It was on a hot Saturday (October 1, 2011) morning that the kick-off took place and the Match got started. After an initial couple of attacks from the school team, it was SJOBA who kept more possession and repeatedly attacked the opposition's goal but were unfortunate to not score at the end of the first half. The second half was no different. In spite of a huge turn out of school boys in support of their team, the school boys failed to capitalize on their advantages. Meanwhile, SJOBA kept on attacking their goal but were yet to taste any success.
In a move that proved really fruitful, Captain Ranjit Bajaj pushed Siddharth Sandhu from defence to attack and with that SJOBA went into top gear. In the dying minutes of the game SJOBA got a corner. Rochan's perfect kick landed straight to Pavi who guided it in the goal without any fuss and the whole SJOBA contingent burst in to cheers with their hands up in the air.
The match ended with Principal Mrs. Kavita Das presenting the Bro. Meredith Trophy to SJOBA and as tradition goes Ranjit and Golly Sir presented the trophy back to the School team.
Scenes on the sidelines were more entertaining with Old Boys Vineet Khurana, Rahul Datta, Pritpal Singh Matharu, Nar Singh ( who came up from Delhi specially for the match) and Kanwar Walia recounting various incidents from their time spent in the school. In what was a fitting end to a match which was characterized by brotherhood, camaraderie and excellent sporting spirit both the teams sat down to enjoy a wonderful snack box and chilled lassi.
