Considering the great feeling around the club after the result against Westlands last week, Stur were very confident that they could go to Cranborne and gain another 3 points. Even when 5 of last week's starting 11 were ruled out, the team were still very confident. Darrell Williams and Gareth Thomas were at a wedding, Scott Thomas and Matt Jones were injured, and Joe Wood was serving a suspension for a red card gained in a Sunday game.

Unfortunately this meant that Stur travelled to the Mick Loader Memorial Ground with just a bare 11, plus assistant manager Abbott and manager Morris on the bench.

Despite starting relatively brightly, the away side could not put together a final ball, and individual decision making was poor, meaning that the scores remained level. After this there seemed to be no flow to our game, and Cranborne grew into it, getting some joy from the long diagonal ball and winning the flick-ons. It was through this that the first goal came about; a direct ball from the Cranborne defence seemed that it would not pose a danger. However, a mix up in communication between Neville and Shear in the home goal meant that the ball was headed backwards into the path of Hepworth who was brought down by Shear. He dusted himself down and duly dispatched the penalty, sending Shear the wrong way. 1-0.

With a good 15 minutes left in the first half, Stur were hopeful that they could pop up with an equaliser. Nevertheless, a lack of ruthlessness and quality final balls let them down.

After some home truths at half time, the away side were confident that they could turn the game around as long as they kept the ball down and played their usual passing game. This seemed to work for a while and Stur dominated the game, although it was ultimately to no avail. Hard work was not shown all over the park and Stur struggled yet again to forge some clear cut chances, although there were many half chances. The killer blow unfortunately came with the side pushing forward; this exposed Neville and Reynolds at the back and Hepworth showed neat footwork to skip past Neville and drill the ball low and into the bottom right-hand corner, although Shear managed to get fingertips to it.

 At this point Abbott came on, shortly to be followed by Morries. It seemed that the game was all but over, with Cranborne sitting deep happy to defend their 2 goal advantage. Stur, however, nearly hit back immediately, when a cross from Jack Geddes on the right was attacked by Manuel, who was bundled to the ground for a penalty. Manuel stepped up confidently, but unfortunately his shot, high and to the right, was saved at full stretch by the home keeper.

It appeared that this would sum up Stur's day, and Cranborne managed to hold out for a clean sheet. Stur were poor today and it seems that certain players were missed, with the side failing to get out of the lower gears despite their best efforts during this game. Perhaps complacency was also a problem considering the excellent win in the week previous.