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 Oliver Cutting (G95-07) reports:
On the misty morning of 6th January, a bleary eyed OF hockey team gathered in the Station pub for their “Hair of the Dog Warm-up”, following the annual centurion efforts the night before. After a swift pint of Suffolk’s finest (Victoria Bitter if you were unsure) and the customary conversation about whether Mr Collins should be allowed to consume alcohol before a hockey match, the squad of 13 made their way to the pitch.
Led by captain Josh “Ibrahimovic” Cutting, the strong OF squad (consisting of 5 St. George’s Six’s winners) started very quickly. Tom “under a massive thumb” Dunnett fired the ball across the top of the D for J. Cutting to score the 1st goal 3 minutes from the start. The second followed in quick succession, with Dunnett putting J. Cutting through for a skilful reverse stick finish. Some great individual play from Ben “breakfast chef” Gowing followed, beating all of the College defence and slotting the ball home to make it 3-0 on the 20 minute mark. Moments before half time, J. Cutting completed his hat-trick, finding the back of the net after receiving a perfectly weighted through ball from Gowing. 4-0 to the OFs at half time.
The second half started slowly, the College attacked a number of times down their stronger right hand side, but were no match for the formidable Ben “national league” Wright in defence. A second individual effort from Gowing resulted in a 5th goal after 45 minutes. Patrick “I’m going to be a pro golfer, honest” Spraggs attempted his customary reverse stick strike and missed, as usual. Shortly after this failed attempt the OFs attacked with some slick play from Oliver “who ate all the pies” Cutting and were awarded a penalty corner. Jack “drag-flick” O’brien stepped up. The flick narrowly missed the top left corner, but the technique exhibited by O’brien was exemplary and wholly due to his 12 months of training for this very day – National League side East Grinstead have already expressed interest in the formidable O’Brien. The College countered following a weak attack from the OFs and scored to make the score 5-1 with 15 minutes to go. Solid build up play from Andy “I’m 51 but still think I’m 19” Cutting set up Will “don’t touch my hair I spent a lot of time on this” Squirrel who fired the ball home to make the final score 6-1.
The OFs would like to thank Mr. Kingston for the fixture and wish the College all the best for their season.
Andy Cutting is in the process of organising an OF v OF match at some point this year, please Email him if you would like to play. The team:
James “one touch” Ince
Nick “I don’t have a nickname” Whitehead
Ben “national league” Wright
Patrick “I’m going to be a pro golfer, honest” Spraggs
Sean “I am now banded from drinking before a hockey match” Collins
Oliver “who ate all the pies” Cutting
Ben “breakfast chef” Gowing
Josh “Ibrahimovic” Cutting
Will “don’t touch my hair I spent a lot of time on this” Squirrel
Tom “under a massive thumb” Dunnett
Andy “I’m 51 but still think I’m 19” Cutting
Jack “punching way above my weight (my girlfriend’s fit)” Abbott
Jack “drag flick” O’brien
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