OSA Football Report – 17th November 2012
Goals
School XI - 2 (Cox 33,40)
OSA XI - 2 (Horney 55, Michael 88)
(School XI won 5 – 4 on penalties)
School XI – GK Thomas Wedge, J. Shelley, Jack Woods, O. Edlin, James Harrison, Thomas Edwards, Connor Strong, J. Cox (c), Max Rummery, Max Gardner, Nick Harris.
Subs: Joel Lamping, Sam Tuhey, Luke White
OSA XI – GK David Smith, Dara Jafari, Jonathan Sklar, James Luto, Jack Bitton, Sam Horney, Louie Jones, Christian Michael, Myers Chatterton-Sim, Daniel Stoner (c), James Munn.
Subs: Sam Uwins, David Hutton, Zulfi Rajwani, Ed Middle
On the day of the 85th Old Shorehamers’ Reunion, the annual OSA Football match was held at the College. A representative team of the school welcomed back some ‘old’ and ‘not so old’ OSA members for the match.
Two very competitive teams took to the field, Hassan Rajwani tasked with the job of the man in the middle, a position that he fulfilled with impeccable control, allowing the game to flow and become the spectacle it did. Robert Wilkins also ensured a fair game was played as he stepped in as linesman.
A very strong start from both teams set the tone for a high quality contest that continued throughout the 90 minutes. The School XI took the lead when Cox whipped a shot from the edge of the box across the keeper into the top corner; 1 – 0. The lead was doubled when Edwards returned a short corner to Cox for him to fire in his and the School XI’s second. 2 – 0 at half time spoke volumes for the quality of the school boys on show, but may have been considered slightly against the run of play.
The OSA’s ‘experience’ and quality shone through in the second half as they took a firm grip on the game. The deficit was halved with a well taken goal from Horney who fired across the keeper into the bottom corner; 2 – 1. It took the OSA till the final minutes of the game to draw level 2 – 2, a neat turn followed by a well placed shot from Michael took the game to penalties.
Penalties
School XI Edwards scores, OSA XI Munn scores 1-1, School XI Lamping scores, OSA XI Stoner scores 2-2, School XI Smith saves, OSA XI Luto scores 2-3, School XI Gardner scores, OSA XI Sklar scores 3-4, School XI Cox scores, OSA XI Wedge Saves 4-4, Sudden Death - School XI Woods scores, OSA XI Wedge saves 5-4
A gripping penalty shot out was a fitting finale to a tremendous game, full of quality and class, played in the right spirit. Louie Jones won Man of the Match and was presented with a trophy at the Dinner in the evening. Also presented to the winning school team was The Wynne Statham Challenge Trophy and this will be kept by the school until next years eagerly anticipated annual re-match.
Report by Daniel Stoner
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Addendum - I would like to personally thank Daniel Stoner and James Cox for organising this very successful game! Thanks also to Hassan Rajwani for his excellent refereeing and to Robert Wilkins for stepping in as a Linesman. And finally, thank you to Ashley Warner and the College for hosting the event.
Photographs courtesy of Mrs Morgan:
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