came on.
George Laing
kept goal bravely and our
back two, skipper
Sebastian Corso
and
Arthur
Virgin
, generally read the play shrewdly and
tackled tenaciously. In midfield,
Eddie Burnaby-
Atkins
,
Augustus Stanhope
and McNair were
determined and skilful and they loved to attack.
They could all score goals too. Our striker,
Lowndes Lumb, seemed to spend quite a lot
of time on the ground but he had considerable
ability on the ball and a good eye for goal. He
scored eight goals in total, as did Stanhope, with
McNair bagging six and Burnaby-Atkins two.
There were times when the teammight have
adopted a more positive and cheerful approach,
I felt, but lots of good football was played and
that mid-season run was quite excellent.
JHB
Colts A VII
Opposition
Result
Goals
Scorers
Us Them
Moulsford
Lost
1
8
Lowndes Lumb
Cheam
Won 3
1
McNair, Stanhope x2
Magdalen College
Won 6
2
Lowndes Lumb x3, OG, McNair, Stanhope
Lambrook
Won 3
2
McNair x2, Stanhope
Crosfields
Won 6
2
Burnaby-Atkins, Lowndes Lumb x2, Stanhope x3
Elstree
Drew 3
3
Burnaby-Atkins, Lowndes Lumb, Stanhope
Ludgrove
Lost
0 10
Lockers Park
Lost
0
5
Cothill
Won 3
2
McNair x2, Lowndes Lumb