Honours even between Great Britain and Argentina

 

GREAT BRITAIN 1 (0)
Ashley Jackson 60 (PC)
Argentina 1 (0)
Lucas Vila 54 (PC)
Ashley Jackson’s late penalty corner rescued a draw for Bobby Crutchley’s side in the first of a two-test series against Argentina. Despite dominating the game and creating the better of the chances, Great Britain fell behind to a Lucas Vila strike from a penalty corner rebound, which looked like it might settle the game until Jackson’s late intervention.
Great Britain had the better of the opening quarter with Sam Ward and Chris Griffiths both looking lively. Argentina set up to defend deep and hit their hosts on the break, a tactic that ensured Crutchley’s men had the lion’s share of the possession. David Condon went closest in the opening quarter but he couldn’t get a touch on Griffiths’ pass to divert it into the goal.
The second quarter followed the same pattern. Manuel Brunet cleared a Jackson penalty corner off the line brilliantly whilst in a rare foray forwards, Gonzalo Peillat fired a penalty corner wide at the other end.
Great Britain came out strongly in the third quarter but found goalkeeper Juan Vivaldi in superb form. He saw off a number of penalty corners from Jackson, before making a superb sprawling save to deny Ian Sloan a goal on his debut.
Vivaldi did well to get a block on an effort from David Ames in the fourth quarter and then stretched out a left foot to repel a low shot from Ward after the No13 had escaped his marker with a neat turn. With six minutes to play, Argentina took the lead against the run of play. Nicolas Della Torre’s penalty corner was saved by Paddy Smith but Vila was on hand to lash the rebound into the roof of the net.
Vivaldi continued to defy Great Britain with another good save from Jackson and then a great reaction stop to keep out Iain Lewers. With the clock ticking over to 60 minutes, Jackson finally got the better of the goalkeeper with a precise flick into the net to make it 1-1 at the final whistle.

GREAT BRITAIN 1 (0)

Ashley Jackson 60 (PC)

Argentina 1 (0)

Lucas Vila 54 (PC)

Ashley Jackson’s late penalty corner rescued a draw for Bobby Crutchley’s side in the first of a two-test series against Argentina.

Despite dominating the game and creating the better of the chances, Great Britain fell behind to a Lucas Vila strike from a penalty corner rebound, which looked like it might settle the game until Jackson’s late intervention.

Ashley Jackson in action for Great Britain

(Ashley Jackson’s PC earned Great Britain a draw against Argentina. Photo: Christopher Lee)

Great Britain had the better of the opening quarter with Sam Ward and Chris Griffiths both looking lively. Argentina set up to defend deep and hit their hosts on the break, a tactic that ensured Crutchley’s men had the lion’s share of the possession. David Condon went closest in the opening quarter but he couldn’t get a touch on Griffiths’ pass to divert it into the goal.

The second quarter followed the same pattern. Manuel Brunet cleared a Jackson penalty corner off the line brilliantly whilst in a rare foray forwards, Gonzalo Peillat fired a penalty corner wide at the other end.

Great Britain came out strongly in the third quarter but found goalkeeper Juan Vivaldi in superb form. He saw off a number of penalty corners from Jackson, before making a superb sprawling save to deny Ian Sloan a goal on his debut.

Vivaldi did well to get a block on an effort from David Ames in the fourth quarter and then stretched out a left foot to repel a low shot from Ward after the No13 had escaped his marker with a neat turn. With six minutes to play, Argentina took the lead against the run of play. Nicolas Della Torre’s penalty corner was saved by Paddy Smith but Vila was on hand to lash the rebound into the roof of the net.

Vivaldi continued to defy Great Britain with another good save from Jackson and then a great reaction stop to keep out Iain Lewers. With the clock ticking over to 60 minutes, Jackson finally got the better of the goalkeeper with a precise flick into the net to make it 1-1 at the final whistle.

Name

Club

Started

James Bailey
Ollie Willars
Ashley Jackson
Alastair Brogdon

 

Wimbledon
Beeston
East Grinstead
Wimbledon

Michael Hoare

Wimbledon

Sam Ward

Beeston

Adam Dixon

Beeston

Barry Middleton

Holcombe

Iain Lewers

Holcombe

Nick Catlin

Holcombe

David Ames

Beeston

 

Substitutes

Harry Martin

Beeston

Patrick Smith

East Grinstead

Dan Shingles

Reading

Tim Whiteman

Beeston

David Condon

East Grinstead

Chris Griffiths

East Grinstead

Ian Sloan

Wimbledon

 

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