Girls' 1st XI v Gresham’s

Result: Won 6-4
Saturday 13th October 2012
Review: This was a scrappy encounter which saw Felsted produce spells of their best hockey and spells where they struggled to find any real fluidity. This statement was true of the early phases of the game with both sides not making any great headway in the quest for the opening goal. It took a fantastic weighted pass into space by Hattie Holmes to set Ellie Welsh away. Welsh used her pace to great effect before playing an accurate pass across the circle for Bryony Males to convert. Felsted were ahead, but not for long. With Felsted missing their captain the back four had a new look to it and Greshams seized an opportunity to get in behind Felsted's defence. A weighted pass caught the back four off guard and the Gresham's forward was able to convert her opportunity to bring the scores level. Ellie welsh continued to look dangerous and it was her who set up the second goal having been set on her way by Tamara Evans. This time is was Hattie Holmes who provided the finish to give Felsted the lead once more. Both sides had short corner chances before half time and both converted one, Tamara Evans the scorer of Felsted's routine, which meant the score at half time was 3-2. Felsted had chances at the start of the second half but it was Gresham's who grabbed the first goal to bring the scores level. With the game hanging in the balance Felsted began to look more dangerous. Tamara Evans continued to get forward to overload Greshams defence and it was her pass that put Marie Harzer through at the top of the circle to finish with a strike past the goalkeepers glove. Felsted added to their lead with a fantastic worked move involving numerous passes between Hattie Holmes and Bryony Males, which resulted in arguably the goal of the game, and then Ellie Mott-Brown converted a further short corner opportunity. Greshams sneaked another goal towards the end of the game but Felsted maintained their calm to keep to score to 6-4.
Star Player: Marie Harzer