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131.
London Olympians 14-20
Birmingham Bulls, 21st May
1995
The
Bulls trailed 14-13 to their arch-rivals with 8 minutes remaining until Ian
Morris’s 6 yard run game the Bulls a lead they would not give up. Match
report
132. Medway
Mustangs 18-20 Rockingham Rebels, Combined Gridiron League, 11th June
1989
Rockingham
dented Medway’s 100% record for the 1989 season by taking a last-gasp victory in
the dying seconds when Rusty Kerr went over for the vital score. No match
report.
133. Edinburgh Blue Eagles 20-18 Leeds Cougars, BAFL, 8th
June 1986
Edinburgh went into a 20-0 lead, before Tim Casey cut
the deficit on the stroke of half-time. Sammy Pryce and Paul Pryce scored second
half scores for the Cougars, but they couldn’t clinch the winning score and the
Eagles held onto the win. Match
report
134. Mets 13-12
Tiger Bay Warriors, 9th
August 1998
The
Mets trailed 12-6 late in this playoff match, but drove from their own 40 yard
line before Nick Tilbury completed a 14 yard TD to Wayne U-Chong to tie the
scores. Steve Taylor nailed the PAT with seconds left to give the Mets the win.
Match
report.
135.
Oxford Saints 26-32 Sutton Coldfield
Royals, 11th August,
1991, BNGL
Premier Division Quarter-Final
Oxford led 26-16 going into the fourth
quarter, but then conceded a safety which was quickly followed by a Shane
Braithwaite TD which tied the scores. Chris Timms then knocked the Saints out of
the playoffs with a late 10 yard TD run which capped off a fine recovery by the
Royals. Match
report
136.
Bedford Bombardiers 34-34 Lancashire Wolverines, BAFA Division Two,
5th June
1994
Lancashire jumped out to a 26-0 first quarter lead, and
led 34-20 before Dave Arvizu’s two 4th quarter scoring strikes tied
up the game at 34-34. Bedford missed the 2 PAT with the scores tied, and
Lancashire missed a 50 yard field as time expired to
win it. Match
report
137.
Sussex Thunder 23-22 Redditch Arrows, 15th
August 2004, BAFL
Division Two Quarter-Final
In a real cliff-hanger of a playoff
match, the Sussex Thunder clung onto a 23-22 win to qualify for the semi-finals.
Tied 14-14 at half-time, a safety and 31 TD passing TD put the Thunder 23-14
ahead, but Tony Perkins 1 yard run and 2 PAT reduced the scoreline to 22-23. The
Arrows had two drives to win the game, but the Thunder D held firm. No match
report
138. Lancashire Wolverines 44-46 Gateshead
Senators, 23rd June
2002
Gateshead and
Lancashire fought out one of the
closest and most nailbiting encounters in league history as Craig Million ran
for 122 yards and a score. Senators were behind for most of the first half with
Nimmins late TD giving them the lead for the first time 18-14. Nimmins scored
his 2nd and then 3rd TD of the game to extend the Senators
lead to 32-22 going into the fourth quarter. Lancashire came straight back with
Rob Tingle's 2 yard TD run, which he repeated for the two points to bring the
score to 32-30. Not content with a two point lead, Gateshead replied with
another Lee Fraser strike from 11 yards to David Nimmins, followed by a Gary
Marshall PAT to make the score 39-30. The Gateshead defense was caught
out by QB Adam Purcell's "keeper" 12 yard run. Rob Tingle's run added the two
points to bring Lancs to within one point, 39-38 at the two minute warning. But
this astonishing game was far from over. Lee Fraser, (13 of 23 for 162 yds,
3TDs, 0 ints) who was not sacked at all in the game, again gave a demonstration
of how to run a two minute offense, leading a drive that culminated in Mark
Lindsey's run from the 2 yard line. Another Gary Marshall conversion kick made
the score 46-38. Adam Purcell then gave a demonstration of his own to lead
Lancashire downfield to the
Gateshead 10 yard line with 3
seconds left on the clock. His pass to Neil Sullivan brought the score to 46-44.
All that remained was for the untimed down of the conversion attempt. But
Gateshead's defense held firm,
denying Lancashire the draw and leaving
Gateshead Senators narrow winners after the nerve-wracking finale of a
remarkable game.
139.
Gateshead Senators 22-20
Chester Romans, 4th June
1995.
Peter White ran
a colossal 45 times for 302 yards for the Romans but still ended up on the
losing side as Senators QB Lee Fraser threw a TD to David Nimmens to tie the scores at 20-20 and
then connected with the same receiver for the crucial 2pt conversion to win the
match. Match
report
140. London Olympians 39-36 Leicester Panthers, NDMA League, 6th June
1993
Three Richard Dunkley TD’s and 151 yards rushing had
London 11 pts clear with five minutes to go, but a late Walter Norton TD pass
and 2 PAT brought the scores close. Panthers recovered the onside kick, but it
was ruled not to have traveled 10 yards and the Olympians took over and ran the
clock out. Match
report
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