In This Issue The Weekly Magazine of Cranbrook School

Football
Cranbrook v
St Aloysius’ at
Tyneside Ave,
Willoughby
1st XI – St Aloysius’ 3 beat
Cranbrook 0.
Neill Points: M Stern (3),
R.Brennan (2), T Tang (1)
Free Kicks: St Aloysius’ 13,
Cranbrook 8
Shots on Target: St Aloysius’ 3,
Cranbrook 3
Shots Wide: St Aloysius’ 8,
Cranbrook 15
Corners: St Aloysius’ 2,
Cranbrook 4
This week Cranbrook played
away at St Aloysius’ home
ground at Willoughby. The first
half was fairly even until St
Aloysius’ scored a goal against
the run of play. Then a St
Aloysius’ player was sent off for
a dangerous tackle towards the
end of the first half. The teams
went into the interval with the
score remaining at 1–0.
In the second half, Cranbrook
restructured its forward line in
an attempt to secure some goals
but it soon became obvious
that it was missing suspended
striker, Adam Ireland, as the
team had almost twice as many
shots at goal as St Aloysius’ but
with no result achieved. Then
to the indignity of Cranbrook,
St Aloysius’, playing with only
10 men, capitalised on two
defensive lapses by Cranbrook
to score the only goals of the
second half. It was a most
disappointing game for the
team considering its wealth of
possession and its solid form
of late but its inability to score
against an undermanned team
was apparent in its 3–0 loss.
For Cranbrook, Matthew Stern,
Rory Brennan, Toby Tang,
Terence Sin and Harrison
Mahoney all tried hard but a real
lack of teamwork combination
at crucial stages of play brought
about the team’s downfall. The
team needs to regroup over the
vacation and prepare itself well
for the clash with The Scots
College on Saturday 17 July at
Scots’ Main Oval if it is to suffer
a similar capitulation.
2 nd XI – St Aloysius’ 2 beat
Cranbrook 1 (J Brosnan goal).
Neill Points: J Brosnan (3), B
Tait (2), S Purves (1)
Free Kicks: St Aloysius’ 8,
Cranbrook 9
Shots on Target: St Aloysius’ 2,
Cranbrook 1
Shots Wide: St Aloysius’ 11,
Cranbrook 8
Corners: St Aloysius’ 4,
Cranbrook 4
Cranbrook played well in
patches in the 2 nd XI fixture
against St Aloysius’ last
Saturday. The match was
fairly even throughout with St
Aloysius’ and Cranbrook trading
goals after 21 and 22 minutes
respectively of the first half.
However just when it appeared
that the game would finish 1–1
at the break St Aloysius’ scored
another goal with only one
minute left on the clock. The
second half produced no further
goals resulting in a narrow
loss for Cranbrook. Best for
Cranbrook were mid-fielder Jack
Brosnan who scored a cracking
goal from 30 metres out and
defenders, Ben Tait and Scott
Purves. Other Cranbrook players
who produced tidy games were
Will Solomon, Zac Gerrard and
Michael Chew. The team now
plays The Scots College at Scots’
Main Oval on the last Saturday
of the Term 2 vacation.
Cranbrook 8Bs
1 st XI Pick of the week:
Page 28 - Cranbrook Chronicle
This week’s 1 st XI pick of the
week goes to the following
boys who were picked in CAS
matches played this week.
Congratulations to:
Giordano Borzuola (CAS 3 rd XI)
Rory Brennan (CAS 2 nd XI)
Adam Ireland (CAS 2 nd XI)
Matthew Stern (CAS 2 nd XI)
Toby Tang (CAS 2 nd XI)
Mr Baker, 1st XI Manager
This week the 4 th XI played
tactically and skillfully, and
had a fantastic game. As the
game started, St Aloysius’
determination set in quickly
and they scored the first
goal. As Cranbrook regained
concentration we started to
move the ball around and had
some very clever plays. Richard
Winkler soon equaled the
score after a corner kick, which
boosted the moral of the team.
Unfortunately before half time
St Aloys scored another goal.
Within the first few minutes
of the second half, Kevin Jung
drove another shot into the back
of the net. Before St Aloysius’
had another chance to continue
the pattern of goals, Wesley Lou
ran the ball up from half way
and took on the goalie to receive
another point on the board.
Cranbrook being a bit too happy
with this shot lost concentration
and two minutes later, St Aloys
evened the score and that was
the end of the game at 3–3. It’s
great to see the team taking
shots, especial Saad Fariwala
who had numerous shots on
goal. The team should be
congratulated for their amazing
effort on the weekend.
8As
Richard Winkler
Having lost against St Aloysius’
in the first round meant a must
win in the second round. With
all the boys going into the
game with a clear head we were
confident for a win. 15 minutes
into the first half Dugald
Holloway hits a sweet shot into
the bottom left hand corner
from outside the box. The score
was 1–0. In the second half the
St Aloysius’ boys came out all
guns blazing. Fortunately the
Cranbrook boys were able to
withstand all attacks and get a
great goal through Eddie Najm.
The end score was 2–0 to
Cranbrook.
Kieran Montague