A brave performance in tough conditions:

On a wet & windy Saturday morning Cumnor battled their way to a win and a draw at Witney Vikings. Only 11 players were available, so everyone had to put in extra effort, with many playing a game and a half.

Game 1
Cumnor 2-2 Witney Vikings
Cumnor tried players in different positions for the first game, with Ben C and Fyn sharing the defence and striker roles and Adam M and Ben Mc sharing midfield and goalie roles. The first action of the game saw Adam make a great save from the Witney striker to keep the scores level. The Cumnor midfield then started to combine well with Rory, Toby, Binky and Ben Mc exchanging some neat passes. This eventually led to a Cumnor goal, inevitably scored by Fyn. Cumnor continued to battle and came close on a number of other occasions, whilst some strong defending by Ben C meant Adam remained untroubled in goal.

The second half saw Witney improve and they scored a goal to make the score level. Cumnor bounced back well in the second half, with Binky and Toby making some good runs down the wing, one of which led to Ben C scoring from close range to give Cumnor the edge again. As time wore on Witney kept trying to force an equaliser and this eventually came late in the game.

Overall, a good battling performance.

Game 2
Cumnor 5-0 Witney Vikings
An all together different game to game 1, with Cumnor dominating from the outset. Adam M played very well in the centre of midfield and, after a surging run, struck the ball into the Witney net. Henry S spent the first half as striker and his continual threat eventually paid off with a neatly taken second goal.

The second half was more of the same. Henry S swapped with Adam W for goalkeeper duties and was rarely troubled, primarily due to some great defending by Henry M. Adam W moved into midfield and disrupted much of Witney’s play through good tackling. The rest of the midfield combined well. Joe made an excellent midfield debut on the right, showing that he is not just a defender. He cleverly followed in a powerful shot from Ben C to score his very first goal for Cumnor. Some good interplay by Fyn and Ben C led to the latter adding a fourth goal. The game was well and truly wrapped up when Henry M made a run from his own half and smashed home a fifth goal.

Some great performances on the day, with Adam M, Henry M and Ben C particularly impressive, however, for showing that he can play somewhere other than defence and for scoring his first ever Cumnor goal, the player of the week trophy went to Joe.