Tunbridge Wells (1) 1 Cornell 2
Folkestone Invicta (3) 4 Beecroft 10 Lutchford 18 Hamshire 40
Dryden 50
Att. 274
Entrance: Free
Programme: None Issued
Mileage: 26/299
Match Report
Unfortunately Tunbridge Wells' traffic was behaving as it does almost any day of the week, any time of the day, slowly. Consequently the game at Culverden was 20 minutes old by the time I walked through the gate, not having to pay as free admission was the order of the day. As I reached the gate there was a cheer from the sizeable crowd inside and to my annoyance I found that it was the third goal of the game rather than the first.
Tunbridge Wells had taken an early lead four minutes into the game with a goal from Hooley Cornell, I would never have made it for that one, traffic or not, and Folkestone had responded with two goals from Jake Beecroft and Dane Lutchford.
The first thing to notice was the fine new surface at Culverden. The blaze of green leaving the mud baths of last season's Vase games against Dunston and Shildon a distant memory. Hopefully come the depths of winter, the new drainage will be keeping it in good condition.
Ultimately this game was a one-sided affair, giving the Wells a glimpse of the standard they need to attain to be competitive at Ryman League level to which they aspire. Neil Cugley produces good sides at Cheriton Road, but unfortunately a financial black cloud appears to be always around the next corner and those sides tend to get broken up.
In the present Folkestone set up, Beecroft, Jimmy Dryden and Stuart King are all players that have played at a higher level and had it not been for the heroics of Chris Oladogba, then the margin of defeat could have been much greater than the eventual 4-1 scoreline.
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