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Sat 11 Feb 2017  ·  Kent/Sussex 2
South Saxons Hockey Club
Men's 1
6
1
BBHC 1
A stunning team performance brings Mens 1st XI a deserved victory.

A stunning team performance brings Mens 1st XI a deserved victory.

Paul Merison14 Feb 2017 - 18:49
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South Saxons produced a dominant display beating BBHC 6-1.

With Alex Coombs starting in a more central position in the absence of skipper Jamie Busbridge, the home side looked threatening and their dominance was underlined early on with Olli Beal converting a short corner which went in off the post.
Andy Acott then produced a smart finish, picking out the bottom corner from the top of the D.

BBHC in a rare attack won a short corner but a smart save from Nate Webster saw off the danger. Saxons nearly made it 3 shortly after as Coombs broke into the D but Beal couldn’t take the opportunity.

Saxons continued to control the game and got the third goal before half time as Chris Meredith got into the D from left back before firing past the keeper. BBHC’s frustrations resulted in a yellow card shortly after.

The second half carried on in the same manner. George Eldridge was involved for the first time since breaking his knee cap in September and showed his passing range in short substitute spells in each half.

Tudor Sainsbury had a couple of opportunities to score before he was involved in a good passing move with Jon Meredith which resulted in Acott doubling his tally.

Coombs and Paddy Cornish then linked up for Cornish to fire a fierce reverse stick shot past the ‘keeper.

BBHC then showed some life and took advantage of a wayward pass from the usually assured Gavin Cload to deny Saxons a deserved clean sheet. Tobias Reed capped a fine team performance with a volleyed finish after a short corner shot rebounded to him to make the final score 6-1.

Man of the match was Alex Coombs.

Match details

Match date

Sat 11 Feb 2017

Kickoff

TBC

Competition

Kent/Sussex 2

League position

6
BBHC 1
8
South Saxons 1
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