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Birralee Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Earle Inwood made the kick off which started today's match. Neil Leach fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Staworowski having to interfere. Thomas Staworowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Neale Howie, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thomas Staworowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Neale Howie in the 6th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Neale Howie in the 9th minute of play forced Birralee's goalkeeper Thomas Staworowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thomas Staworowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Neale Howie in the 10th minute of the match. Neale Howie scored 0-1 in the 12th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thomas Staworowski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Neil Leach in the 17th minute of play forced Birralee's goalkeeper Thomas Staworowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Ingham's goalkeeper Rich Vaisey had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Browne Bonham. Browne Bonham blasted a shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rich Vaisey having to make a save. In the 24th minute, Bern Claringbold hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Browne Bonham received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Rich Vaisey tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In a very dangerous position, a player in Birralee fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 30th minute. Penalty! Thomas Staworowski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jamese Natt went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Earle Inwood's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rich Vaisey was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Neale Howie's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thomas Staworowski was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Thomas Staworowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Neale Howie, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Neale Howie to strike the kick off in the second half. Neil Leach sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Browne Bonham had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rich Vaisey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Earle Inwood in the 68th minute of the match. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ingham's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Andrews Stevens was slow to take the kick. During this time Birralee's players had a chance to rest. In the 75th minute, Neale Howie got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Browne Bonham received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Rich Vaisey tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 86th minute, Neale Howie fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Earle Inwood might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rich Vaisey. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Earle Inwood ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Earle Inwood in the 93rd minute of play forced Ingham's goalkeeper Rich Vaisey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Neale Howie in the 95th minute of play forced Birralee's goalkeeper Thomas Staworowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.