R2 - Port Melbourne v Casey Scorpions

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Port Melbourne v Casey Scorpions Sunday 16th April TEAC Oval at 2.00pm [b]Port Melbourne[/b] B Cheevers M. Smith Pinwill HB Nayna Milhuissen Obst C Shaw Lawrence Evans HF Hooker Morrison Becker F McMahon Pitt Pleming R W. Carlyle Hazell Cotchett Int Peel Nahas McGlynn Dwyer Johnstone Monteath Bloomfield Alexander [b]Casey Scorpions[/b] B Bruin Rigg Murray HB Heenan Watts Corr C Gilbert Powell Hobbs HF N. Carmody Fraser McGough F Cosgriff Rix Matthews R Pfitzner Gwilt Biagi Int Sweeney Cann O'Bryan Fredricks D. Edgcumbe Rafferty Morse Dunne Expect either Johnstone or Dwyer to make it into the senior side this week.
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iceman Sun, 16 Apr 2006 - 03:58
a bit of fire between these two clubs, like to see who lines up on Lawrence. Should be a good, tuff game of footy
caseyscorp Mon, 17 Apr 2006 - 04:39
A victory for the Casey Scorpions by 7 points. Around 4 goals up at 1/2 time, but Port rallied in the last half of the 3rd, and kicked 5 in a row. Didn't quite get to the front. Scorpions settled early in the last, but Port came back again & again. Could have gone either way, with a tense last few minutes with the Scorpions 6 points up and some good marks in defence. Fergus Watts got a broken leg, and went off on a stretcher. Bye next week, and then the opening of Casey Fields on 29 April v Box Hill.
NorthPort Topic starter Mon, 17 Apr 2006 - 05:19
What a good pressure game of footy! The Scorpions skills were just a bit too sharp on the day... After trailing all day, Port Melbourne had a chance to draw the game level in the last minute of play, with a kick to a leading Morrison out of the forward line. Sadly the mark was spilt, and the Vales were able to add another behind to make the margin 7 points. I thought the Scorpions threatened on a few occasions, and several behinds in the second quarter could have shut Port out if they registered majors. Whenever the Borough goaled, the Scorpions seemed to get a quick reply, but after half time, Port rallied, falling just short of posting our first win of the season. Hopefully Port can go one better against Geelong next week.
NorthPort Topic starter Mon, 17 Apr 2006 - 06:07
Casey Scorpions 17.14-116 def Port Melbourne 17.7-109 [b]Casey Scorpions[/b] Goal Kickers: A. Murray 4, B. Fraser 2, F. Watts 2, M. Rix 2, N. Carmody 2, J. Sweeney 2, J. Rafferty, M. McGough, K. Matthews Best Players: A. Murray, D. Rigg, M. Rix, K. Matthews, D. Biagi, N. Carmody [b]Port Melbourne[/b] Goal Kickers: T. Hazell 5, D. Pitt 4, R. Nahas 2, M. Smith, S. Pleming, N. Becker, B. Evans, L. Cotchett, R. McMahon Best Players: T. Hazell, R. McMahon, R. Nayna, S. Lawrence, R. Nahas, D. Pitt Should have mentioned this in the post above, but Tim Hazell played a terrific game. Aside from kicking 5, he led up the ground and presented as a good option. When he marked up on the wing, his kicking into the forward line was superb. Nahas showed more improvement, with only limited time on the bench.. Absolute ball-magnet, who looks dangerous when around goals, and the speed to chase down opposition defenders. Big crowd their today as well.. especially considering people going away for the Easter weekend.
iceman Mon, 17 Apr 2006 - 09:14
The Reserves was a good game of footy as well, after port melbourne jumped the scorpions by 4 or five goals, the scorps pegged them back to go in with their noses in front, tight second term, then the scorps got a few early in the third, a handy buffer of 2 or 3 that stayed with them the rest of the game. Final Scores Pot Melbourne: 12. 16. 88 Scorps: 16. 9. 105
caseyscorp Mon, 17 Apr 2006 - 09:21
2006 TRUenergy VFL Reserves Port Melbourne 5.1 7.3 11.6 12.16 (88) Casey Scorpions 5.3 8.7 13.7 16.9 (105) BEST: Port Melbourne: Cain Johnstone Carroll Bekker Dwyer Peel Casey Scorpions: Fredricks Dunne Kennedy Carratelli Boyd Edgcumbe GOALS: Port Melbourne: Gilham 3 Langford 2 Smith 2 Bekker Johnstone Bloom Alexander Dwyer Casey Scorpions: Dunne 5 Boyd 2 Silvagni 2 Florance 2 Carratelli 2 Fredricks Demicoli Cann REPORTED PLAYERS: Port Melbourne: Nil Casey Scorpions: Nil
NorthPort Topic starter Mon, 17 Apr 2006 - 10:14
caseyscorp wrote:Fergus Watts got a broken leg, and went off on a stretcher.
Bad news for Watts and the Scorpions, hopefully he has a quick recovery. His going off made an immediate change to the closeness of the game in my opinion. He'd taken a couple of strong marks and really looked like he could have been in for a big game.