-
FINAL
CHP
SNA8
12 -
FINAL
KON
HAZ7
4 -
FINAL
TIG
SNA25
15 -
FINAL
CHP
LAN4
9 -
FINAL
KON
MOO9
13 -
FINAL
TIG
HAZ29
7 -
FINAL
CHP
SNA1
9 -
FINAL
LAN
MOO17
18 -
FINAL
KON
TIG9
25 -
Final
HAZ
SNA4
11 -
FINAL
HAZ
SNA11
10 -
FINAL
TIG
MOO12
13 -
FINAL
SNA
MOO13
14 -
FINAL
HAZ
TIG11
7 -
FINAL
SNA
TIG4
18 -
FINAL
HAZ
MOO7
5
-
FINAL
HAZ
CHP5
9 -
FINAL
SNA
MOO13
24 -
FINAL
HAZ
CHP17
21 -
FINAL
TIG
MOO14
6 -
FINAL
HAZ
SNA25
17 -
FINAL
KON
CHP14
10 -
FINAL
HAZ
CHP8
8 -
FINAL
HAZ
KON14
13 -
FINAL
GER
KON18
10 -
FINAL
KON
MOO24
12 -
FINAL
GER
MOO16
14 -
Final
SNA
MOO16
10 -
Final
SNA
MOO19
15 -
Final
SNA
MOO19
18 -
Final
MOO
GER22
4 -
Final
SNA
GER13
9 -
Final
KON
MOO13
7 -
Final
KON
MOO13
15 -
Final
KON
MOO6
9 -
Final
GER
MOO4
17 -
Final
GER
KON6
14 -
Final
KON
MOO6
12 -
Final
KON
MOO12
5 -
Final
KON
MOO10
19 -
Final
KON
MOO7
12

West Wirral Snakehips 15 – 25 Crouch End Tigers
- Updated: May 10, 2016
Report by Rob Marland
Both teams looked jaunty as they sought to accrue their third win of the day, but this was
always going to be an uphill slog for the Snakehips against the in form Tigers.
First third
Utley opened scoring for the Snakehips. The gangly kneepatient crouched before Richard
Morris, almost as if he were mocking the captain of the Crouch End Tigers for his crouch-
based team name, and unleashed a mighty volfsball. But the Tigers don’t look favourably on
those sort of shenanigans: seconds later Joe Nunnery equalised for the team in orange with
yet another effing volfsball.
Defensive play was strong throughout the third, with Utley blocking a Morris volfsball attempt
and Morris promptly returning the favour when Utley tried to pull off an audacious nutmeg
pearoller, normally a breadandbutter shot for the bearded spaghettistrand. Later, Mason
took advantage of his mismatch with the shorter Wareing to whang in two volfsballs, putting
the Tigers ahead 15-7 at the close. The Snakehips sensed another mauling at the paws of
the Tigers was in their immediate future.
Second third
A solid defensive third, with big blocks all round. Both teams notched up onepointers in a
period devoid of volfsballs but elevated by the Snakehips’ passing game, always a fan
favourite.
Third third
With the score standing at 17-9, the Tigers were riding high as the game entered its final
phase. In one of the most spectacular plays of the day, Utley lunged to the turf in a failed
effort to block a onepointer from Morris, but instantly redeemed himself by rolling over and
plucking up the ball before it rocketed out of the defensive circle. Moments later a penalty
was awarded to the Snakehips when Morris blocked a shot with his foot inside the nogo
area. Marland stepped up to take the penalty with hopes of bringing his team within striking
distance, but it was a rerun of that time the Queen Mother got a fishbone lodged in her
gullet, i.e. choke city. A total airball from the Snakehips captain.
A showtime pass from Morris whipped across the centre of the pitch to find the man with the
hot hand, Joe Nunnery. The result: another looping volfsball. The Snakehips refused to go
down without a fight, as Wareing hammered in a onepointer that rebounded into the mitts of
Utley. Dropping to his knees, Utley powered home a pearoller between the shins of Nunnery.
Nunnery’s response was an absolute corker of a shot that went unremarked on the day:
Extraordinary Joe jumped as if to shoot for a volfsball in his familiar basketball style, before
changing his mind in midair and whipping off an underarm bullet. The unstoppable Tigers
marched to victory, 2515, and the Snakehips looked happy to have come away with a point.
Shots | Hits | % | Pts | PPS | Blks/Int | Off Reb | Volfsballs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rob Marland (Snakehips) | 16 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 0.31 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Utley (Snakehips) | 12 | 5 | 42 | 9 | 0.75 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Hannah Wareing (Snakehips) | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Richard Morris (Tigers) | 10 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Luke Mason (Tigers) | 5 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Joe Nunnery (Tigers) | 7 | 4 | 57 | 12 | 1.71 | 1 | 0 | 2 |