London Ravens vs Streatham Olympians

London Ravens 45 vs 7 Streatham Olympians

Details

Date	League	Season	Match Day
August 24, 1985	AFL (UK) Playoffs	1985	Summerbowl I

Results

Team
London Ravens
Streatham Olympians

London Ravens

Player	Position	PAT	TD	Comp	Att	Pass Yds	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rec	Rec Yds	Int	Fum	FR	Sack	PR	KR	Punt	PYds	PAvg
Ario De Cruz	Quarterback	0	2	8	23	126	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Delaney	Wide receiver	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Wynnick	Running back, Wide receiver	0	1	0	0	0	9	42	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
English	Wide receiver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Downer	Wide receiver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant	Punter, Running back	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	63	16
Joe St. Louis	Running back	0	2	0	0	0	8	106	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Walcott	Running back	0	0	0	0	0	9	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brown	Running back	0	0	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Victor Ebubedike	Running back	0	1	0	0	0	11	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Higgins	Punt Returner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Phillips	Punt Returner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Clifford	Punt Returner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Campbell	Kicker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brugnani	Kick Returner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Slue	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ugwuegbuim	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rahman	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		2	7	8	23	126	44	330	6	115	3	4	4	2	4	2	4	63	16

Streatham Olympians

Player	Position	TD	Comp	Att	Pass Yds	Rush Att	Rush Yds	Rec	Rec Yds	Fum	Lost	FR	KR
Graham Hart	Quarterback	0	10	31	152	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Livermore	Running back, Wide receiver	1	0	0	0	3	5	2	20	0	0	0	4
A Smythe	Wide receiver	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	46	0	0	0	0
Innis	Wide receiver	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	65	0	0	0	0
Morgan	Running back	0	0	0	0	8	12	1	21	0	0	0	0
Carney	Running back	0	0	0	0	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scarlett	Running back	0	0	0	0	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cooper	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Allen	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nunes	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryant	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bird	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dean	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		1	10	31	152	26	57	10	152	7	3	4	4

Venue

Villa Park, Birmingham

Villa Park, Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands Combined Authority, West Midlands, England, B6 6HE, United Kingdom

Recap

Scoring

First Quarter

RAV – Delaney 26 Pass from De Cruz [6-0]

RAV – Ebubedike 49 Run [12-0]

Second Quarter

OLY – Livermore Run (Cooper PAT) [12-7]

RAV – De Cruz 1 Run [18-7]

RAV – Wynnick 6 Pass from De Cruz (Campbell PAT) [25-7]

Third Quarter

RAV – De Cruz 1 Run [31-7]

RAV – St. Louis 2 Run (Higgins PAT) [38-7]

Fourth Quarter

RAV – St. Louis 77 Run (PAT) [45-7]

Report

The Original Britball (British Gridiron Football) team London Ravens showed why they continued to be unbeaten versus British opposition by dominating London rivals Streatham Olympians 45-7 in the first ever AFL UK Summerbowl, held before 7,100 fans at Villa Park, Birmingham.

Joe St. Louis won the MVP (Most Valuable Player) Award with two touchdown runs, and 106 yards off 8 carries. Victor Ebubedike also played a magnificent game, scoring one TD on the ground from 11 carries. Quarterback Ario De Cruz had an up-and-down day, throwing for 5 interceptions but also going over for two QB sneaks for touchdowns from close range. Mark Wynnick scored the Ravens other TD.

Keith Allen was the best of the Olympians, the linebacker making a total of 10 tackles, 7 of those unassisted. Earl Livermore scoring Streatham’s only TD, bringing them to within 5 points early in the second quarter, making the score 12-7 with the conversion from Cooper, but the London Ravens rattled off 33 unanswered points to finish deserving Champions of the first full British Gridiron Football season.

References

[1] Gridiron UK “Crafty Cockneys” October 1985, pg. 15-16. Published by Southern Newspapers PLC, Christchurch, Dorset. Executive Ed: Bob Goddard. Reports: Ross Biddiscombe, Steve Downton, Jon Chandler, Bev Wills, Eugene Maynard, Graham Trott, Alan Beastall, Ian Christy, Bob Armstrong, Chris Tofalos, Janine Kilroe, Wayne Paulo and Mike Allen.

[2] Gridiron UK “British Fixtures” April 1985, pg. 23. Published by Southern Newspapers PLC, Christchurch, Dorset. Executive Ed: Bob Goddard.