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JONTY’S JOTTINGS

Round 11 by Brendan Rhodes

Sunday, 3 July 2016

THE Peninsula League top five is all but locked away with seven rounds still to play before the finals after Edithvale-Aspendale wore down Chelsea by 23 points at Chelsea on Sunday.

The Eagles found themselves under the pump after losing the first two quarters to their struggling neighbours, with the Seagulls going to half-time up by 12 points on the back of a terrific effort from Brad Clark, Jackson Roder, the returning Luke Caspersz and skipper Todd Gardiner, while Jordan Tabakman provided a strong target with three goals.

With Seaford and Karingal within striking distance should it have lost, Edithvale-Aspendale needed to find a response.

And that’s what happened.

Tom Turner, Mark Greenwood and Brendan Neville found another gear, while gun full-forward Mick Meehan got on top to finish with four goals as the Eagles fought back with five goals to three to take a two-point lead into the final change.

With Chelsea’s gallant resistance finally broken, the visitors stepped it up again in the last term, adding 4.6 to 1.3 in the final term to seal the victory and go six points clear of sixth-placed Seaford with a game in hand.

Mt Eliza bounced back from its loss to Pines and ruthlessly slapped down any momentum Mornington was building with a 79-point hammering at Emil Madsen Reserve.

The Redlegs would have been filthy at the way they were overrun by the Pythons, and with Bonbeach starting to put pressure on their top three position a win was critical

Justin van Unen took it upon himself to make sure that happened, booting seven goals as Mt Eliza eked out a 16-point lead at quarter-time in the preliminary final rematch before piling on nine goals to two in the second term to lead by 61 points at half-time.

Daniel Gormley and Rohan Heasley were even better, dominating their Bulldogs opponents, while Darren Booth and William Mace were also impressive.

Mornington broke even in the third term as Kalen Bird, Jackson Calder and Dale Whelan refused to throw in the towel, but the visitors couldn’t maintain the rage and Mt Eliza capped off a quality performance with four goals to one in the last.

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PENINSULA FNL SCOREBOARD

EDI-ASP                    3.4             3.8             8.10          12.16          88

CHELSEA                  4.3             5.8             8.8            9.11           65

Goals: EDITHVALE-ASPENDALE: M. Meehan 4, J. Heys 2, B. Neville, T. Mannix, L. Harris, W. Flavelle, C. Wylie, S. Mannix. CHELSEA: J. Tabakman 3, J. Nanopoulos 2, B. Clark 2, J. Clark, J. Roder.

Best: EDITHVALE-ASPENDALE: T. Turner, M. Meehan, M. Greenwood, B. Neville, S. Mannix. CHELSEA: B. Clark, J. Roder, L. Caspersz, T. Gardiner, J. Sivijs, L. Charity.

OTHER RESULTS

MT ELIZA                 4.2             13.6            18.9          22.10         142

MORNINGTON          1.4             3.5             8.7             9.9            63

Goals: MT ELIZA: J. Van Unen 7, J. Capkin 3, N. Strickland 2, J. Hammond 2, N. Ryan 2, B. Shaw, W. Mace, Z. White, B. Landry, M. Hill, R. Heasley. MORNINGTON: K. Bird 2, C. Baker 2, W. Miller, J. Dickson, J. Calder, D. Whelan, M. Williams.

Best: MT ELIZA: D. Gormley, R. Heasley, J. Van Unen, D. Booth, W. Mace, A. Dunne. MORNINGTON: K. Bird, J. Calder, D. Whelan, W. Miller, J. Matthews, B. Bird.

• Rd17 Seaford v Pines played Easter Saturday

RESERVES

Chelsea 17.7 109 def Edithvale-Aspendale 3.2 20

Mt Eliza 13.17 95 def Mornington 4.4 28

• Rd17 Seaford v Pines played Easter Saturday

UNDER 19

Edithvale-Aspendale 15.13 103 def Chelsea 6.1 37

Mt Eliza 18.15 123 def Mornington 5.1 31

• Rd17 Seaford v Pines played Easter Saturday

A GRADE

Mornington 40 def Mt Eliza 35

Edithvale-Aspendale v Chelsea not submitted

• Rd 11 Chelsea v EdiAsp not submitted

B GRADE

Mornington 57 def Mt Eliza 50

Edithvale-Aspendale v Chelsea not submitted

• Rd 11 Chelsea v EdiAsp not submitted

C GRADE

Mt Eliza 55 def Mornington 21

Edithvale-Aspendale v Chelsea not submitted

• Rd 11 Chelsea v EdiAsp not submitted

D GRADE

Mt Eliza 30 def Mornington 28

Edithvale-Aspendale v Chelsea not submitted

• Rd 11 Chelsea v EdiAsp not submitted