It is amazing how well teams can perform when there is something serious on the end of it.
With just about all hope gone for a major round berth for either side, the stigma of being stuck with the wooden spoon took priority over everything at Booleroo Centre on Saturday and both sides played some very good football.
Jamestown-Peterborough probably should have gone to the first break three or four goals in front but they played like millionaires at times and found themselves under pressure just about every time they went inside their own 50.
They had the opening score after some Greg Farr magic helped set up Shane ‘Hooters’ Heness for a fine mark and goal.
And they threatened a few more times before BMW pounced with a goal to Andrew ‘Dougal’ Milne at full forward.
A couple of mid term sausage rolls to BMW saw them take the lead but seconds before the siren Magpie skipper Ryan ‘Horse’ Simpson toe-poked an Auskick goal after being left alone in the goal square.
The opportunity was set up by Darren Woolford who latched on to one of those typical hard ball gets at centre half forward. He finished it off with a lace-out pass to Simpson who had time to roll up his swag and boil the kettle before kicking it through.
At half time BMW led by a couple of points and Jamestown-Peterborough probably went in looking a little tired.
They had a winner up forward with Hooters Heness - who ended up with three goals on the day - and Farr and Nick Davis were among the leading possession-getters on the ground.
In the second half BMW got on top through some very creative work by Milne and Zac Murphy up forward and some sound defence from the likes of Lachie ‘LJ’ McCallum, Casey McCallum and Braden Battersby.
At lemon time it was 19 scoring shots apiece though the tri-colours had their nose in front and they were able to hold that advantage until the final siren to run out 15.9 (99) to 12.12 (85) winners in an attractive game of football. Best for BMW was Kendrick McCallum who lined up in the centre where he imposed his considerable authority on the game from the opening bounce.
McCallum turned the ball over a few times early in the day but his last half was very good. LJ McCallum was a constant thorn in the side for Jamestown-Peterborough in their attacking zone while regular defender Zac Murphy came off the bench to centre half forward and kicked four goals. Brothers Dylan and Casey McCallum figured highly and coach Andrew Milne kicked four from full forward.
Jamestown-Peterborough’s best also came from all over the ground. Their list was headed by stylish ruck rover Greg Farr. This bloke can certainly play the game and there wasn’t much BMW could do to curtail his influence.
Craig Ottaway at centre half back, Paul Hunter in the back pocket, Nick Davis in the centre and Ash McKay in the back pocket all had good games.
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