Sat. 12th Nov.2011 – Morpeth 4ths v St.Georges
Score:- 1-10, Scorer:- I. Foster, MOM:- G.Evans
It is said that sanctuary never comes without some kind of risk, and that illusions without freedom never quite add up to bliss. The haunting and the haunted play a game no-one can win. The spirits come at midnight and by dawn they’re gone again. And so it was with Morpeth 4th team who found themselves 7-0 down at half-time to aNorth St George’s side full of young, fit and able hockey players. Clearly there would be no sanctuary for Morpeth without taking risks, which is what they did in the second half and with good effect.
At half-time Morpeth set themselves the simple aim of scoring a goal, and in consequence played further up the pitch. They were duly rewarded when Alan Evans had a goal-bound shot stopped on the line by an opposition boot. Ian Foster stepped smartly forward to convert the penalty stroke. Meanwhile at the other end of the pitch Morpeth defended as stoutly as they could, and were pleased to concede less than half as many goals in the second half. Goal-keeper, Glyn Evans, was Morpeth’s man of the match. Without his many saves, including saving a penalty stroke, the score-line might have been embarrassing.
