THE J D MACLEOD CUP DAY 2

Mat Grimes Ellerston

The 1pm game was between Ellerston White and Thailand. Ellerston were coming off the loss to Garangula in there 1st game so they were out to regain their form. There was only 1 goal scored in the 1st chukka by Ellerston. 1-0. The 2nd had the white team on attack and scoring 3 more goals to Thailand’s 1. 4-1 Z. There was only 1 goal scored again in the 3rd but this 1 was to Thailand. 4-2 Z. After the half time break and team talks the white team were once again on the attack and they scored another 3 unanswered goal to end the 4th 7-2 Z. Thailand hit the field running in the 5th and Ellerston did not see which way they went as they scored 4 goals to Ellerston’s 1. 8-6 Z. The 6th was the last chance for Thailand and they through everything at the opposition to try to get the win but only managed to score 1 more goal and the final score was 8-7 Ellerston.

All 8 players L to R Mark Field, Guy Schwartzenbach, Mike King, Glen Gilmore(umpire), Simon Hill, Jack Archibald, Earl Herbert, J P Clarkin and Damien Johnston.

The 3pm game was between Garangula, who had beaten White their last game, and Wastecorp, who wanted a win after a loss to Eynesbury in their first game. The 1st chukka had a lot of running up and down the field with both teams scoring 1 goal each. The 2nd chukka was the same with 1 goal each scored again. The 3rd was more tactical and as a result 2 goals were scored by Wastecorp and 3 to Garangula. 5-4 Garangula.

Mark Field in full flight

Wastecorp had a talk amongst themselves at half time, as Ronnie was not here to tell them were they were going wrong, and it seemed to gee them up as they come out in the 4th and scored 5 goals to Garangula’s 1 to end the chukka 9-6 Wastecorp. The 5th was a stalemate with no goals scored and the 6th there were 2 goals awarded to each team. Final score 11-8 Wastecorp.

Jack Archibald, JP Clarkin, Mark Field and Mike King