Match
Reports - by Roe Belcher
PURLEY JOHN
FISHER 37 CHARLTON PARK 9
Despite being in contention for the first thirty
minutes of the match Charlton’s play began to fall away and combined
with Purley John Fisher’s play becoming more direct Charlton were
consigned to another league defeat.
Charlton made the worst possible start to the match
when they fell behind by six points after only five minutes of the match
as Purley John Fisher kicked two penalty goals.
Resurgence in Charlton’s fortunes was given when
their forwards began to enter into the match. Following a solid forward
drive up field, from Charlton Purley John Fisher, in their efforts to
stem the attack, gave away a penalty within kicking range and fly half
Martin Cornwall stepped forward to score the points with a well judged
kick.
Having scored points seemed to give Charlton some
element of self-belief and following further good play Charlton were
awarded a second penalty in kicking range and once again Cornwall made a
successful kick to level the scores.
Charlton took the lead after twenty minutes with a
third Cornwall penalty, awarded when following good handling by their
backs number eight forward Eric Doms drove up field and Purley John
Fisher killed the ball to prevent the promising move developing.
Through out the opening minutes of the match Purley
john Fisher had caused problems in Charlton’s defence and it was an
error in defence that set up the first try of the half. Following a
positional kick, from Purley John Fisher, Charlton made an defensive
error and gave away good field position to Purley John Fisher and they
took the opportunity to score a converted try to give them the lead for
the second time in the match and one that they were never to lose.
Charlton, to their credit continued to try and pass
the ball and when they had the opportunity their backs made several good
runs and good chasing of the ball saw Russ Taylor and Michael Casizzi,
allied to good drives by Doms caused problems for Purley John Fisher.
The final few minutes of the first half saw Purley
John Fisher causing severe problems for Charlton’s defence as the home
side created several multi-phased periods of pressure and Charlton rode
their luck when Purley John Fisher missed with a penalty kick.
Purley John Fisher having finished the first half
in the Charlton half and the match continued in the second half in a
similar vein. In spite of
Charlton defending well from the outset of the half they were beginning
to have problems in tight play against the Purley John Fisher forwards.
It was following a Charlton error at a lineout saw Purley John Fisher
score a push over try from a five metre scrum close to the Charlton goal
line.
The remainder of the second half saw Charlton
playing on the retreat and despite good runs from Doms, Cornwall and
Taylor Charlton were unable to gain any continuity in their play and
Purley John Fisher’s forward dominance was to create opportunities for
the home side to score a further three tries, two of which were
converted to complete a very disappointing afternoon for the visitors.
CPRFC V COBHAM
