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Westbury & United Banks (Bristol) HC: RESULTS PAGE

September 2003

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GOALCHART

TEAM GOALS

WEEKLY RESULTS

Westbury & United Banks HC: Results for Saturday 27/9/03
Team	Opponents		League	Scr	Scorers
1^st XI	v Weston	H	Friendly	2-3	Colquhoun Beesley
2^nd XI	v Hereford	A	Friendly	6-1	Jarvis 3 Frost M 3
3^rd XI	v Weston	A	Friendly	9-1	Carter 2 Small 2 Clifton 2 Sparks Wornell Evans N
Wanderers	v Marlborough	A	Friendly	7-1	Millman S 4 Rickard Holliday J Brown
Wizards	v Hereford	H	Friendly	6-0	Taylor T 2 Coles 2 Callis N Cutts
Warriors	v RAF Boscombe Down	A	Friendly	2-3	Lutwych Parker S

Match comments

1^st XI: 1st's lost 3-2. The first tried some new things in what was a hard but close game, reports Bees, and are now ready to kick off their league campaign.

2^nd XI: 2nds had a storming 6-1 victory away to Hereford. A mixed performance saw some sterling attacking hockey and a pair of hat-tricks from Jnr Frost and JJ. (Thanks to Slider for information)

3^rd XI: Incensed by an unflattering report last week in what was apparently a very close game, the third team left no one in doubt about their superiority. With 28 goals in just 4 games the 3rds could be the team to watch. Six players shared the goals.

Wanderers: Not to be out done the Wanderers knocked in 7. Steve Millman announced his return from major brain surgery to his knee with no less than 4 goals.

Wizards: Tom Taylor flew in especially to keep the Wizards unbeaten this season. Jet lag didn’t inhibit his scoring prowess! It looks as though BUPA may well be sponsoring the lower teams with Neil Callis and his wooden leg getting on the score sheet again. Look out for Long John Silver in Dunc’s next team selection!

Warriors: The Warriors had to pass Stonehenge on their away day trip and we looked as ponderous as those standing stones. Basic skills were very poorly executed throughout the team, even yours truly managed to skew a penalty stroke wide of the post - that just about summed up our lack-lustre display. We did have a makeshift midfield of 2 full backs and a winger and it was difficult for them to get us moving forward quickly. You can excuse man-of-the-match Sam Parker from criticism, as he was the only player to consistently put himself about. A word of praise too to Paul Pritchard who put on the pads for the first time ever. His footwork was pretty effective throughout the game.

Westbury & United Banks HC: Results for Saturday 20/9/03
Team	Opponents		League	Scr	Scorers
1^st XI	v Mralborough	A	Friendly	1-1	Tucker
2^nd XI	v Shepton Mallett	H	Friendly	1-1	Haslett
3^rd XI	v Shepton Mallett	A	Friendly	2-4	Batchelor Carter
Wanderers	v Shepton Mallett	H	Friendly	2-3	Brown Rickard
Wizards	v Shepton Mallett	A	Friendly	7-2	Callis N 3 Ogilvie 2 Small Coulton
Warriors	v Shepton Mallett	H	Friendly	can

Match comments

1^st XI: The first team improved on their last visit to Marlborough and came a way with a draw.

2^nd XI: Village went to town for the seconds scoring the goal that earned a draw.

3^rd XI: Don’t know much about the third team game but a 4-2 defeat doesn’t sound very close. (Sparky tells me that they were chasing an equaliser and only conceded a fourth goal in the last minute.)

Wanderers: The Wanderers probably had more of the game against Shepton Mallett, but two monumental defensive errors gifted the opposition a 3-1 lead. Geoff Rickard closed the gap to 3-2, but the Wanderers did not have the composure in the D to turn possession into an equaliser. They had 10 short corners but never actual got a shot on goal until the last one. Clearly a short corner routine needs to be put into place before the league starts.

Wizards: Duncs was very pleased with his side’s performance and told us that he was personally denied 4 goals because the umpire blew up before the ball crossed the line giving the Wizards short corners instead. Chris Cutts and Mark Coulton were credited with strong performances by their leader. Neil Callis picked up a hat-trick after his return from a rugby injury that only really allows him to run in straight lines. Duncs put him out on the wing. So how did he get into the D, he must have turned a few corners somewhere!

Warriors: The Warriors were let down by the opposition yet again. The squad of 13 plus Poker, Tim D and Ger had a very useful inter-club game instead that ended 7-6 to the reds and greens. There were a lot of very impressive performances.

Westbury & United Banks HC: Results for Saturday 13/9/03
Team	Opponents		League	Scr	Scorers
1^st XI	v Wotton-under-Edge	A	Friendly	6-2	Frost J 2 Webster 2 Poulsom Tucker
2^nd XI	v Bath Buccs III	H	Friendly	3-2	Moon Colquhoun Palmer M
3^rd XI	v Wotton-under-Edge II	H	Friendly	10-1	Sparks 3 Batchelor 3 Gibbs 2 Jarvis Evans N
Wanderers	v Bath Buccs IV	A	Friendly	3-2	Catchpole 2 Rickard
Wizards	v Stroud	A	Friendly	1-0	Ogilvie
Warriors	v Lydney II	H	Friendly	can

Match comments

Comment: 8 wins out of 8. If we continue with this form Andy Griffin might be a bit short of cash after buying a jug each week. (For new readers, it has been a tradition for the club captain to buy a jug if all the teams win).

1^st XI: The first team came back from 2-1 down to beat Premier opposition for a second successive week. Wotton claimed they were eight players short of their full side, but those may be hollow excuses. If you don’t respect your opponents they will blow you away, and that’s what the ones did.

2^nd XI: The second team came from a goal down with an equaliser from Moonie that shot up into the air above head height. The Buccs goalkeeper lost sight of it as is fell down behind him and spun into the goal. (Moonie obviously found the turn on this wicket!) Tom Colquhoun cracked a smart goal and Moonie went round the keeper but hit his reverse stick shot wide of the far post before Buccs equalised. A solo run from Billy Mason set up Martin Palmer (playing his first full game at this level for 13 years) with the winner. Billy was judged man-of-the-match with a landslide victory.

3^rd XI: The thirds reached 1-0 at half time against 10 man Wotton. In the second half they ran riot with 9 more goals. Another captain’s hat-trick – this time Sparky with his first ever hat-trick on a Saturday. Steve Carter who donned the pads for this game was hard pressed to justify letting Wotton sneak one goal!

Wanderers: The Wanderers swapped goals with Bath Buccs but at 2-2 Gary Catchpole went off with a hamstring problem (there were some unkind suggestions that it was to avoid the hat-trick jug!). Strangely with an influx of players into the club there was no sub. However the 10 men stole the game with a Geoff Rickard goal.

Wizards: Kinger described the only goal of the game against Stroud for the Wizards as “Duncan scored from about that far out” with a gesture about the size of a large trout. I wonder how many from further out may have got away?

Westbury & United Banks HC: Results for Saturday 6/9/03 (updated 9/9/03)
Team	Opponents		League	Scr	Scorers
1^st XI	v Yate	H	Friendly	5-2	Frost J 3 Jarvis Webster
2^nd XI	v Yate II	A	Friendly	4-1	Armsby Small Ashby Evans N
3^rd XI	v Yate III	H	Friendly	7-1	Thomas 3 Crofts 2 Holliday J Palmer M

Match comments

Comment: On this day England had a hat-trick of wins. The football side beat Macedonia, the rugby team beat France and the cricket team were establishing a big first innings score to go on the beat South Africa on Monday

1^st XI: The First Team game saw Yate have the greater balance of play, yet Westbury created the better openings in the first half. Yate opened the scoring just before half time and Westbury equalised just after. Yate seemed to tire in the second half and couldn’t cope with the pace of Bomber Harris down the right. Frosty’s first goal followed an excellent piece of skill by JJ. Further goals followed as Westbury pressure increased. Yate did pull back to 3-2 but the final goal from Baby followed an unselfish pass from Bomber. Yate are in Premier Division One yet finished comprehensively beaten. Andy Griffin caught the eye with a solid performance at the back.

2^nd XI: The Second Team came away from Yate with a clear cut victory, with Slider claiming the opening goal of the 2003-4 season.

3^rd XI: The Thirds were strengthened by the inclusion of a few Wanderers, Wizards and Warriors. Pete Thomas played a captain’s innings, opening the scoring after 2 minutes. 3-0 up after 13 minutes Yate was already in second place by that time. They did manage to pull a goal back, but Westbury led 5-1 by half time. Some very well taken goals and some poaching off the pads and post by Pete for his hat-trick were just rewards for the excellent passing game the thirds employed in the first half. However, Mark Crofts second goal was full of luck. His powerful shot was well saved by the goalkeeper only to hit the back of his own defender and ricochet into the net. Umpire Village was adamant that Mark shouldn’t be credited with the goal - but that’s just full back talk!

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