Updated: 18 Apr 2003

CHERRYBROOK BULLDOGS HISTORY

CHERRYBROOK BULLDOGS LEAGUE SEASON 3

Season 3 started in May, 1992 and Ray Raffoul joined the league. His first League match was his first game ever! He lost 0-7 to Phillip, but soon improved and held Stephen and Adrian to 0-2 defeats. Richard took the lead early with wins over everyone, except Phillip, with whom he drew 3-3. Phillip was also unbeaten, beating Stephen 3-2.

After his great start, Richard has a shocking run, drawing 0-0 with Nick, losing 0-1 to Anthony and 0-2 to Stephen. He was even lucky to beat Ray 1-0! Stephen drew 0-0 with Anthony.

It was the closest season so far and the title decider was in the last round, where Richard and Phillip met. Richard won the match 1-0 despite heavy pressure and won his second league title in a row. Phil's loss left him in fifth place, only four points separated the top five players.

Steve was lucky to finish second after an inconsistent season, and Anthony did well coming third with the best defence in the league.

Nick was the most improved player, he won 5, drew 5 and lost only 2 games to finish fourth. Phillip had wasted his chance to win by losing his games in hand at the end of the season, he finished fifth.

The HSC trial exams made it hard for Stephen and Adrian to get games played, so the season was delayed. Adrian was forced to play a lot of his games in one day and had some bad results. He beat Ray twice and drew with Stephen and Anthony. He finished sixth with only six points. Ray Raffoul finished last, but for a beginner he had some close results.

League Table

Pl

W

D

L

F

A

Gd

Pts

1

R.Wilson

12

8

2

2

18

7

11

18

2

S.Wilson

12

6

4

2

17

10

7

16

3

A.Spencer

12

5

5

2

14

4

10

15

4

N.Brill

12

5

5

2

15

6

9

15

5

P.Short

12

5

4

3

24

11

13

14

6

A.Grunbach

12

2

2

8

12

20

-8

6

7

R.Raffoul

12

0

0

12

0

42

-42

0

(2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw)

League Results

R.Wilson

1

N.Brill

0

N.Brill

0

R.Wilson

0

A.Grunbach

0

P.Short

1

P.Short

3

A.Grunbach

1

S.Wilson

1

A.Spencer

0

A.Spencer

0

S.Wilson

0

R.Wilson

1

A.Grunbach

0

A.Grunbach

1

R.Wilson

4

N.Brill

1

S.Wilson

2

S.Wilson

1

N.Brill

1

P.Short

7

R.Raffoul

0

R.Raffoul

0

P.Short

5

S.Wilson

0

R.Wilson

2

R.Wilson

0

S.Wilson

2

A.Grunbach

2

R.Raffoul

0

R.Raffoul

0

A.Grunbach

3

P.Short

1

A.Spencer

1

A.Spencer

1

P.Short

0

R.Wilson

3

P.Short

3

P.Short

0

R.Wilson

1

N.Brill

0

A.Spencer

0

A.Spencer

0

N.Brill

0

R.Raffoul

0

S.Wilson

2

S.Wilson

3

R.Raffoul

0

A.Spencer

4

R.Raffoul

0

R.Raffoul

0

A.Spencer

4

S.Wilson

2

P.Short

3

P.Short

1

S.Wilson

1

A.Grunbach

1

N.Brill

3

N.Brill

2

A.Grunbach

1

A.Spencer

0

R.Wilson

1

R.Wilson

0

A.Spencer

1

R.Raffoul

0

N.Brill

3

N.Brill

4

R.Raffoul

0

S.Wilson

1

A.Grunbach

1

A.Grunbach

1

S.Wilson

2

R.Raffoul

0

R.Wilson

4

R.Wilson

1

R.Raffoul

0

A.Grunbach

0

A.Spencer

2

A.Spencer

1

A.Grunbach

1

P.Short

0

N.Brill

0

N.Brill

1

P.Short

0


BULLDOGS LEAGUE CUP SEASON 3

The League Cup left the Wilson house for the first time when Anthony Spencer won in the Final against the holder, Richard Wilson.

Phillip Short was not able to attend, but the Competition was played with six of the seven members.

In the Semi-Finals Richard defeated Stephen 1-0, while Anthony beat Adrian 2-1 after extra-time.

In the Fifth Place Play-Off, Nick beat Ray 2-0. Adrian had a high scoring match against Stephen in the race for third. The score was 4-4 at the end of the extra-time period. Stephen missed his last penalty shot giving Adrian third prize.

The Final was very close. There were lots of missed chances by both players, but Anthony scored the only goal to win 1-0 and took the Cup.

League Cup Results

Group A

Group B

A.Spencer

1

N.Brill

1

A.Grunbach

3

R.Raffoul

0

R.Wilson

3

N.Brill

0

S.Wilson

3

A.Grunbach

2

R.Wilson

1

A.Spencer

0

S.Wilson

2

R.Raffoul

0


5th Place Play-Off

N.Brill

2

R.Raffoul

0


Semi-Finals

R.Wilson

1

S.Wilson

0

A.Spencer

2

A.Grunbach

1

(aet)


3rd Place Play-Off

A.Grunbach

4

S.Wilson

4

(aet, 4-3 pen.)


Final

A.Spencer

1

R.Wilson

0


CHERRYBROOK ORAL-B OPEN 2

The Second Oral-B Cup was quite successful, it was held over three days in July, 1992 and had ten competitors. The top four from each group went into the Quarter-Finals.

In Group A, Stephen beat Richard 3-1. Stephen went through unbeaten, with Richard and Nick playing well. The big match in the group was at the bottom, where Ray Raffoul drew 0-0 with Fiona Grunbach. Fiona did not qualify on goal difference.

In Group B, Phillip dominated. The battle was for second place, where Adrian and Anthony battled to get an easier game in the Quarter-Finals. Their match was tied at 1-1, but Adrian was lucky to score a late winner.

New player, Alex Sutcliffe had a good day. His first match resulted in a 0-0 draw with Ben Nemes. He nearly made it to the next round and Adrian only just beat him 2-0 in the last few minutes.

The Quarter-Finals were held on Monday the 6th of July and very tight and exciting. Richard drew 0-0 with Anthony. In extra-time, both players failed to score and it went to a penalty shoot-out. Richard won 3-1.

Nick shocked everyone with a 1-0 win over Adrian. Steve beat Ben 1-0 and Phillip beat Ray 4-0.

In the Semi-Finals, Phillip beat Steve 2-1 and Richard beat Nick 2-0. Nick beat Steve 3-2 in the Third Place Play-Off after a penalty shoot-out.

The Final was the best yet. Richard raced to a 2-0 lead with two good goals and was unlucky to go further ahead after good saves by Phillip. In the second half, Richard kept in control and looked as if he would win comfortably. Phil got one back with five minutes to go and was trying hard. Phil had a hopeful shot with second to go, but it went well wide, Richard could use up time taking his goal flick. With his heart rushing due to the last efforts of Phil, Richard hit the ball straight to Phil's figures and with only twelve seconds left on the clock, he flicked quickly and Scored. Extra-time was needed and it was very close. Richard had the most chances but failed to score two sitters, but he broke through in the second period and held on to win the forty minute match.

Open Results

Group A

Group B

R.Wilson

1

N.Brill

0

A.Grunbach

2

A.Sutcliffe

0

S.Wilson

2

R.Raffoul

0

P.Short

1

A.Spencer

1

R.Wilson

3

R.Raffoul

0

P.Short

5

A.Sutcliffe

0

S.Wilson

3

F.Grunbach

0

A.Spencer

3

B.Nemes

0

S.Wilson

3

R.Wilson

1

A.Spencer

4

A.Sutcliffe

0

N.Brill

3

F.Grunbach

0

A.Grunbach

3

B.Nemes

0

N.Brill

6

R.Raffoul

0

P.Short

2

A.Grunbach

1

R.Wilson

7

F.Grunbach

0

B.Nemes

0

A.Sutcliffe

0

S.Wilson

1

N.Brill

0

A.Grunbach

2

A.Spencer

1

F.Grunbach

0

R.Raffoul

0

P.Short

3

B.Nemes

0


Quarter-Finals

S.Wilson

1

B.Nemes

0

R.Wilson

0

A.Spencer

0

(aet, 3-1 pen.)

N.Brill

1

A.Grunbach

0

P.Short

4

R.Raffoul

0


Loser's Semi-Final

A.Spencer

1

B.Nemes

0

A.Grunbach

1

R.Raffoul

0


Semi-Finals

R.Wilson

2

N.Brill

0

P.Short

2

S.Wilson

1


7th Place Play-Off

B.Nemes

1

R.Raffoul

0


5th Place Play-Off

A.Spencer

1

A.Grunbach

0


3rd Place Play-Off

N.Brill

1

S.Wilson

1

(aet, 3-3 pen.)


Final

R.Wilson

3

P.Short

2

(aet)

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