Harlequins Mens Hockey Match Report

Harlequins(B) 2 - Pembroke Wanderers(B) 1

Irish Junior Cup (Quarter Final)

Saturday 22nd January 2005

Scorers: G. Todd, P. Dawson

Quins seconds produced a very spirited performance against Pembroke seconds to win this IJC quarter final tie by 2 goals to 1. Quins began the game very strongly & took the game to Pembroke from the start. However, despite creating numerous opportunities Quins failed to open the scoring. A lot of credit must go to the Pembroke backline & the goalkeeper in particular who made a number of very fine saves. Quins had a number of corners & everything hit the target.

In the second half Pembroke came more into the game & began to ask some very searching questions. With about 15 minutes remaining the umpire penalised a Quins defender for a foul in the circle & awarded Pembroke a penalty stroke. M. Tijs despatched the stroke with aplomb. Time was the real enemy at this stage & Quins threw everything into attack. 5 minutes from time Conor Harte's drag flick from a corner was well saved by the keeper but Graham Todd pounced on the rebound to score the equaliser. 3 minutes later Stephen Teap attacked from the right hand side & was fouled in the circle. From the resulting corner a well worked switch ended with an excellent finish from close range by Paul Dawson. Quins tried to play out time in the Pembroke half but still had to face a corner before the finish. Skinty reacted well to the corner & made a fine save.

C. Daunt, R. Hobbs, P. Chambers, P. O'Driscoll, L. d'Alton, C. Harte, D. Lombard, R. Leonard, I. Bateman, P. Dawson, D. Deady, S. Teap, G. Todd, S. Egner, K. Cullinane, D. Harte