Germans lift the Richard Docherty cup

RICHARD DOCHERTY INDOOR CUP – NAPIER UNIVERSITY ENGAGE
SPORTS CENTRE  –  SUNDAY 08 JANUARY.

FINAL
HIGHLAND JAGUARS V GROSSFLOTTBECKER (GER)
Grossflottbecker from Hamburg showed why the Germans are the
masters of the indoor game with a 6-5 victory over Scotland in a
pulsating final of the Richard Docherty Indoor Cup in Edinburgh
yesterday.  However, Billy McPherson`s charges must take a lot
of credit for taking the Germans right to the wire with a spirited
performance before the European Nations Trophy next weekend.

Scotland got off to the best of starts with a goal from Ross
McPherson with the first attack of the game.  The Germans were
certainly taken aback when the Scots doubled their lead from a
penalty corner, Allan Law switched the ball to Grange`s Gary
Cameron who promptly swept it home.  This setback spurred the
Germans into action and Felix Schuess fired in a quick hat-trick in
as many minutes to put Grossflottbecker into a 3-2 half-time
lead.

The Scots were back on level terms within two minutes of the
restart, at a penalty corner Allan Law switched the ball to Chris
Wilson to score with ease.  The Scots then went 4-3 ahead, a
Willie Marshall flick from the spot sent the German goalkeeper the
wrong way after Andrew Thornton`s initial effort had been illegally
saved on the line by a defender.  The Germans retaliated,
Schuess was on target again for the equaliser, followed by a
further goal from Alan Forsyth, ironically a Scottish
internationalist guesting for Grossflottbecker.  

Marshall gave the Scots a life-line with a low shot to make it
5-5, but with three minutes left that man Schuess got his fifth
goal of the game which proved to be the winner for the Germans.

BRONZE MEDAL PLAY-OFF
INVERLEITH V HC RDG (NED)
Inverleith recovered their composure to see off HC RDG 9-8 to take
the bronze medal in a game that transpired to be a brilliant
display of indoor hockey by both sides that thoroughly entertained
the crowd.  The Edinburgh outfit raced into a 3-1 lead in the
opening five minutes through Derek Salmond, Chris Grassick and
Callum Duke.   It then took the Scots another ten minutes
to add a fourth from Philip Hall for a comfortable half time
lead.

In a thoroughly entertaining second half which contained a dozen
goals between both sides, the Dutch tried vainly to get back on
level terms but Inverleith managed to hold on to their lead through
goals from Ross Jamieson, Chris Duncan, Duke, Grassick, and
Dick.

5/6 PLAY-OFF
GROVE MENZIESHILL V CELTIC PANTHERS
The depleted Grove Menzieshill outfit finished in sixth place after
falling 6-4 to the Welsh national squad under the guise of Celtic
Panthers.  It all started well for the Taysiders, Andrew
Suttie gave them an early lead from the spot and that was followed
by a quick double from Josh Cairns for a 3-0 lead in only eight
minutes.

Instead of Menzieshill consolidating their early lead, instead
it signalled a Welsh come back through Ben Croxall, Joe Naughalty
and Owaine Dolan-Gray.  The first half ended square at 4-4
with Cairns picking up his hat-trick goal and Croxall scoring again
for Wales.

Menzieshill failed to find the net at all in the second half but
Andy Siemann and Naughalty again provided the winners for the
Panthers.

SEMI-FINALS

In the first semi-final the German side Grossflottbecker swamped
HC RDG 15-3.   Philip Otte was top scorer with seven
goals while Ferdi von Oetzen notched a hat-trick.

The all-Scottish semi-final between Billy McPherson`s national
squad and Inverleith ended with the former running out comfortable
9-3 winners.  It took eight minutes before Chris Wilson gave
the Scots the lead with a penalty corner that went in off the
goalkeeper`s stick.  Scotland then scored a flurry of goals in
the final minutes of the half, Wilson picked up his hat-trick with
two goals from very narrow angles, followed by strikes by Gareth
Hall and Allan Law for a five goal lead at the interval.

The second half was a slightly more even affair, Gary Cameron
made it six only for Chris Grassick to open Inverleith`s account
with a penalty corner shot that went in off the bar.  Scotland
then raced into a 9-1 lead through a double from Willie Marshall
and Wilson picked up his fourth of the contest.  In a late
rally Stephen Dick scored a couple of late set pieces, but by then
the result was never in doubt.

Scots featured prominently in the end of tournament awards,
Scotland`s Allan Dick picked up the goalkeeper of the tournament
award, Edinburgh-born HC RGD`s Laurence Docherty, elder brother of
Richard whose untimely death at 27 was the occasion for the
tournament, was top goalscorer while Grossflottbecker`s Philip
Witte got the player of the tournament.

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