Game 17 Game Report: Molson/Duke versus CBS

Game 17
September 21, 2005 at 8:30pm
Nugent Field
Weather Conditions: 12c with SE winds 26km

Under wet & windy conditions CBS hosted Molson at Nugent Field. Both
teams fielded 11 players with no substitutes on the bench. However both
dressing rooms had several dozen Molson products. Last night saw two new
firsts for our team. We drank all our post game beer and Gerard Kenny made
his debut as goalkeeper. The big question pondered by everyone at the
beginning of the match was, could he stop a shot? Well the answer to that
question for the first half was NO. Five shots.....five goals. The first one
came early on a cross the big English lad finished with a nice header to the
top corner. Kenny had no chance on that one as he couldn't run backward and
jump at the same time. Five minutes later the small saucy Irishman beat him
on a free kick, who thought we needed a wall. Before the half ended 3 more
markers, it looked like two of them were on off side plays. Once again there
were no linesmen.

The second half was pretty well "even steven". Kenny did make a
couple of stops. They were actually pretty good ones and came back to back.
He stopped a shot from about 12 yards out, the rebound was corralled by a
Molson player who volleyed from 14 yards & Kenny got his hand out to deflect
it wide. In the post match banter in the dressing room, Gerard said, "This
is easy when you play like a fullback". Both teams stood in amazement at the
unexpected feat. Gerard's first and only attempt at a drop kick came in the
second half, he ran nimbly to the 18 within the required 6 seconds, laid the
ball out and drilled it ten yards across the top of the 18 to a bewildered
Molson's forward. Once again the players on both teams stood in amazement.
The final marker of the contest came with 5 minutes left when Dale Temple
inadvertently headed the ball into his own net. In Dale's defence it was a
beautiful header into the corner of the net. CBS had a glorious chance to
break the shutout late in the game when Clyde Thornhill took a cross just
outside the 18 yard area & nimbly got around two defenders, but he couldn't
beat the sliding keeper....the ball deflected over to Todd Ryan whose volley
was cleared off the goal line by a Molson defender then the ball sailed over
to Claude "Da Chat" who yelled "Yes, Yes", but oh no he could not grab it.
Da Chat turned, spun and turned again only to be called for delay of game.
Close....but no cigar. The whistle sounded ending one of the most memorable
matches in the brief history of the CBS Masters. Final score 6-0 for Molson.

Players who played: Gerard Kenny, Clyde Thornhill, Denis Dober, Todd
Ryan, Keith Garland, Brian Gosse, Jeff Haines, Albert Lush, Dale Temple,
Steve O'Driscoll, Claude Favre, Robert Taylor

Yellow Cards: None