3/4 time scores:
Will: 6.14.50 (Lawry 4 goals, Williams 2)
BH: 3.15.33 (BH kicked a goal on the siren)
Final Score:
Will: 11.15.81
BH: 5.20.50
Goals - Will: Lawry 4, Williams 2, Greene 2, Nicholls 2, Johnson.
Best for Williamstown;
Greene. 29 disposals and two goals. BOG.
Lawry. 14 disposals and four goals. Played a big part in the result.
Shaw. 28 disposals. Gave Harry Miller a bath.
Nicholls. 21 disposals and two goals. Lit up the second half.
Pendlebury. 19 disposals. Clean user of the footy. Class act.
Very good win for the Towners. Williamstown used the ball better in the choppy conditions.
Bring on Werribee! :D
Heard some of it on SEN while watching the Doggies trounce Melbourne. sounds like conditions out there were pretty ordinary :)
Box Hill were 1.14.20 at one stage.
That's got the potential to be one of the games of the year.
And the reserves will be pretty awesome as well with both clubs fielding strong lists.
Can't wait for it.
Williamstwon 11.15.81
Box Hill 5.20.50
Crowd: 1,200. (approx)
Goals-Willy Lawry 4, Williams 2, Greene 2, Nicholls 2, Johnson 1.
Goals for Box Hill - Boyle 2, Little 2, Murphy 1.
Best - Tim Boyle, a lot of strong marks, good target, very mobile, Ryan Breese, looked confient at senior level, did some nice things, Simon Taylor, Matty Ball, and Heighty, thought hunter did some promising things without dominating, as did Rudolph, Bailey, Carse and Seehusen.
Real strange match. Typical Williamstown, with a 5 goal breese to one end. Willy had it first, and i felt that box hill defended very strongly, and somehow managed a goal of its own into the gale forced wind. 1/4, quite happy. We totally dominated the 2nd quarter, only to kick 11 behinds!!! Boys had the yips, a lot of the goals were very, very gettable! Of course, Willy managed a goal into the wind, and we trailed by a goal at the half.
3rd quarter was similar to the first, we defended real hard into the wind, and managed 2 goals, giving us 3 against the wind, none with it! Willy did kick 3, but we felt fairly confident with the wind at our backs in the last quarter. It seemed to be just a matter of kicking straight. Tayler and Boyle were marking everything, we just needed to convert. Well, after a promising beginning to the last quarter, Willy found a way to score goals against the wind, the 2 sealers at the 15 minute mark by ex-Stangers, Johnson then Greene, really hurt. For a game where for 3 quarters i felt we were clearly the better team, it all just got a bit hard, and down we went by 31 points.
Last year we beat them in round 1 and had an ordinary year, so we're just pacing ourselves this time. Interestingly, in Willy's 25.14.152 to Box Hills 4.4.28 reserves thrashing, David King, our big recruit and ex-Willy player, was running around.
Always a good trip out to Willy though.