South Saxons Mens IV's 4 --v-- 0 Chichester Mens V's

Fielding several new players for the second week running, Sol Buckner's troops quickly found their feet against the well-organised visitors.

And it was Buckner who opened the scoring converting a penalty flick on 14" after a goal-bound effort was blocked by a foot.
A Chichester player was red carded for dissent to an umpire following a tackle.
Saxons seized the moment and pressed hard for a second.

New players Tom Gregory and Rak Patel dominated in midfield and the pair combined to help set up Whitehead for a tap home on 19 minutes.

Minutes later the quickfooted Queenslander, who is enjoying a year-long trip to the UK, smashed home the third following a goal mouth scramble.

The second half saw yellow cards for Buckner and Patel and Gregory was forced to leave the pitch after taking a ball to the head.
At one point Saxons were down to nine men but still managed to keep the door firmly shut against the visitors.

And Joe Woodford put the icing on the cake on the hour finishing off a fine, four man pass and move. The veteran marksman deftly shot past the oncoming keeper with one touch from the top of the D.

Buckner said: "It was a strange game with so many things going on. We were down to nine players ourselves for a few minutes which was bizarre."And we had four new players in the team for the second week running. Lochi had only played once before.
"So it was a fantastic result in the circumstances. We played some great hockey along the way too."

Whitehead shared man-of-the-match with 14-year-old star centreback Gui Green. Saxons travel to Crawley IV on Saturday for a 3pm push back.