It certainly was an interesting scoreline in the Landmark Regional Round match between Peel Football League and the South West Football League on Saturday at Rushton Park, Mandurah.
If you weren’t at the game, and saw the quarter time score which had the hosts 32 points in front at the first break, you could assume a strong breeze was blowing. The half time score indicated a different story as the lead extended to 59 points at the major break, with the SWFL recording their lowest ever half time score in a Landmark fixture of just two behinds, and a margin which would break all records to come back from should a victory be achieved.
After half time, it would be the polar opposite of the first half as the SWFL finally scoring their first goal. The SWFL team kicked five goals to one in the third quarter, including two goals to Brett Peake who finished the match with three, while Jace Cormack would get plenty of the ball to give the SWFL some much needed drive into the forward line. Down back, Will Oelsnik and Travis Justins would be resolute, keeping the home team to just one goal.
The final stanza would see the SWFL kick a further five goals, holding Peel to three behinds, to reduce a 59 point half time deficit down to nine points at the final siren.
Match Centre
PFNL 5.3.33 9.7.61 10.10.70 10.13.73
SWFL 0.1.1 0.2.2 5.2.32 10.4.64
Goals: PFNL – B. Holmes 3, K. Westwood, J. Carter, T. Wood, A. Haydon, A. Bowers, S. Pauls, M. Buxton. SWFL – B. Peake 3, P. Farrant 2, J. Fontana, M. Battaglia, K. Hug, Ja. Cormack, D. Heasman.
Best: PFNL – A. Bowers, C. Smith, J. Carter, T. Wood, B. Wright, B. Holmes. SWFL – J. Meadmore, J. Battaglia, B. Peake, Ja. Cormack, W. Oelsnik, K. Bumann.
Umpires: Aaron Andrews (SWFL), Adam Hauswirth (SWFL), Paul McGarry (PFNL), Zac Schurko (PFNL)
Reports: Nil
Ground: Rushton Park
Jace Cormack was one of the SWFL best players on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Wayne Hislop photography.