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POINT CRASH by KC from Casey

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The Casey Demons went down by the narrowest of margins to a strong Richmond VFL combination in the Round 4 game at Casey Fields on Saturday after a rushed behind  to the Tigers in the game’s dying moments broke the deadlock.

In a low scoring game, Casey took the early ascendency after conceding the first goal and held their lead for most of the first half going into the sheds at the main break with an 8 point lead.

The Demons were led in defence by key position players, Oscar McDonald and youngster Harry Petty who often relieved the Tigers’ pressure with strong marking and bold movements out of the backline. They were well backed up by Josh Wagner.

Recruit ruckman Liam Wale-Buxton had a terrific duel with Richmond’s AFL-listed Ivan Soldo in just his third game at VFL level and, although just shaded by his Tiger counterpart in the ruck duels, he contested strongly and kicked two vital goals. He was well supported by Declan Keilty who provided a hand out in the ruck and added two goals himself, including one from a screamer of a mark.

Another youngster who impressed was midfielder Tom Sparrow who was hard at the ball and tackled strongly all day.

The downfall for the Demons was their poor opening to the second half when they leaked four unanswered goals in the first ten minutes or so and were kept under a tight rein for the remainder of the third term.

The fight back in the final quarter was led by former skipper Jack Hutchins who struck a purple patch and kicked the goal to level the game at the 23 minute mark. He was aided and abetted by experienced VFL-listers in Mitch Gent and current captain Mitch White and while the team had their chances, they fell agonisingly short in the end.

The Demons face another hard task next week against Footscray VFL and will need to work hard given the number of injuries the club is experiencing at AFL level.

2019 Hard Yakka / Totally Workwear VFL

Casey Scorpions 3.0.18 4.1.25 4.2.26 8.3.51

Richmond VFL 1.0.6 2.5.17 6.8.44 7.10.52

Goals

Casey Demons Keilty Wale-Buxton White 2 Chandler Hutchins

Richmond VFL Chol 2  Aarts Bolton  Butler  Moore Townsend  

Best

Casey Demons Wale-Buxton White Hutchins McDonald J Wagner C Wagner

Richmond VFL Bolton Collier-Dawkins Morris Townsend Menadue Naish

Statistics

Oskar Baker 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 68 dream team points  
Toby Bedford 2 kicks 2 handballs 4 disposals 2 tackles dream 13 team points  
Jaxon Briggs 4 kicks 3 handballs 7disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 31 dream team points  
Kade Chandler 1 goal 1 behind 7 kicks 6 handballs 13 disposals 1 mark 2 tackles 50 dream team points  
Jake Di Pasquale 2 kicks 2 handballs 4 disposals 1 marks 14 dream team points  
Tom Freeman 6 kicks 8 handballs 14 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 54 dream team points  
Mitch Gent 10 kicks 12 handballs 22 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 63 dream team points  
Jack Hutchins 1 goal 6 kicks 1 handballs 7 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 40 dream team points  
James Jordon 6 kicks 5 handballs 11 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 51 dream team points  
Declan Keilty 2 goals 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 6 marks 3 tackles 6 hit outs 75 dream team points  
Mitchell Lewis 3 kicks 5 handballs 8 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 37 dream team points  
Tom McCaffrey 2 kicks 1 handballs 3 disposals 1 mark 5 dream team points  
Oscar McDonald 17 kicks 5 handballs 22 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 73 dream team points    
James Munro 10 kicks 9 handballs 19 disposals 2 marks 11 tackles 94 dream team points  
Harrison Petty 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 53 dream team points  
Aidan Quigley 6 kicks 6 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 48 dream team points  
Charlie Spargo 9 kicks 4 handballs 13 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 57 dream team points    
Tom Sparrow 13 kicks 5 handballs 18 disposals 2 marks 12 tackles 100 dream team points  
Luke Tynan 3 kicks 2 handballs 5 disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 23 dream team points  
Corey Wagner 13 kicks 7 handballs 20 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 77 dream team points    
Josh Wagner 12 kicks 8 handballs 20 disposals 5 marks 4 tackles 85 dream team points    
Liam Wale-Buxton 2 goals 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 5 marks 5 tackles 31 hit outs 117 dream team points  
Mitchell White 2 goals 11 kicks 3 handballs 14 disposals 7 marks 1 tackle 1 hit out 77 dream team points   

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