Harlequins Mens Hockey Match Report
Harlequins (A) 2 - Lisnagarvey (A) 0
Irish Club Championship
Saturday 20th April 2002
Scorers: D.Lombard (2)
Harlequins had an excellent victory in the first leg of the club championship quarter
final on Saturday.
The early exchanges were balanced with two penalty corners for Harlequins in
the opening 15 minutes.
A tense midfield battle was the order of the day until David Lombard opened
the scoring for Harlequins in the 23th minute.
Winning the ball deep in his own half, John Hobbs found David Eakins, who picked
out Edward Gash with a great pass. Gash exchanged passes with David
Lombard before sending Ducks in for a well-taken goal.
The second half opened with a period of concerted pressure by Harlequins ,
with Garvey having great difficulty in getting the ball out of their own
half of the pitch.
Harlequins increased their lead in the 53rd minute when Ducks showed great
tenacity to rob the ball from a Garvey defender outside the circle before
beating the keeper with a well placed shot.
In the 60th minute Edward Gash was very unlucky not to score when
he flicked the ball over the keeper & saw the ball go a couple of
inches outside the post.
Garvey forced their first penalty corner in the 66th minute but 'keeper Wesley
Bateman saved superbly.
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