Boys' Development XI v Solihull, L5-4

Date:
Tuesday 6th October 2009

Venue:
Away: 2.30pm depart, ETR 6.30pm.

Team:
Attwood, Dewis, Wood, Markham, Williams, Keep, Pearse, Fung, Guest, Twigg, Roseanu, Reineke, Watton, Ho Chan.

Result:
Solihull 5 - 4 Repton (Roseanu x 2, Watton, Twigg)

Match Report: 
Though the scoreline was an improvement on last year's (a 5-1 loss), this was a game we should have won. Repton dominated the first half, having gone 2-0 up in the first ten mintues, but thereafter chance after chance was squandered, including a penalty stroke, which meant that the opposition were still in the game, courtesy of their only real chance from a penalty corner just before the break. Solihull then gave the Repton players a lesson in desire, work-rate and self-discipline. Two of their second half goals were gifts, turning the ball over in danger areas, and petulant reaction to umpiring decisions accounted for a third which proved decisive in the end.