short corner

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short corner

n
(Hockey (Field & Ice)) hockey another name for penalty corner
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GU soon fought back and were awarded a short corner but were unsuccessful against the strong Dumfries defence.
Within five minutes, Students' pressure paid off as they won a short corner off a Town foot in the circle.
Dragons hit the post twice from short corners in the first half, but finally broke the deadlock after the break when Mike Pogson deflected a short corner home.
Oduor plundered home Philiph Omunyi's short corner a goal which proved to be the differences between the two sides at full time.
The next period was an even contest between two sides creating chances following fine passing spells.This saw Kelburne gain their first short corner but with no success for the Paisley outfit.
However, this spurred on Bay and they pushed on to secure the win with another successful short corner converted by token striker Joss Plummer.
However, it was a Stone counter attack that decided the game, a tackle outside the D was judged to be worthy of a short corner and Warwick were again reduced to ten men.
In 35 minutes a Shakhtar short corner was worked to Marlos, who swung in a cross with such pace that Taras Stepanenko needed only to get his head on it to find the net.
After 45 minutes a questionable re-award of a short corner that looked to have hit Lucie Daman's knee allowed Holcombe to double their lead through a straight strike from Olympian Emily Maguire.
There was a short corner at Upton Park at the weekend that ended up back on the halfway line.
Norton took the lead through Aryan Rotaghi after a well-worked short corner routine and followed it up with a Christy Masterson goal.
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