Banbury notched their first Premier Division 1 win in a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Brighton.

A goal down in five minutes, it took the introduction of Adrian Simmons to spark Banbury’s attack to life.

Tyson Nunneley levelled from a penalty corner and in the second half, Will Kellett fired them in front from another penalty corner.

Simon Boardman pounced to make it 3-1 before Banbury conceded a soft goal from the restart, with almost all four defenders at fault.

Oxford University were beaten 4-1 at Chichester, despite a goal from Thomas Lockton.

In Premier Division 2, Oxford Hawks lost their second successive match, 4-3 at home to Barnes. Nick Ferraby struck twice after Steve Collier had scored.

Rover Oxford, Wallingford and Oxford Hawks 2nd were all beaten in the Regional division, without a goal between them.

Rover went down 1-0 at Staines 2nd, Wallingford 2-0 to Maidenhead, while Hawks 2nd crashed 10-0 at Sonning.

Two penalty corners proved decisive in Wallingford’s first home defeat of the campaign.

However, Rover Oxford 2nd were local winners. They charged back from two goals down after 15 minutes to beat Ashford 2nd 3-2 in Regional 2.

A breakaway by Ben White led to a goal from Toby Langdon, and two well-worked goals from short corners, by Chris Orme and John Rogers, completed a fine comeback.

City of Oxford saw off South Bucks 3-0 at home in Division 1. Charlie de Burgh fired them in front after they dominated the first half, and Andy Small scored twice after the break.

Abingdon won 1-0 at Bicester to collect their first three points in Division 2 thanks to a second-half goal from Owen Blackburn, slotting home a through ball after a break.

Frankie Clavaud and Tim Hardy scored in Witney’s 3-2 Division 2 defeat at Amersham & Chalfont 2nd.

Other scores: OMT 2nd 4, Banbury 2nd 1 (J Nunneley); S Bucks 2nd 3, City 2nd 7 (R Harding 3, G Guest 2, D Willett, J Burke); Witney 2nd 2 (T Yallop 2), Wallingford 3rd 0; Banbury 3rd 9 (A Jeffrey 3, C Irvine 2, R Thornton 2, L Allen, C Squire), Ramgarhia 2nd 2; Eastcote Simbas 3rd 4, Hawks 3rd 3 (A Moriarty 2, T Wilson); Hawks 4th 3 (J Block, J Sobey, own goal), Eastcote 4th 3; Hawks Fledglings 2 (N Silman 2), Thame 1; Winchester Vets 3, Hawks Senators 2 (S Dawson 2); Hawks Falcons 2 (R Meadows)< T Henman), Reading Vets 1; City 3rd 1 (B Hudson), Bracknell 2nd 2; Sonning 4th 7, Banbury 4th 3 (A Lamb 2, M Waller); Wallingford 4th 4, Witney 3rd 1 (B Baker); Witney 4th 3 (B Carrol, O Collins, J Bartrip), City 4th 0; Newbury 4th 2, Wit-ney 5th 4 (G Wisby 2, S Summers, L Frost).

Oxon Boys Development League: Rover Oxford 1, Cityof Oxford 1 (B Stanworth).

Oxon Under 16 League: Oxford Hawks 8, Banbury 0; City 7 (J Weaver 3, B Knowles 2, T Ogg, C Hicks), Rover 0; City 7 (T Ogg 3, J Weaver 2, C Hicks, N Wilks), Witney 2.

Oxon Girls Development League: West Witney 3 (L Hawker, S Hazell, C Huxford), City of Oxford 2; Oxf Hawks 6 (S Bennett 3, C Knighton 2, S Clark), Banbury 0.

Mixed: Adastral 1 (J Black), Stowe School 2.