Skipper Kieran Roche scored twice as Oxford Hawks drew 3-3 with Oxford University in an entertaining South League Premier 1 clash at Iffley Road.
The Dark Blues, who are struggling in the league, rescued a point with a late goal.
The students took the lead after 12 minutes with a close-range goal from Tom Jackson.
Hawks levelled when Dan Rhodes reverse-sticked the ball from the left to find a sliding Roche who first-timed it into the net.
Within minutes, Hawks went ahead when Roche deflected a ball high into the netrom a right wing cross to make it 2-1 at half-time.
Hawks seemed to have the game won when Rhodes made it 3-1.
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The Dark Blues pulled back a goal through Duncan Graves, but Hawks should have sewn the game up when Roche saw his shot roll agonisingly along the goalline.
With five minutes left, the students equalised through Jackson, and but for a goalline save by Jack Biggs on the line would have snatched an unlikely victory.
Bicester maintained their good run in Middlesex Berks, Bucks & Oxon Division 1 with a resounding 4-1 victory at home to Oxford 3rd in a game switched to Kidlington be-cause the Cooper School pitch was frozen.
Adapting quickly to the slow pitch, Bicester were three goals up inside 15 minutes.
Ian Oak got the first after some slick Bicester passing and Dave Sutcliffe bagged a brace.
The game stayed at 3-0 until the last ten minutes when Bicester added a fourth through Luke Smith, before Oxford pulled one back through Rich Oakes.
Witney’s Regional 2 match at Eastcote 2nd was called off due to a frozen pitch.
OTHER RESULTS
Men: Oxford Hawks 2nd 1 (M Janes), High Wycombe 1; Oxford Hawks 3rd 7 (J Clark 3, M Pickup 2, A Scholey, T Webster) Ramgarhia 3; Oxford Hawks 4th 6 (N Conn 2, S Dawson, T Forrester, B Morrison, R Scragg), High Wycombe 3rd 1; Oxford Hawks 6, Ramgarhia 2nd 1; Oxford Hawks 7th 2 (M Henman, F Sunderland), Aylesbury 4th 0; Oxford Hawks Falcons 5 (S Griffiths 2, D Hughes, R Warner, G Roper), Wokingham Vets 1; Wallingford 3rd 2, Bicester 2nd 1 (R Carter); Witney 3rd 0, South Bucks 1.
Ladies: Oxford Hawks 5th 0, Buckingham 3rd 5.
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