I hope you listened to my advice last week. If you didn’t, you’re probably feeling a bit cold, disappointed and maybe a tad silly. Girton’s match with Catz was called off and so only one match took place this weekend in the quarterfinals of the Varsity Vase.
Jesus played Caius in a seemingly uninspiring tie; a mid-table team in division 6 up against a team second in Division 5.  Yet the sides were more evenly matched than the statistics suggested. An early goal for Caius was cancelled out in a swift counter attack by Jesus. Further defensive errors again cost Jesus as Caius took a 2-1 lead but a superb solo goal pulled the scores level at half time.

It was late in the second half when the home side started to gain the upper hand and push for a winner. Caius defended well, but two free kicks, both resulting in well-taken headers from Jesus’s leading scorer, Santos, won the tie for the Jesuans.

They can now look forward to a semi-final against the winner of Queens’ versus Homerton.

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