Match Report:
12th March 2005 |
First team: North
Derbyshire 108 vs 18 Ollerton
Ollerton travelled to North Derbyshire for what always going to be a
nigh on impossible mission. Selection was thrown in to disarray due to
late unavailability and work commitments. Ollerton kept their heads
held high throughout the match despite going down by 108 points to 18.
Ollerton started the brighter holding their own, even taking the lead
through a Kevin Cogan long distance penalty. North Derbyshire then
stepped up a gear and began their back lead onslaught. Simple ball in
hand tactics and some excellent angled running allowed both wingers to
score 5 and 4 tries respectively with the former taking his seasons
tally to 46! There were two bright moments for Ollerton both involving
make shift outside centre Matt Abdy. The first came from an
intercepted pass where he managed to come with in 5 meters of the try
line, with support from Fred Ford, Eric Cranmer was on hand to touch
down in the corner, Kevin Cogan converting. The second came from a
scrum where number 8 Mark Laughton picked up and fed fly half Chris
Ford who released Steve Hallam to burst through the defense who
inturn set up Abdy for a score in the corner. Inbetween tries Chris
Ford scored a drop goal taking Ollerton’s final tally to 18. The
result was never going to be in doubt leaving Ollerton with 3 games in
which to save their season. |
Second Team: Ollerton
2nds 5 vs 61 Matlock 2nds
This game was on paper going to be as hard as the first teams trip to
North Derbyshire. The game started slowly until the fifteenth minute
which saw a mistake by Ollerton’s defense that allowed Matlock to
get the ball rolling.They were a highly organised and experienced
outfit which Ollerton couldn’t quite match. Ollerton managed a
consolidation try through winger Dave Harrison after a text book move
saw the ball secured by the forwards and shipped down the line. With
plenty to do Harrison handed off one man and
was able to ground the ball in the corner after a 30 meter run. Next
week sees a league game against Ashfields. |
Third Team:
Ollerton 7 vs 11 Southwell 3rds
Ollerton’s third team were involved in the most competitive match of
the day narrowly going down 11-7 to a good Southwell 3rd team.
Southwell went in at half time 11-0 up with a try and 2 penalties.
Ollerton came out in the second half and immediately pulled the score
back to 11-7 with a chip and chase try from fly half Stuart Godfrey
which he converted himself. Ollerton pressed for the win but good
Southwell defense held firm. Man of the match went to Kris Matthews
who had a great game playing open side flanker. |