5:07pm Monday 7th December 2009
Oxford Hawks were pleased with their performance, but still felt it was two points dropped as they were held 1-1 by Milton Keynes.
They remain second from bottom in South League Premier Division 2.
Welcoming back Richard Fogden, to add steel to the defence, they started brightly and Nick Ferraby hit a post.
Hawks lost Andy Brown midway through the first half with an ankle injury.
They conceded a sloppy goal to Milton Keynes’ first real attack of the second half.
But Hawks levelled when a goalmouth scramble ended with Steve Collier smashing home from close range.
Tim Martin was harshly sinbinned with three minutes to go.
Banbury’s run of three good wins in Premier Division 1 ended with a 3-1 defeat at second-placed Wimbledon.
Two down at half-time, one goal coming from a disputed penalty corner, Banbury star-ted the second half well.
A great run from Richard Foreman down the left resulted in a penalty corner, and a well-worked routine enabled Adrian Simons to fire home.
But Wimbledon sealed victory with a third goal.
Two goals from Adam Jordan brought Oxford University a 2-1 win over Teddington in the same division.
Oxon’s Regional League teams had a mixed afternoon.
Oxford Hawks 2nd won 5-1 against bottom club Newbury & Thatcham, but Wallingford crashed 7-0 at runaway leaders PHC Chiswick.
Goals from Dan Smyth and Andy Wynd were not enough for Rover Oxford, who lost 3-2 at home to Slough.
Rover Oxford 2nd considered themselves unlucky to go down 3-0 at second-placed Tring in Regional 2, as Duncan Buckmaster performed well in defence, with strong support from keeper Paul Hewitson.
City of Oxford slipped to third in Division 1 after a surprising 3-1 defeat at struggling Slough 2nd.
Charlie de Burgh put them one up during a strong first-half display, but City then found themselves 2-1 down to two counter-attacking goals.
A scuffed short corner strike then gave Slough a third.
Witney consolidated their position at the top of Division 2 with a 5-1 victory over Phoenix & Ranelagh.
A brace for Tom Allison was complemented by strikes from Richard Demczak, Tim Hardy and Ben Wells.
South League: Abingdon 2, B Airways 0; Bicester 3, Rover Ox 3rd 0; Hawks 3rd 1 (D Ehrhardt), Rover Ox 4th 0; Wycombe 2nd 5, City 2nd 2; Banbury 2nd 1 (R Parker), Henley 2nd 0; Banbury 3rd 5, Aylesbury 3rd 3; City 3rd 4 (J Burke 2, J Bird, T Pinnington), Hawks 4th 1; Ramgarhia 2nd 2, Witney 2nd 5 (T Yall-op 2, S Bates 2, N Dunnington); Wokingham 3rd 4, Witney 4th 1 (B Carroll); Witney 5th 0, Sonning 5th 1; Henley 4th 0, City 4th 5.
Other matches: Hawks Falcons 7 (R Mead-ows 2, T Henman, Caws, S Friffiths, Sobey, P Bennett), Epsom 0; Winchester Vets 0, City Bulls 5 (S Bell 2, A Bowen, P Scragg, M Hunter); Banbury 4th 9 (F Lambert 3, A Camp 2, O Davies 2, A Lamb, T Lodge) Mercian U18 League: Oxford Hawks 6 (S Chilvers 2, C Bennett, C Blanchard, C Green, C Debney), Northampton Saints 1.
Mercian U14 League: Tring 0, City 17.
Oxon U14 League: Hawks 4, City 4.
Boys Development League: Rover 0, City 2.
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