AUS V GBR ( Pool A ) Hockey World League Final Raipur 2015 (M)

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Match Review AUS - GBR 2-5

Watch clips from the Australia - Great Britain gam…Posted November 29, 2015

Great Britain claimed a stunning 5-2 victory over reigning World champions Australia in Pool A, a result which moved the Brits onto six points at the end of Day 3 at the Hero Hockey World League Final 2015 in Raipur, India.

Henry Weir and Chris Grassick were both on target for GB in the first quarter, before Jeremy Hayward pulled a goal back for the top ranked Kookaburras two minutes into the second period. However, an Ian Sloan penalty corner restored Great Britain’s two goal cushion with David Condon pouncing just after half time to establish a 4-1 advantage against the illustrious Australians.

A brilliant backhand strike from Matt Gohdes early in the second quarter gave the Aussies hope, but a Phil Roper strike sealed an impressive win and put Great Britain clear at the top of Pool A.

“We had to defend well at the end but you are always going to have to do that against Australia”, said Great Britain Head Coach Bobby Crutchley, reflecting on the match. “We don’t just want to be known for one result, we want to keep going. I’ve learned a lot about them tonight that has really impressed me, and I’ll learn more about how they show up for the next game. That is because after a good win it is often the next game that is the biggest challenge.”

“We were off the pace today”, said goalkeeper Andrew Charter, who made his 100th international appearance for the Kookaburras in the match. “We were a bit sluggish and GB came out with a little bit more pep than they have done against us for a while, and they really punished us for it. We’ll go back and learn a few things from this and look towards the next matches.”

Hero Man of the Match: Dan Fox (GBR)

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
GBR	9	6	WEIR Henry	FG	0 - 1
GBR	13	28	GRASSICK Chris	FG	0 - 2
AUS	17	32	HAYWARD Jeremy	PC	1 - 2
GBR	23	31	SLOAN Ian	PC	1 - 3
GBR	32	22	CONDON David	FG	1 - 4
AUS	47	16	GOHDES Matt	FG	2 - 4
GBR	49	15	ROPER Phil	FG	2 - 5

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
AUS	30	27	GOVERS Kieran	G
GBR	54	9	MARTIN Harry	G

AUS

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	1	DWYER Jamie
3	3	ORCHARD Simon
7	4	TURNER Glenn
X	6	DAWSON Matthew
X	9	KNOWLES Mark
X	11	OCKENDEN Eddie
X	16	GOHDES Matt	1
X	17	ZALEWSKI Aran
X	19	DEAVIN Timothy
4	20	SWANN Matthew
7	23	BEALE Daniel
X	24	LOVELL Tyler
4	25	MITTON Trent
X	26	WOTHERSPOON Dylan
X	27	GOVERS Kieran		1
46	30	CHARTER Andrew
X	31	KAVANAGH Fergus
5	32	HAYWARD Jeremy	1
		Team Manager	GAUDOIN Paul
		Head Coach	REID Graham
		Stand-In Manager	APPLEBY Brendyn
		Stand-In Manager	EGLINGTON Nathan
		Physiotherapist	HAWES Ellen
		Medical Doctor	CLAYDON Gary

GBR

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
Bench	2	BAILEY James
X	4	WILLARS Ollie
X	6	WEIR Henry	1
X	8	MANTELL Simon
X	9	MARTIN Harry		1
8	10	FORSYTH Alan
X	11	BROGDON Alastair
X	12	HOARE Michael
Bench	13	WARD Sam
6	15	ROPER Phil	1
5	20	SHINGLES Dan
6	21	WHITEMAN Tim
X	22	CONDON David	1
X	26	CATLIN Nick
X	27	FOX Dan
X	28	GRASSICK Chris	1
4	31	SLOAN Ian	1
X	32	GIBSON Harry
		Team Manager	BLEBY Jon
		Head Coach	CRUTCHLEY Bobby
		Stand-In Manager	CRAMPTON Simon
		Assistant Coach	RALPH David
		Medical Doctor	ROSSITER Mike
		Physiotherapist	SAWKINGS Julia

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	MONTES DE OCA German
Umpire 2	HUNDLEY Grant
Reserve Umpire	SINGH SANGHA Gurinder
Video Umpire	TOMLINSON David
Judge 1	KANYANGARARA Aaron
Judge 2	OTI-MENSAH Frank
Technical Officer	de SALES Claudius