League

Bland Stadium
Spectators: 5783 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Everett Cookesley started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd match minute, Bland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edward Digiuseppe to maneuver through the defense. In the 3rd minute of the match Otto Whittington shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Michael Monck showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Everett Cookesley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 13 minutes, Jarrett Fynn mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bland and the Dwellingup players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th match minute, Bland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jarrett Fynn to maneuver through the defense. Everett Cookesley received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Michael Monck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Everett Cookesley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tobie Bailey made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carlos Mcroberts in the 26th minute. Michael Monck made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Burtt Laws in the 28th minute of play. In the 30thth minute of the game Everett Cookesley who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bland's Michael Monck was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 31 minutes, Everett Cookesley managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dwellingup's supporters crossed their fingers, but Everett Cookesley was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Burtt Laws recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Dwellingup getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Fabrizio Bennett hit a great ball. 41 minutes into the game, Dwellingup's Everett Cookesley nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Michael Monck made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. If Everett Cookesley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Michael Monck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Burtt Laws, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. During the 47th minute of the match Fabrizio Bennett completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Fabrizio Bennett a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to Dwellingup getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Fabrizio Bennett hit a great ball. After the first half Dwellingup were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Lowrey Orr made the kick off in the second half. Bland's Carlos Mcroberts got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Burtt Laws recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Lowrey Orr managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bland's supporters rose to their feet, but Lowrey Orr was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tobie Bailey breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dwellingup's goalkeeper Tobie Bailey, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lowrey Orr fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tobie Bailey having to interfere. After 66 played minutes Dwellingup got a freekick which was hit by Everett Cookesley. Tobie Bailey didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lowrey Orr went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 75th minute, Sabastian Auger 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. Tobie Bailey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lowrey Orr, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Keefer Cochrane's late challenge caught a Dwellingup's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Keefer Cochrane helped the player get up and apologised. Burtt Laws recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 88 minutes into the match, Bland's goalkeeper Michael Monck had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Burtt Laws. Burtt Laws might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Michael Monck. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Burtt Laws ran back to his position shaking his head. If Everett Cookesley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Antony Stafford received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Michael Monck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 97 minutes in the game, Burtt Laws fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Michael Monck having to interfere. Burtt Laws recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 99th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Despite being the better team, Dwellingup failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.