Droitwich 10 - Edwardians 3

Saturday 23rd February 2008

Droitwich turned in a thoroughly dire performance on Saturday, but just managed to hang on to claim victory against bottom of the table Edwardians.

Droitwich were without regular outside half Duncan Hughes, so Matt Blackmore was given the kicking duties, but suffered a complete nightmare missing all five of his attempts on goal, including two in front of the posts.

The game started brightly enough with Jon Andrews carrying strongly to feed Jonny Critchlow who threw a long pass to find winger Craig Mortlemans to score. Shortly after Ross Coombes made a superb break to sprint home from 40 metres. The visitors hit back with a penalty, and were unlucky not to score when Critchlow’s wild pass was intercepted.

The second half proved completely pointless in more ways than one. Both teams looked devoid of ideas and made a catalogue of unforced errors and dropped passes. The only highlight of the half was the strong running of veteran Nick Godfrey and the clever work of Steve Poke. The final whistle brought relief to the crowd who had been watching the poor spectacle.

Droitwich will have to massively improve on this performance if they are to make a serious bid for promotion. A philosophical Blackmore added after the game, “We were awful today and make no excuses, the only consolation was that we won. And as for my kicking, the least said the better!”

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