Oxford Hawks slipped closer to relegation from Slazenger England League as they lost 5-2 at Indian Gymkhana in the National South Division.

Indian Gym stormed into a five-goal lead after Tejinder Hanspal and Jagdeep Gill, from a penalty corner, struck inside six minutes.

Rajinder Bansal made it 3-0 in the tenth minute and the home side added further goals from Sukhpreet Authwall and Gill before Craig Larner and John Billington pulled back two late goals.

Hawks find themselves still two points adrift of St Albans at the bottom.

Other scores: Epsom 2nd 2, Hawks 2nd 1; Hawks 3rd 2 (D Robins 2), Eastcote 2nd 2; Hawks Fledglings 5 (P Bennett 4, R Dunnill), S Bucks 1.