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BHA Div 1 – Round 13 – QUT Hockey vs Easts Hockey Club
Below is a review of the game by Lee Oliver taken from the BHA website.
Easts 10 (George Clutton 5, Andy Ridgewell 3, Scott Boyde, Dale Gohdes) defeated QUT 1 (Mark Masefield) at the Clem Jones Centre, Carina.
Five goals to George Clutton and a first career hat-trick for Andy Ridgewell paved the way for Easts’ second straight nine-goal victory against QUT. The final scoreline belied a strong first half performance from QUT that was one of their best 35-minute efforts of the year. The Ibis didn’t take a backward step early on against the Tigers, with Mark Masefield rounding Easts goalkeeper Casey Lee and flicking the ball into the net to cancel out Clutton’s opening score, which saw him dive to deflect in a pass. While Masefield’s goal followed circle penetrations and shots on goal from teammates Anders Kinsella, Rob Kruger and Chris Gilmore, Easts made better use of their scoring chances. Tigers forward Brad Mathers, who set up Clutton for his first score, again gave the last pass for the former Queensland Blades star to claim his second goal seven minutes out from halftime, before Clutton netted from a penalty corner three minutes later to give the home side a 3-1 lead at the break. Clutton then scored his fourth goal eight minutes after halftime and his fifth score, a well struck reverse stick shot that beat QUT goalkeeper Blair Burden into the corner of the net, with 25 minutes left to play. With QUT’s defensive resolve shattered, the floodgates opened for the Tigers. It took Tweed product Ridgewell just five minutes to bring up his maiden hat-trick of goals for the Tigers, to make the score 8-1. When Scott Boyde’s tomahawk shot hit the target and a Dale Gohdes shot powered through Burden’s pads, Easts had notched 50 goals in their past five games against QUT – Lee Oliver.
