The game began at a feverish pace but within a few minutes it would became apparent who wanted the Cup more badly - Middlesex or Marconi.  Indeed it was Middlesex, in black uniforms playing under the lights in the final that was clearly the more hungry of the two teams.  Their ball control at this point in time as well as through most of the game was very assertive and on a level somewhat higher than Marconi's.    This competitive situation could accurately be characterized as forcefulness versus finesse.  After only nine minutes of play is was Middlesex's #17 Mathew Kosi finding the mesh on an excellent shot taken perhaps 20 metres from the Marconi goal on the right side.  The shot was taken very quickly and seemed to float just above the turf for the entire distance before eluding the keeper and finding its way in.  In the end this would be all Middlesex needed to take the Cup, as they held an often frustrated Marconi squad off the board for the remaining 81 minutes of the match.    Marconi used every possible means to find their way to the Middlesex net but their playmaking was insufficient to outwork the aggressive Middlesex defenders.  On most if not all occasions Marconi was forced to take the few shots that they did make from the outside, was double-teamed whenever they would approach the goal, and was driven to the sidelines by forceful ball-clearing action.    Marconi came out with a noticeably higher level of intensity at the beginning of the second half but this they could not sustain.  Middlesex kept most of their team back to defend and clear the ball to the sidelines or up the field to their awaiting strikers, whose attempts at penetrating through the Marconi ranks gave the Marconi keeper something to be concerned about for the duration and also used up precious time as the game inevitably wore on.  After 90 minutes it was Middlesex, who, in 2009, would emerge victorious.  JHS