St. Faiths v Culford

Relatively, this hockey match was uneventful, and the workrate of both sides, most especially St. Faiths, was very low. However, there were quite a few chances for both sides, and only one managed to get behind a goalkeeper's feet. Unfortunately, that goalkeeper was ours. Our coach told us that Culford deserved to win, which I wholeheartedly agree with.

Very early on in the match, our right winger Luke blasted a cross through the Culford defense to me, but I wasn't very well positioned, I must admit, and tapped it wide. Later on, this time at the other end of the Astro turf, the Culford winger crossed it , and the receiver managed the tricky reverse-stick hit to deflect the ball in. Unlike most goals, our hopes - or at least my hopes weren't down.

In the second 15 minutes or so of the game, there were some pretty scary moments on both sides. At one point, an attacker of theirs somehow managed to fake out two of our men into a breakaway, but eventually, St. Faiths cleared it away.

Another time, Luke was taking a free hit from just outside the D (the shooting area) on the right-hand side. There was a pretty large opportunity for St. Faiths to score. I wasn't being marked, and there was a narrow gap for Luke to smack the ball through. I did what our coach told me to do after I missed a cross the first time. Stay low and sideways on to the goal. Luke saw me and hit the ball. He was very, very unlucky and the ball went out of bounds across the goal line.

In the very last minute, Luke saw John, our left winger, open in the D. He crossed it on the run - in bounds this time - but John stumbled a bit, and there was a mad scramble for the ball, but Culford - I honestly don't know how - managed to clear the ball away, securing their hopes of a shutout win.