Round 10 Match Report

Round 10, Saturday 27 June 2026

Beaumaris FC vs Old Melburnians FC at Trevor Barker Oval, Sandringham

1st quarter:             BFC 4.3.27 OMFC 2.2.14

2nd quarter:            BFC 8.8.56 OMFC 3.6.24

3rd quarter: BFC 11.9.75 OMFC 5.9.39

4th quarter: BFC 14.14.98 OMFC 6.13.49

Goals: Henry Nicholls (2), Ben Haysman (1), Will Preston (1), Miles Tyrer (1), Ollie Tyrer (1)

Best players: Lachie Templeton, Will Preston, Jeremy a'Beckett, Henry Nicholls, Ollie Tyrer, Ryan Fowler

Team: Jeremy a’Beckett (26), Andrew Chirnside (86), Nicky Christian (21), Harry Cooper (23), Leonardo Curtis (88), Louis Dalgleish (13), Will Dethridge (12), Tom Facy (41), Ryan Fowler (30), Lachie Haysman (9), Ben Haysman (10), Johnny Maher (42), Henry Nicholls (25), Will Preston (11), Will Richards (14), Campbell Rose (7), Sam Seccull (28), Lachie Templeton (16), Miles Tyrer (17), Ollie Tyrer (32), Gus Williams (35) and Olly Williams (18).

Match Report by Lurch

Sam Connock, Hugo Dale, Hugo Hines, Sam Laube, Tommy Marriner, Jack Spargo and Tom Spargo (Captain) were replaced by Nicky Christian, Tom Facy, Ryan Fowler (on debut, see more below), Lachie Haysman, Ben Haysman, Campbell Rose and Miles Tyrer. 

This game saw Beaumaris (ninth) take on the fourth-placed (OMs), no doubt with the confidence that they could beat the OMs a second time this season. The OMs entered this game much-weakened partly due to injury but mostly because of increasingly frustrating holiday travel – in the middle of a footy season where finals have been (and may still be) a realistic possibility. 

The game was played in almost perfect winter conditions under sunny blue skies with only the smallest traces of white clouds. It was a dry day with temperatures of 10-11 said to feel like 8-10 degrees. The breeze varied from an easterly to east-north-easterly to be mostly a north-easterly that advantaged the southern end to which the OMs kicked first. Strongest earliest, the breeze ranged from 4-11km/h with gusts of 9-15km/h so it was not a strong factor. 

Omens for the OMs were bad from the outset. Like last week, there were no hotdogs but -compounding that shock – no pies, ham and salad rolls or anything much else. Worse still, Louis Dalgleish went down in a friendly-fire clash and his day was over. Beaumaris was first on the board with a behind, but the teams were evenly matched between the arcs, and it took Beaumaris 11 minutes of play to score the first goal. Ryan Fowler won the ruck contest, putting the ball right in front of Lachie Templeton, who worked hard to get the bouncing ball under control as he ran forward before kicking long to Miles Tyrer. He received a free kick for holding, but Andrew Chirnside played on and toe-poked it through for a goal. However, the footy was recalled and Miles nailed his set shot from inside the arc just east of centre a minute after Beaumaris’ goal. Play went both ways until the OMs had a good build up and Will Preston won a free in an over-the-shoulder decision. His set shot from inside the arc, west of centre, looked horrible – low and flat – but went far enough and stayed high enough to get the job done. At the 18-minute mark the OMs led, 8-13. 

Beaumaris responded with a goal minutes later and added another in play to have a 21-13 lead within five minutes. Although the OMs attacked hard for some time, Johnny Maher’s snap and miss was all the OMs added to their score, after which Beaumaris ran up the ground and goaled. That was the quarter time score as although the OMs were attacking when the siren sounded three minutes later after 32 minutes’ play, they had no scoring opportunities. Beaumaris was both moving the ball better than the OMs and giving itself more scoring opportunities – against the breeze that would drop off in the second quarter. 

The second quarter began badly for the OMs with Beaumaris goaling in the second minute and then goaling again within the same minute for a 40-14 lead. The OMs had to respond immediately, or the game would be lost. Although Beaumaris attacked from the middle, the OMs’ defence held up and eventually turned it into an OM attack. Kicking to Preston (versus two opponents) saw the footy go to ground, where Miles gathered and blasted at goal from about 10 metres out on a slight angle – and missed. Making matters worse were unwelcome additions to the OMs’ injury toll. Johnny Maher broke his arm, and Will Richards’ injury saw an early exit for him too.

Eventually a kick by Templeton the Magician, hastily conjured from the back of heavy traffic outside the arc gave Henry Nicholls a very nice slips catch, followed by a set shot goal from about 25 metres out, directly in front. It was 41-21 at the 10-minute mark, and this had to be the start of the OMs’ comeback. Beaumaris suggested otherwise, with a free kick for goal although it hit the left post. A good chain of possessions by the OMs ended with Campbell Rose, whose set shot from outside the arc from the northeast landed in a goal square contest where the footy spilled over the goal line. The OMs soon rushed forward again, with Ben Haysman snapping and missing. Beaumaris then spent a long time up forward, goaling in play for a 49-23 lead after 21 minutes’ play. The OMs then attacked hard, ending with Rose’s snap hitting the right goal post. In response, Beaumaris goaled and the flags were being waved as the siren sounded at the 30-minute mark. 

It was a very frustrating quarter. There was little or no sign from the OMs of the structured play that gave them significant team-effort wins over Williamstown and Old Carey. Entries into the forward line were mostly chaotic with the ball like a hot potato with the 1.4 for the quarter indicative of the outcome of that style of play, which needed to be slowed down to identify and take better and more strategic options. Meanwhile, Beaumaris was like De La Salle in more than just its shared colours, but also in its small hard-running mosquito fleet that moved the ball cleanly and quickly, making it very hard to stop. If the game were to continue this way, it was already over at halftime. 

The OMs made a good start to the third quarter, Tom Facy gathering a loose disputed ball and kicking long to Ollie Tyrer, who barely had to move to take a contested mark directly in front. He drilled his set shot with three minutes elapsed. He almost had another when a clever tap backwards from a stoppage sent the ball forward (yes, backwards to go forward) to OT, who kicked what seemed to be a goal – until the single flag said otherwise. The Tyrer show continued with Miles marking and taking a set shot from directly in front – which missed. It was clear that the OMs were dominating with time in their half but equally clearly not getting rewarded for it. Following the unwelcome third quarter script, Lachie Haysman snapped from the back of a pack – and missed. 

All the OMs’ efforts were then undone with Beaumaris going coast to coast to goal at the 12-minute mark for a 62-33 lead. It spent some time forward without a goal, followed by the OMs briefly attacking before Beaumaris bookended the play with a goal 11 minutes after the other. At 69-33 it was obvious the game was over and that the OMs could only hope to salvage some precious percentage. Lachie Haysman hit up Nicholls near the intersection of the arc and the southwest boundary and with good vision he kicked across the ground where Ben Haysman ran onto it and marked, finishing with a set shot goal from directly in front. Beaumaris negated it with a goal in play two minutes later and following three scoreless minutes the quarter ended on 30 minutes. 

The OMs had the footy from the start of the fourth quarter, but Miles missed a set shot from directly in front and Nicholls snapped and missed. Beaumaris showed how it’s done at the four-minute mark and added another goal three minutes later. Meanwhile, the OMs’ horror day worsened with Sam Seccull limping off to leave the OMs’ bench empty. Beaumaris’ domination was obvious as it easily put one through the empty goal square at the 20-minute mark. Eventually a 50-metre penalty put Nicholls within cooee and his goal at the 25-minute mark was the last of the game with the siren coming three minutes later. 

Beaumaris’ win was not as big as Collegians’ the previous week, but it equally deflating. It was a perfect storm with the OMs not playing to their script, with many key players away, and four game-ending injuries on the day. 

Lachie Templeton battled hard all day in a midfield that was dominated by Beaumaris. 

Will Preston did well to get the footy in a well-defended forward line, often going up the ground to find it. 

Jeremy a'Beckett did more work around the ground than in defence and did his best to try to stem the tide. 

Henry Nicholls had a good attack on the footy and continues to develop well as one of many promising young players. 

Oliver Tyrer spent time on the wing and forward, where he was able to convert one of several opportunities. 

Ryan Fowler was very good in a tough game, exerting his influence on it all day with very good tap work in the ruck. He will become a great asset. 

Making his Senior debut was Ryan Fowler. He is an OM brother from another mother as he attended St Peter’s College, Adelaide from 2008 to 2024. Ryan rowed in the winning 2023 Head of the River crew, played in the 2022 and 2023 1st XVIII and was a 2024 co-School Captain. He played for University Blues in 2025, and this year followed a path well-trodden by many other South Aussies in joining the OMs, where he began in the Reserves. 

News was received that Johnny Maher’s badly broken arm had surgery on Saturday night. All OMs and supporters wish him well in his recovery and look forward to seeing this exciting new player working his magic again.  

This week the OMs return home to play Old Camberwell for the second time. In Round 4, the OMs came from three goals down for a famous four-point victory through resilience, perseverance, luck and Weller inaccuracy. 

Despite a 7% loss of percentage on top of the previous week’s 12% loss, other results ensured that the OMs remained fourth on the ladder. However, their percentage is now only the sixth best and a bad loss this week and other results going against them could see the OMs drop as low as eighth. It is a must-win game in what has been an unpredictable season for all teams beneath unbeaten Collegians. 

See you there (where there will be hotdogs – and hopefully OM snags aplenty). 

Lurch.