E&Y gun down RMR

31/05/2003

ERNST & Young beat a gritty Royal Malay Regiment 4-1 in the Malaysia
Hockey League curtain-raiser at the Tun Razak Stadium in Kuala Lumpur
yesterday.
But the scoreline does not paint a true picture because the star-studded
Ernst & Young have yet to get their act together and were a very shaky
side - especially in the first 35 minutes when they only had a slim 2-1
lead.
And that spelled trouble for them, as K. Rajan's Tenaga Nasional were in
menacing form, thrashing Johor Baru Municipal Council 8-1 in another
match.
Ernst & Young coach K. Dharmaraj was wearing a worried look.
"The only consolation is that we won. Otherwise, we played very badly
today (yesterday). There is no other way to describe the match because we
were awarded 14 penalty corners but could only score from three of them,"
said Dharmaraj.
The foreign signings in Ernst & Young saved them the blushes as Indian
Len Aiyappa scored a hat-trick off the 14 penalty corner attempts he made,
while Englishman Danial Thomas scored a field goal.
The RMR goalscorer was Ramli Ismail.
The Malaysians in the team, including national players Chua Boon Huat
and Amin Rahim, and former pillars Maninderjit Singh and Mirnawan Nawawi
looked like they needed a few more matches to get the rust off.
* AT the KLHA Stadium, Tenaga Nasional steamrolled Johor Baru Municipal
Council 8-1 with goals from Nor Saiful Zaini (third), Azlan Misron
((18th), Syayrim Uda Karim (25th, 59th), Norazlan Rahim (50th), Tajol
Rosli (61st, 66th) and S. Saravanan (62nd).
Johor's consolation goal came from Karim Makpol in the 58th minute.
* AT the Bertam Stadium in Kepala Batas, Maybank scored twice in the
second half to defeat Penang's Srii Aroma, reports K. KANDIAH.
After a listless first half, which saw a number of scoring chances from
both teams go to waste, Maybank made amends after the break.
Three minutes into the second half, Maybank were awarded a penalty
corner and Mohamed Riduan Nasir made no mistake.
Maybank sealed the match in the 63rd minute when Suhaimi Ibrahim scored
off a penalty corner.
* AT the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Dolphin (Navy) got off to a winning
start when they beat Pahang Sports Council (PSC) 1-0, reports R.G RAJ.
Dolphin skipper Sivalingam Muniandy turned match-winner when he blasted
home a penalty corner in the 43rd minute.
PSC had a slight edge in the first half where they had four penalty
corners but their attempts were foiled by Dolhpin keeper Khairi Mohamed
Daud.
Results: Navy Dolphins 1 Pahang SC 0, Srii Aroma 0 Maybank 2, Tenaga
Nasional 8 Johor Baru MC 1, Royal Malay Regiment 1 Ernst & Young 4.
Today: Johor Baru MC v Sapura (JB Stadium, 5.15pm), Bank Simpanan
Nasional Ipoh City Hall (Tun Razak Stadium, 5.15pm), Royal Malaysian
Customs v Royal Malay Regiment (Pandamaran Stadium, 5.15pm).
Tomorrow: Royal Malaysian Customs v Srii Aroma (Pandamaran Stadium,
5.15pm), Ernst & Young v Navy Dolphins (KL Stadium, 6pm).
Monday: Pahang Sports Council v Maybank (Pandamaran Klang, 5.15pm),
Sapura v Tenaga Nasional (Kl Stadium, 6pm).
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