WALLINGFORD battled back from 2-0 down early on to secure an exciting 3-3 draw with City of Oxford at The Hithercoft in MBB& O Division 1 of the South League.

oThe hosts were hoping to repeat their 6-2 pre-season victory over City, so their poor start was probably down to complacency as Andy Small and Andy Bell fired City two up.

Wallingford regained their composure and started to look more threatening. Nick Golding arched round the D to thread the ball through to Chris Debney, who slotted the ball into the net to start the comeback before half-time.

Early in the second half, Ross Wheeler's through ball penetrated the defence, leaving Golding one-on-one with the keeper before he calmly stroked the ball into the bottom left corner.

Wallingford continued the pressure, with Tim Chamberlain going close, having run the length of the pitch.

Small scored from a short corner for his second goal to help City regain the lead.

But another smooth move from Wallingford saw Debney score his second of the game and level the score.

Abingdon slipped to a 4-3 home defeat against OMT, who opened up to a two-goal lead inside 15 minutes.

A brace from Will Trigg saw Abingdon draw level, the first a flick high into the net after Josh Tomlinson's strong run through the middle, his second a low penalty corner strike.

OMT regained the lead when a Marco Cecchini hit out went straight to Patteson on the 25-yard line, and he took the ball back into the circle and fired it past Tony Edwards in the Abingdon goal.

Tomlinson then finished off a run across the circle with a shot from ten yards.

However, Abingdon gifted OMT the winner with ten minutes remaining.

Edwards, who had to come out of his circle to play the ball with his stick, only half-cleared and when it was quickly played back into the circle, Duncan Bulgin forced it over the line from two yards.