OxfordD Ladies never recovered from a disastrous first-half as they lost 4-1 at home to Spencer in South Clubs League Division 2.

Spencer raced into a 3-0 lead with goals from a short corner, a deflection and a controversial penalty flick and added a fourth before the break The second half was a different story, with Oxford replying through Catherine Reaney following good play by Annabelle Denley and Rachael Lammey.

But they could not score again.

Oxford 2nd keeper Phil Swindell saved a penalty as they drew 2-2 with Oxford Hawks 3rd in the Trysports Three-Counties League.

Lara Wilkinson and Lucy Denly netted for Oxford, with Laura Marshall and Olivia Strick replying for Hawks.

Injury-hit Bicester went down 4-1 at Sonning.

After taking an early lead through Abi Stevens, two Bicester players were forced to leave the field.

Their hosts scored two goals in each half to secure victory.

In a friendly, Oxford Hawks lost 2-1 at Cambridge City.

After Cambridge took the lead with a deflected goal, Katie Hewitt equalised following a one-two with Jo Tolson.

Cambridge scored the winning goal in the second half.

OTHER LADIES RESULTS

Oxford Hawks 2nd 0, Wimbledon 1A 0; Oxford Hawks 4th 1 (I Dale Harris), Reading 3rd 4; Oxford Hawks 5th 6 (K McLeod 3, R Potter 2, M Whitwell), Kidlington 2; Oxford 3rd 5 (F Howells 2, S Choudhury, K Smith, C Barnard), Banbury 2nd 2; Oxford 4th 3 (Z Driscoll, E Gilroy, C Dodds), Newbury & Thatcham 2nd 2; Oxford 5th 0, Abingdon Pilgrims 4; Oxford Fireflies 3 (C Hollaender 2, M MacDonald), Wycombe 4th 0; Oxford 6th 2 (N Titera, E Ho), Wallingford 4th 2; Wychwood 2nd 3, Bicester 2nd 1 (A Olah).