OXFORD Hawks made unbeaten South League Premier 1 leaders Spencer battle hard before going down 2-1 in London.

Hawks had a disastrous start when a home forward hit an unstoppable backhand shot to put Spencer ahead after two minutes. For the rest of the half, the visitors ran their opponents ragged, but could not find a way through.

Spencer added a second from a scrambled short-corner rebound, before Hawks got on the scoresheet via Dave Cresswell, who calmly slotted home a backhand shot with ten minutes left.

Hawks were back in the hunt, winning another short corner, which was saved by the keeper, but Spencer held on to take their record to seven wins from seven games.

Oxford University went down 4-1 away to lowly Milton Keynes, Cameron Deans scoring their goal.

Leaders Oxford outgunned Witney 6-3 in MBBO Regional 1.

Matt McKeown led the way with a hat-trick, Dan Bleach bagged two and Will Phillips was also on the mark.

Jacob Deacon (2) and Tim Hardy netted for Witney.

Oxford 2nd continued their unbeaten run in Regional 2 with a 1-0 home win over West Hampstead 2nd.

The only goal came midway through the first half when Rob Griffiths’s shot was deflected into his own net by the visitors’ keeper.

OTHER RESULTS.

Oxford Hawks 2nd 1, Marlow 3; Oxford Hawks 3rd 4 (T Simpson 2, E Baldock, S Dawson), Maidenhead 2nd 0; Oxford Hawks 4th 8 (E Bennett 2, J Miller 2, C Robins 2, R Finnegan, A Scholey), Bracknell 2nd 0; Oxford Hawks 5th 1, OMT 4th 3; Oxford Hawks 6th 2 (M Henman, W Smith), Thame 2nd 0; Oxford Hawks Falcons 6 (S Smith 4, P Langham, J Kaluza), Woking Pitts The Elders 1; Oxford 3rd 1, Ashford 2; Oxford 5th 0, Milton Keynes 3rd 1; Oxford 6th 1 (P Alexandrou), Marlow 4th 1; Oxford Hamsters 2 (T Howard, A Harris), Wokingham 3rd 4; Oxford 8th 2 (J Tipple, R Strachan), PHC Chiswick 6th 1; Oxford 9th 1 (M Tappin), Banbury 4th 0; Oxford Bulls 5, Alton Vets 0; Henley 2nd 4, Witney 2nd 2 (T Yallop, M Godwin); Witney 3rd 2 (A Birnie, J Austin), Harrow 3; Leighton Buzzard 8, Witney 4th 2 (H Swift)