England lost their opening match in the Standard Chartered Junior World Cup in sweltering conditions in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, earlier today (Sunday). Playing the host side in front of a capacity stadium, Malaysia dominated the first half, with Faizal Saari scoring from a penalty corner in the 29th minute. Although England's performance improved in the second half, they were not able to penetrate the Malaysian defence and Saari's goal remained the only goal of the match.
England's next match is against Spain on Tuesday.
England Team v Malaysia for Junior World Cup: Ben Arnold (Beeston), David Beckett (Loughborough Students), Nick Catlin (Loughborough Students), David Condon (Loughborough Students), Richie Dawson-Smith (Bowdon), Alex Admonstone (Bowdon), Marc Edwards (Loughborough Students), Simon Faulkner (Loughborough Students), Chris Gregg (Loughborough Students), Chris Griffiths (Stourport), Ed Kelleher (Reading), Johnny Kinder (Fareham), Ian Scanlon (Hampstead & Westminster), Ben Tibble (Surbiton), Henry Weir (Loughborough Students) and Tom Woods (University of Exeter). Did not play: James Bailey (Old Loughtonians) and Sam Middleton (Bournville).
Other first day matches:
Belgium | v | Egypt | 5:1 (1:0) |
Japan | v | South Africa | 1:1 (1:1) |
Pakistan | v | Russia | 7:2 (2:1) |
Netherlands | v | Singapore | 8:0 (4:0) |
Korea | v | USA | 7:0 (4:0) |
New Zealand | v | Poland | 8:1 (3:1) |
England | v | Malaysia | 0:1 (0:1) |
Germany | v | Chile | 5:0 (3:0) |
Tables at end of first day's play
Pool A | P | W | D | L | Goals | P | |
1 | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 07:02 | 3 |
2 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 05:01 | 3 |
3 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 |
4 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:05 | 0 |
5 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:07 | 0 |
Pool B | P | W | D | L | Goals | P | |
1 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 05:00 | 3 |
2 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 01:01 | 1 |
2 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 01:01 | 1 |
4 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 |
5 | Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:05 | 0 |
Pool C | P | W | D | L | Goals | P | |
1 | Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 07:00 | 3 |
2 | Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 01:00 | 3 |
3 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 |
4 | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:01 | 0 |
5 | USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:07 | 0 |
Pool D | P | W | D | L | Goals | P | |
1 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:00 | 3 |
2 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:01 | 3 |
3 | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 |
4 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:08 | 0 |
5 | Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:08 | 0 |
In Hamburg England came close to beating the Netherlands in their final match of the Hamburg Masters, although ironically it was England's players based with Dutch side HGC who made the major goal scoring contribution. Although Floris Evers opened the scoring after only four minutes for the Netherlands, it was goals from Barry Middleton, Ashley Jackson and Matt Daly that took England into the second half with a 3-1 advantage. It was an advantage which England built on early in the second half when Barry Middleton scored his second. Unfortunately, the Dutch clawed their way back into the match with goals from Rogier Hofman, Roderick Weusthof (2) and Marcel Balkestein. Final score 5-1 to the Netherlands.
England Team v Netherlands for Hamburg Masters: George Pinner (Beeston), Glenn Kirkham (East Grinstead), Richard Alexander (Surbiton), Richard Mantell (Reading), Matt Daly (Surbiton), Jonty Clarke (Reading), Adam Dixon (Beeston), Barry Middleton (HGC), Simon Egerton (Bowdon), Dan Fox (Hampstead & Westminster), Richard Smith (Loughborough Students), Ashley Jackson (HGC), Simon Mantell (HGC), Ben Hawes (Surbiton), Adam Harper (East Grinstead), James Tindall (Surbiton). Did not play: Richard Potton (GK) (East Grinstead) and Iain Mackay (Reading).
HAMBURG MASTERS FINAL TABLE: P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Australia 3 3 0 0 14 6 +8 9 2 Germany 3 2 0 1 13 9 +4 6 3 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 10 12 -2 3 4 England 3 0 0 3 6 16 -10 0
