One2One Plumbing - Ressies Review
Andrew Thomson
UNDERMANNED RESERVES BADLY BEATEN
The Western Magpies Reserves were soundly beaten by a bigger and stronger Labrador at Chelmer on Saturday.
The Pies Reserves have been on the receiving end of a long injury list throughout the club and while they battled on manfully and finished with the final three goals of the game, the more experienced and physically stronger Tigers were in control from the first bounce.
The Magpies went down 6-6-42 to 20-12-132.
The Pies weren't far off the pace in the first half but simple skill errors proved costly and they fell 6 goals behind at half timebut were overrun in the third quarter when the Tigers booted 9 goals to one to take a large lead into the final quarter. To their credit they then fought hard in the last quarter to match the Tigers with four goals each for the quarter.
Defenders in skipper Gabe McKinnon and Jamie Page had plenty of work to do and battled on manfully. Page has been a solid contributor all season and McKinnon has rarely played a bad game. Sean Mewing and Bryce Crossley worked hard on ball to stem the tide and youngsters in ruckman Geoff Gibb and key forward Jeremy DeRooy were also prominent with DeRooy kicking 3 goals in a strong display.
Western Magpies
0.2-2 1.2-8 2.4-16 6.6-42
Labrador
3.5-23 7.9-51 16.12-108 20.12-132
Western Magpies
Goal Kickers: J. DeRooy 3, R. Johnson, B. Crossley, M. Mazerolle
Best Players: G. McKinnon, J. Page, S. Mewing, B. Crossley, G. Gibb, J. DeRooy