Fernandes strikes down Centaur

Chembur English, who started with just 10 players, played a waiting game. Centaur, an ageing side, did well in the first-half but Chembur English took over after the change of ends. Picking up steam, the Chembur outfit should have added three more to their tally.

The goal came in the 58th minute when James Fernandes’ right-footer hit the bar and entered the goal after rebounding off Centaur goalkeeper Salim’s hands.

The three other chances followed hard work by bustling left-winger Prasad Puthran. The skillful Puthran, after bolting down the left, set up Ashish Nade with a simple ground pass. Nade after turning and running well, however, lost control and the ball rolled free.

Puthran then chased a long cross but his attempt from an acute angle missed the far post by inches with the goalkeeper well beaten.

Centaur defender Norman Fernandes’ languid play then went unpunished after Bhupendra Rana robbed him off the ball before dispatching to Puthran. But the striker’s shot from an acute angle went across the face of goal past a sprawling Salim.

Earlier, , Greater Bombay Police defeated Khalsa Gymkhana 1-0 in a First Division match played earlier for the Chhatrapati Shivaji Trophy. A self-goal by Colin Menezes, attempting to pass back to his goalkeeper, gifted full points to the cops.

Marshall, Jinay dazzle

Marshall Nazareth’s hat-trick featured St. Anne’s (Orlem) 3-2 win over St. Stanislaus in the under-16 (1-A) Inter-Schools Football match at the St. Francis D’Assisi ground, Borivli here today.

Another player to score three goals was Jinay Doshi for Bombay Scottish, who won 5-2 against Antonio De Silva (Dadar) in the under-14 (3-D) clash.

Results

Under 16 (1A): St. Anne’s, Orlem 3 (Marshall Nazareth 3) bt St. Stanislaus 2 (Roger Fernandes, Bejoy Maliaka); St. Francis D’Assisi 1 (Clement Augustine) bt St. Dominic Savio 0. 2-A: St. John’s, Marol 1 (Welfred Mendonca) bt ANZA 0. 2-B: St. Joseph’s, Colaba 1 (Sudhir Kumar) bt St. Andrew’s 0; OLPS 0 drew with Bombay Scottish 0. 3-B: Don Bosco, Matunga `B’ 5 (Abhishek Menon 2, E Fernandes 2, Agnello Pereira) bt St. Elias, Bandra 0. 3-C: Holy Name 1 (Ajay Paswan 1) bt St. Francis Xavier, Kanjurmarg 0. 4-C: St. Xavier’s, Vile Parle 3 (Clarence Pereira 1, Vernon D’Souza 1, Rubin D’Souza 1) bt St. Xavier’s, Borivli 0.

Under-14 (1-B): St. Mary’s, SSC 2 (Henry Fang, Dominic D’Costa) bt St. Xavier’s, Fort 0. 2-C: St. Anthony’s, Vakola 2 (Christy Abraham 2) bt Sacred Heart, Santa Cruz 1 (Nigel D’Souza). 2-D: St. Joseph’s, Colaba 2 (Abhishek Singh, Hussain Merchant) bt Naval Public 0; St. Joseph’s, Vikhroli 0 drew with St. Pius, Mulund 0. 3-D: Don Bosco, Matunga `C’ 0 drew with St. Joseph’s, Wadala 0; Our Lady of Salvation 2 (C Fernandes, Saby Godinho) bt St. Francis Xavier, Kanjurmarg 0; Bombay Scottish, Mahim 5 (Jinay Doshi 3, Siddesh Desai, Neil D’Souza) bt Antonio D’Silva, Dadar 2 (Sagar Khatri, Hitesh Thaker). 3-E: St. Blaise 2 (Royston Rego 1, Rufus Solomon 1) bt Marol Education ACademy 1 (Praveen Yadav).