SL1 Vs. TEM [Rd 9]

Waverley 6 defeated TEM 1.

Waverley hosted ninth placed TEM in a season defining moment to clinch second spot on the table. The match served as a stern reminder to the competition of the Panthers offensive potency with a crushing victory recorded in clinical fashion.

Waverley began with a punishing blow to the young TEM outfits ego with 4 goals recorded to the Panthers in the first 15 minutes of the game. The first manufactured from a piercing Steve Jarvis overhead collected by Simon Preston who broke the TEM defence with a cross which was swiftly slotted by young gun Luke Young to open the account at 1-0. This goal was promptly followed by a well executed penalty corner finish by the in-form Young, 2-0.

With their tails up the Panthers tore through the demoralized TEM defence to again score with Simon Preston finishing an impressive solo effort with a quick shot over the keepers stick, 3-0 within the first 10 minutes of the game. The floodgates continued in the fifteenth minute with a lifted cross through the circle being punished by Wes Moore into the net for a 4-0 lead. Waverley continued to pepper TEM yet we were unable to further the scoreline which was settled at 4-0 at half time with a clearly shaken TEM incapable of a shot on goal.

The Panthers continued its control in the second half yet a reorganised TEM were finally able to enter the game. A rare shot at goal was supplied to TEM from a penalty corner awarded early in the second half. It was converted by TEM after a dragflick received an unlucky deflection from the Waverley runner, 4-1. However, the experienced Panthers replied through Tim Wischusen with a diving back stick slammed home to reassert Waverley at 5-1.

The final blow came in the last 10 minutes from Luke Young who was able to finish a goal mouth scramble to record his hat trick on the day and to settle the game at a 6-1 victory to the Panthers at home.

The win has propelled Waverley into second spot at the halfway point of the season and away from the log jam in the middle of the table. The Panthers will now travel to Matlock to meet top of the table Camberwell in an exciting rematch of the two in-form teams. All supporters are urged to make the trip to Camberwell this Saturday at 2:00pm in what will be a huge match.

Goals: Preston, Moore, Wischusen and Young (3)

Team: Greaves, Glasscock, Mutimer, Thompson, Jarvis, Joseph, Moore, Preston, Wischusen, Swindells,  Dallimore, Brennan, Young, Fooks.