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The Casey Scorpions have stormed into the VFL top four after an emphatic 111 point victory over cellar dwellers, the Bendigo Bombers at Casey Fields last Sunday.
Casey was forced to make a number of changes to the line up as a result of injury and went into the game without dynamic skipper Kyle Matthews but the Scorpions were undeterred. They brought in one first gamer in David Collins plus three others for only their second games of the season in Glenn Chivers, Ryan Creed and Ben Waite.
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In Matthews' absence the team was led by reigning Gairdner-Clark medallist James Wall who performed at his usual consistently high standard in his 50th game at the club.
Bendigo was also missing some key players and its fans would have been disappointed when Mark McVeigh failed to line up for the team that was clearly sadly lacking for experienced players at this level, a factor that played a major role in ensuring that the contest would be so one-sided.
The game opened in dull light and it was soon obvious that it would not be anywhere near as intense in pressure as last week's encounter at Williamstown even if Michael Newton looked as if he would emulate the inaccuracy in front of goal when his first attempt, from a free kick, missed its target. He soon atoned after a mark at the back of the pack and Brad Miller and Paul Johnson followed suit. With Daniel Bell dominating the packs, the Casey forwards were getting plenty of supply although still not readily converting. Newton continued to present and kicked his second and when time-on started the visitors had not yet troubled the scorers. Two late goals gave them some heart before the siren sounded to halt play for the first break.
The second term followed a similar pattern. Ryan McGough goaled early followed by a strong Newton mark for his third goal. Shane Valenti was being well held but he broke the shackles and made a long run bouncing the ball three times to score a great goal. Waite accepted a pass for his first and the procession continued until Bendigo finally converted for the first time in the quarter just before half time to narrow Casey's lead to 40 points.
The Scorpions had no intention of letting go their iron grip on the game and Bell continued to step up the pressure with a goal from close in. Newton was standing out with some unselfish play and Creed, who was relishing his return to the senior team, kicked a nice goal. Miller scored after a mark 14 minutes into the half quickly followed by another to Bartram. When Newton booted his fourth, it was 13.14.92 to 3.1.19. Bendigo scored late to make the three quarter time deficit 67 points.
With the game well and truly in the bag, coach Peter German mixed things around and made some interesting positional moves which paid off immediately. Alex Silvagni who had defended strongly for most of the game goaled and then Lynden Dunn hit out in an extraordinary few minutes with three quick goals, the first from a strong overhead mark, the last a snap across the body. Interspersed between Dunn's goals was one to Michael Stockdale who pushed forward to accept a beautiful pass from Newton. When Silvagni kicked his second, the lead had stretched to 104 points. Waite kicked his team's last two goals deep into the game, the final one coming after yet another time on goal from the visitors who faced a long trip home after a 111 point shellacking - one point more than the fate that befell their reserves team.
Casey hosts Frankston and the ABC1 television crew on Saturday (seniors 1.10 pm and reserves 10.20 am) in the local derby and match of the round. With a log jam of teams fighting it out for the vital fourth spot the Scorpions will need to be at the top of their game to consolidate their hard earned position after a poor start to the season when they were thrashed at Sandringham and then lost narrowly at home to Port Melbourne.
Casey Scorpions 4.5.29 8.10.58 13.14.92 21.17.143
Bendigo Bombers 2.0.12 3.0.18 4.1.25 5.2.32
Goals
Casey Scorpions Newton 4 Dunn Waite 3 Miller Silvagni 2 Bartram Bell Creed Johnson McGough Stockdale Valenti
Bendigo Bombers Bellchambers Houli Quinn Weekley Williams
Best
Casey Scorpions Bell Johnson Silvagni Wall Stockdale Dunn
Bendigo Bombers Houli Hurley German Flaherty Quinn Myers
The Casey Reserves had a battle on their hands early but blew away the opposition after half time to run out winners by 110 points. Virtue, Lees and McLeod were the best players while Trent Zomer booted five goals and dominated up forward.
Casey Scorpions 6.6.42 10.14.74 15.22.112 26.25.181
Bendigo Bombers 6.0.36 9.2.56 9.4.58 11.5.71
Goals
Casey Scorpions Zomer 5 Scanlon 4 MacReadie Smith 3 Blaser Singh Terry Virtue 2 Clay Liddle McLeod
Bendigo Bombers Bristow 4 Atkinson Stroobants 2 Delahunty Harrison Mason
Best
Casey Scorpions Virtue Lees McLeod Scanlon Terry Smith
Bendigo Bombers Klemke Atkinson Taylor Bristow Delahunty Stringer |
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Practice Match
Casey Scorpions v Port Melbourne Saturday 3rd March Casey Fields Reserves @ 11.00am Seniors @ 2.00pm
2012 Practice Matches
All matches at Casey FieldsSaturday 3rd March
Scorpions v Pt Melbourne Saturday 10th March Scorpions v Box Hill Saturday 17th March Scorpions v Frankston Reserves at 11.00am Seniors at 2.00pm
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