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SETTING some kind of record, Jack Hayes’ three interception tries helped Chinnor to a 33-12 victory over Redruth at Kingsey Road, on Saturday (06/12)

Chinnor’s first try came from a scything run through the Redruth defence by Sam Angell. His neat pass saw Ryan Long scamper over on six minutes. Then came the first of Hayes’ hatrick of interception tries. Keohane’s conversion put Chinnor ahead 12-0 with 26 minutes played.

The referee, Mr Davis, finally lost patience with Chinnor prop, Carloni, and his yellow card led to Redruth’s first try by Luke Collins after a series of pick and drives from the resultant penalty. Minutes later, Hayes again read the play and rushed out to pluck a Redruth pass from the air and galloped the length of the field for his second try. Keohane added the extras for a 19-5 lead with 2 minutes until half time. Redruth did not give up and, from a smart dummy down the narrowest of blind sides by Webber, Redruth’s Chris Fuca went over in the corner for their second try. Hopkins converted to give a half time scoreline of 19-12 to Chinnor.

Seven minutes into the second half, a quickly taken tap penalty by Angell almost led directly to a try in the corner. The Chinnor pack recovered the ball and Guido Camareri touched down for Chinnor’s bonus point try. Keohane’s extras put Chinnor 26-12 ahead on 48 minutes. Redruth made a number of breaks from defence but managed to butcher the ball at critical moments, saving Chinnor some defensive blushes. Chinnor continued to press but the momentum reduced with an increasing penalty count against Chinnor. The match was drawing to a close when that man Hayes again read the Cornishmen’s play and snatched the ball in his own 22 to score under the posts again. Keohane converted to put Chinnor 33-12 ahead with two minutes to go. Redruth again rallied but Chinnor held on for victory.

Redruth were on the back foot for the first half as Chinnor claimed territory and possession but struggled to turn much of it into points. The Cornishmen were more competitive in the second half and squandered two tries after converting turnover ball into golden scoring opportunities only to be let down by the final pass. Webber and Hopkin at half back showed flair and Fuca and Marriot were influential in the back row.

Chinnor could do nothing to please referee Mr Davis, who showed the home side the long arm at regular intervals. Chinnor played a sensible match with the pack’s back 5 active in all areas of play. The front row however had their own personal battle with Mr Davis to occupy their time. Angell ran good lines and Jones and Keohane drove things along well. A particular highlight was the positioning and intelligent play of Jake Olley at full back who has only just started his playing season after a serious pre-season injury. He kicks well too. However, the plaudits must go to the hat trick earning efforts of centre Jack Hayes. Scoring an intercept try is often lucky. To do it three times in the middle of the park shows intelligence and great athletic ability. Hayes clearly has an abundance of both.

Teams

Chinnor: Jake Olley, George Blewitt, Jack Hayes, Sam Angell, Reuben Hailes, Ed Keohane, Frank Jones,Guido Camereri, Joe Pickett, Simone Carloni, Darren Oliver, Toby Salmon, Andy Tibbatts, Ryan Long, Alfie To’oala

Replacements: Ricky Cano, Ben Manning, Loti Molitika, Reece Boughton, Junior Fatialofa

Redruth: Brett Rule, Jack Kessell, Neilson Webber, Sam Parsons, Matt Bowden, Jonathan Hopkins, Greg Goodfellow, Tommy Phillips, Ben Priddy, Craig Williams, Damian Cook, Luke Collins, Chris Fuca, Owen Hambly, Kyle Marriot

Replacements: Ashley Hosking, Jon Drew, Richard Brown, Charlie Davey, Tommy Lee Southworth,

Scorers

Chinnor
Tries (time): Long (6), Hayes (25, 38, 78), Camareri (47)
Conversions (time): Keohane (26, 38, 48, 78)

Redruth
Tries: (time) Collins (34), Fuca (39)
Conversions: (time) Hopkin (40)

Referee: Thomas Davis

SOURCE: Contributed

THE December 2014, England Squash Junior, National rankings are out and Racquets’ boys have been showing dedication to their sport and have achieved improvements in their positions.

Will John has a Men’s WORLD ranking of 208 (up from 220) after his successful trip to Australia and Nick Ratnarajah has a national ranking in the Boys Under 19,  of 37.  Nick was the runner-up in the Bucks Under 19 junior championships recently.

Another up-and-coming young squash player nurtured by Racquets, is Nick Harbour who has a national ranking in the Boys Under 15 of 53 (up from 59). He is the current Oxfordshire Under 15 Champion. Ben Hedger has a national ranking in the Boys Under 17 of 65 (up from 79). Ben is the current Oxfordshire Under 17 Champion.

Ollie Coulcher-Porter maintains his national ranking in the Boys Under 11, of 99.

For an explanation of how the rankings work, visit :
http://www.englandsquashandracketball.com/competitions/how-junior-ranking-work

IN a game of two halves/12) on Saturday (09/12) when Thame United came back from being 2-0 down against Abingdon United at half time, to take the points with an 88th minute winner from Ben Gray.

Playing with the ferocious wind behind them in the first half, it was the visitors who dominated territory and possession, although United made a number of early forays into the final third of the field, without troubling Farrow in the Abingdon goal. Nevertheless, the first real action came in the 20th minute when Matt Hall cleared off the line, with Josh Cockerill turning a powerful drive around the post for a corner a minute later. The best chance of the half for United arrived in the 23rd minute, when Ben Gray found himself through on goal, only to see his shot go wide of the near post.

The opening goal arrived for Abingdon on 29 minutes when a cross in to the box was headed against the crossbar with Anaclet Odihambo on hand to head the ball home from close range. It was two on 41 minutes when a through ball inadvertently caught Ellis Hercules on the back and, with Cockerill advancing to collect the original ball, he was out of position and Kieron Cochrane lobbed the ball home from the edge of the box.

While United knew the wind was behind them in the second half, it was still going to be a tough task to turn around a two goal deficit. However, they pulled a goal back only three minutes into the half when a free kick in to the box by skipper Adam Morris was met by the head of Dan West at the far post, with the header beating Farrow, despite the keeper getting a hand to the ball.

Chances came and went for United with West, Morris and Dan Jones all going close before, on 75 minutes, a Jones corner to the far post was poked home by West. At this point, it was United who looked the more likely to get the winner and it duly arrived on 88 minutes. A through ball found Ben Gray on the wide left, who cut in on to his right foot and placed a low shot to Farrow’s left. Whilst Farrow got a hand to the ball, he could not stop it from crossing the line and, at this point, the turn-around was complete.

It was now for Abingdon to push forward and, with almost the last incident of the game, it was a heart in the mouth moment as an Abingdon player went down on the edge of the box, but the referee waved away their appeals.

The result, United’s tenth successive league victory, moves them up to third, and three points off leaders, Highmoor Ibis, with two games in hand.

Thame United 3 Abingdon United 2

United:
Cockerill, Evans (Connelly), Hall, Hercules, Coverley, Lynch, Jones, Morris, West, Gray (Jesson), Ricketts
Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division

SOURCE: Contributed by Jake Collinge

(1) Thame meets league leader in tough match – NEWBURY and Thatcham Ladies 1st  Vs Thame Ladies 1st – Scoree: 4 – 2; November 22,  2014:

THAME took to the road this week with a squad of 12, aiming to take 3 points from their game against Newbury and Thatcham, knowing a hard match was ahead. During the first twenty minutes of the game Thame fought hard, and defended exceptionally well with some amazing saves from keeper Len, and the usual full body lunge and goal-line clearance from Nanna. N&T dominated the play and attack eventually slotting a goal home from a well crossed ball converted into the bottom right corner of the goal.

Thame responded to this well, with a renewed vigour they went on the attack, a well taken 16 from Nanna out to the wing, picked up by Vikki D who then outpaced the opposition with a sprint upfield and a great cross to Chopper who convincingly converted the pass to a goal!! 1-1, and all was well….heading towards the half time whistle with less than a minute to go level pegging. Then N &T unleashed their secret weapon……Charlotte Lynch. With what may be called an error of judgement, the cross D pass was utilised, straight onto the stick of N&T’s forward. A bewildered Len did her best but alas, their strategy had worked, goal number 2 for the home side.

Thame went into their half time goal huddle, stepping over the river of welsh tears. An encouraging team talk from Lizzie, and we were back onto the pitch.

The second half started well, with a rejuvenated Charlotte, buoyed on by team spirit and support, redeeming herself for the earlier faux pas with some intellectual and insightful play. N& T were out hard too, and early on took full advantage of a short corner which they converted from a bullet like strike into the bottom corner, whizzing past Len and Rose. Whilst in the scoring zone they soon extended the lead from a 2v1 attack, with Thame conceding this goal due to poor keeping from the klutz in goal.

Down, but still not out, Thame upped their attacking game and were rewarded with a short corner, a short pass to Spiller, who stopped the ball outside the D, dribbled in and BOOM….goal to Thame, past the keeper, and through the defenders legs. 4-2. However, try as we might the game was played out with no more goals. Once more N&T came out triumphant.

Thame can take many good things from this match. A solid performance from the whole team, midfield worked their little socks off aiding the attacks and pulling off some great defensive moves too. Spiller a well deserving MOM, stepping up to the responsibility of on pitch captain. Defence and forwards all putting their best into the match. Even the aged cripples unable to play gave their all with support, and the ever lovely Alex providing as much as he does week on week. Bring on a win next week ladies!

(2) Thame Ladies 2nd go top of table with win over Reading University – Thame Ladies 2nd Vs University of Reading Women’s 4th; Score:  6-0; November 29, 2014

THIS weekend was a big one at the top of Division four with the top four teams all playing each other. Thame played host to the University of Reading, something of a bogey team for us in prior seasons. Even with Reading arriving with only 9 players, Thame were not expecting an easy match, and so it proved with some pacey running and well-timed interceptions from the young visitors.

But Thame soon settled and with excellent passing, improved team work and by making use of the spare players quickly started scoring. Goals came from Amy Cooper-Tutton (with a great assist from Cathryn Alty), a direct hit from the top of the D from the on-form Kerri Halliday converting a penalty corner, and Alex Andrews doing her usual nifty footwork and tight turns to slot the ball past the keeper. Olivia Quesnel was unlucky not to score with some excellent play – Reading’s goalie was seemingly made of elastic, able to reach in to all corners of the goal, but Thame’s relentless attack of the rebounding ball meant that they finished the first half 4-0 up.

The second half saw no slacking off by Reading’s runners, and the defence did not get to have an easy game, Tasha McMorrow in particular digging deep to stay on top of a speedy forward, and Becca Lay working hard in midfield, but they kept out all efforts on goal and defended the penalty corners with their usual composure. At the other end Thame continued to put massive pressure on the Reading defence but luck (and our finishing?) were not on our side and only two more goals were scored.

Still, a convincing 6-0 win puts Thames Ladies 2s on the top of the table with an amazing goal difference of 49. Man of the match went to Sally Skea for her tireless work and ball distribution in midfield, as well as her refusal to let the ball out of Reading’s D, she just kept sending it back in!

(3) Two wins on the bounce for the mighty thirds – Sonning Men’s 7th Vs Thame Men’s 3rd; Score 1 – 4; November 22, 2014

COULON’S army march on! Sharp passing, solid defending and excellent finishing. Cliff’s training is really paying dividends as the 3rds, with a slightly weakened team, played some excellent hockey to record their second win in a row.

Great build up play from the tireless Tom Creswell and the excellent Ben Caiger led to Harvey Allen, the Goal Machine, smashing an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net. A rare lapse in the rock solid defence allowed Sonning to sneak an equaliser just before half time, but rousing words at half time did the job as the 3rds turned on the style in the second period with three unanswered goals.

The first was a sharp finish from the everyoung Clifford Brown, the next an excellent finish from Cam Sk after flowing passing between the halves and the forwards. The final goal was scored from a penalty corner – Richard Creswell dummying the shot and sneaking a little pass the Clifford Brown to slam home his second.
Man of the match? Ben Caiger for all round excellence, but special mention to Mike Caiger on his debut – superb performance in central defence. Also to Tom Creswell, whose stick skills were top notch and who never stopped running. Joe Turton once again imperious at left back – never lets us down.

Cracking game, cracking effort, and cracking result. Nice one lads.

 

THREE quality goals, including a brace from Adam Morris and a Dan West strike, were enough to bring United their eighth consecutive league win at the expense of Newbury on Saturday, November 29.

After a fairly even opening, United broke the deadlock on ten minutes when Dan West, returning from a short absence, collected the ball on the wide left, made some space, and then delightfully lobbed the keeper, sending the ball into the far corner. Following the goal, Newbury pressed and were rewarded with a number of corners without troubling Cockerill. United for their part had two opportunities to extend the lead, with a Luke Ricketts header dropping on to the roof of the net on 16 minutes, before skipper Morris put West through on 21 minutes. With just the keeper to beat though, the in-form striker lost his footing.

For the remainder of the half it was Newbury who enjoyed the majority of possession and the equaliser arrived in bizarre circumstances on 39 minutes. A cross field ball in to the box saw Cockerill come off his line towards the edge of his box, with the ball then ricocheting off his legs to Ellis Hercules, whose attempted clearance came back off Newbury striker Richie Guy and in to an unguarded net.

It was, at the time, perhaps no less than Newbury deserved, but United came out with renewed vigour at the start of the second half. The first opportunity came to Dan Jones on 54 minutes who was unable to get his shot away when well-placed before, on 60 minutes, West was again put through for a one-on-one with Waller saving well. A minute later and Ricketts was adjudged off-side when well placed before, on 65 minutes, the same player did well to manoeuvre space for an effort from six yards that the keeper pushed away.
On 78 minutes United were eventually rewarded for their endeavour when Morris hit an unstoppable shot from 25 yards that beat Waller and went in off the underside of the bar. If that was good, better was to come five minutes later when Morris, this time fully 40 yards from goal, received the ball and spotting Waller had come off his line, hit a powerful effort on a low trajectory that the retreating Waller was unable to stop.

At this point it was game over and, although Newbury then enjoyed a lot of possession, they were unable to penetrate a well organised home defence.

United:
Cockerill, Evans, Hall, Hercules, Coverley, Lynch (Kedzierski), Jones (Connelly), Morris, Gray, West, Ricketts (Hodgkins)

SOURCE: Contributed by Jake Collinge

LATEST match reports from Thame’s thriving hockey club which aims to run a number of competitive, but fun hockey teams in local leagues, and to ensure that all members have the opportunity to play at their chosen level of ability:

SOUTH Bucks Ladies 2nd – Thame Ladies 2nd; Score 0 – 12

A successful trip to Slough on November 22, to face South Bucks 2s resulted in the team knocking in an impressive 12 goals.

A slow-ish start to the match soon gained momentum and Thame took several goals in the first half, courtesy of some great finishing and rebound shots from the forwards after specific practice in training (thanks Jaypee). The half-time talk enabled some discussion of the improvements to be made, and Thame went out seemingly a different side in the second half, fully playing ‘their game’ with some lovely short triangle passing around the opposition, and passing across the widths where possible.

The second half saw the majority of the goals scored, several in the first ten minutes, and Man of the Match Emma was deserved of her votes with some super-skilled work in the D and tight-angled shots on goal. Alex did a great job at hassling the goal keeper who was subject to her close-range firing line, and there were some great runs down the wings from Amy, Cathryn and Sally W.

Defensively the team was solid, and whilst not under constant pressure, was strong when the South Bucks breaks came. Helen did us proud in goal by not conceding a single goal and keeping a clean sheet (thanks for stepping in Helen).

There were learnings for the future of course, but all in all a great day’s work for the 2nds at substantially increasing their goal difference in the league.. The double-figured goal score line was racked up by Amy x 3; sisters Millie and Emma x 3 each; Alex x 2 and Ninx 1. Well done ladies!

THAME Ladies 3rd – Slough Ladies 3rd 5 – 0; First win and clean sheet for Ladies 3rd !

Thame Ladies’ 3s won their first league match in a convincing style on November 22, beating Slough’s Ladies’ 3s with 5-0. From the start, Thame played an attacking game taking control and playing some good possession hockey. Their hard work played off when they opened the scoring with a goal from open-play by Lynne within the first 20 mins of the game.

Slough reacted strongly with some solid defensive play needed to keep a clean sheet. However Thame eased the pressure with two more goals scored by Clare Seed and Henny after some fine counter-attacking play from Gee and Emily.

Slough’s trategy after half-time meant the channels in the centre and left wing were closed down and Hatti broke down a number of attacks down the Slough right wing. Julie ensured Thame Ladies’ 3rd first clean sheet of the season by clearing a shot off the line after numerous saves by Anneliese.

The stars of the second half were Gee and Henny as they capitalised on the space on the right wing with some fine flowing moves resulting in two more goals scored by Henny in quick succession. This gave Henny her first hat-trick in her first season of hockey, securing her the player of the match. Roll on the next match!

THAME Men’s 2nd – Aylesbury 4th – Score: 1 – 1 – Another 2 points dropped in tense draw

Thame were visited this week, November 22, by an Aylesbury side rooted to the bottom of MBBO division 8, for what ended up becoming a very hard-fought draw.

The first half provided little action for either goalkeeper as both sides struggled to maintain any level of meaningful possession or convert chances into shots on goal. In fact, it wasn’t until the last 30 seconds of the half that the Aylesbury keeper was called to make a save, after some great play and an accurate shot on the reverse by Alex Church almost found the corner.

With neither side able to get off the mark in the first half, the second immediately showed promise with chances and short corners won by both teams. It was, however, Aylesbury who stuck first as a neat short corner routine allowed a 62-year-old goal-scoring assassin to slot home past John Gott. This was not a situation Thame had expected to find themselves in, but the team rallied well to put the away goal under some pressure.

David Mordant first hit a lightning-bolt strike straight into the keeper before absolutely creaming another shot square into the base of the post minutes later. The attacking play from the home side gradually started to pick up as time went on and eventually an equaliser was scored thanks to a superb strike from returning front man Matthew Cook.
By this point, Thame were once again confident of a win but the crucial goal simply wouldn’t come – a brilliant run and strike by left wing Josh Lilley was deflected high into the air before agonisingly landing on the top of the bar.

Overall both teams would’ve felt like they deserved something out of the game, so a draw was perhaps a fair result, and one which surprisingly saw Thame move up into the top half of the table!

THAME Men’s 3rd – Newbury and Thatcham Men’s 5th – Score: 4 – 1; Thirds Back To Winning Ways

The game started off well on Saturday, November 22, with good passing around the pitch. The match was very even. Great attacking from Thame led to their first goal by Harvey Allen on the post to slip it in. Many minutes later Newbury equalised due to slip in the defensive structure.

Many up and down attacks, but they led to nothing. The second half was great for Thame and constant attacking led to another goal from Harvey Allen. 2-1 to Thame. However the attacking didn’t stop there. On the edge of the D Cameron Skea took a shot and it went in.

Another attack from Thame led to a wonder shot from Dan Gibney. Another shot that was disallowed because there was no touch to the ball.

SOURCE: Contributed

LAST Friday evening, November 21,  local players at Racquets Fitness Centre, competed in a Racketball doubles tournament at the club.

Over a steak and a drink afterwards they then put the world to rights and enjoyed a very competitive but sociable evening.  The results were: 

WINNERS : Dennis Gascoigne and Dennis Brett 
RUNNER UP : Leigh Bloomfield and Geoff Collins
THIRD : Jem Lovell and Rich Gregory
FOURTH : John Howlett and John Avery
FIFTH : Beth John and Mike Clarke
SIXTH : Nick Wynd and Nick Mauger
SEVENTH : Bryan Cummings and Tim Green
EIGHTH : George Butler and Nick Potts

IN a dramatic, last ten minutes on Saturday (Nov 22), Chinnor snatched victory from Taunton by 30-26.

Taunton fared the better in the first half dominating territory and keeping Chinnor under pressure throughout. Taunton’s first try, on 6 minutes, was well worked. Gathering an aimless downfield kick from Chinnor, Taunton’s Kingdom, with a deft chip over the Chinnor defence , collected the ball and slipped the pass to Lewis Webb who sauntered in, unopposed. Kingdom’s conversion put the visitors 7-0 ahead. Taunton continued to dominate and scored again in the 32nd minute, Jamie Fleming touching down from a driven maul, awarded only after lengthy consultation between the officials. Chinnor, defending manfully, managed two penalty goals from Keohane to keep the home side in touch at half time 6-12.

Taunton were quickly out off the blocks at the start of the second half. Fraser scoring their third try, profiting from another poor downfield kick. Kingdom’s conversion put the Somerset men 19-6 ahead. Chinnor came back through persistent driving and mauling in the corner, Toby Salmon dotting down on 48 minutes. Keohane’s conversion closed the gap to 13-19. Chinnor continued to press and the yellow carding of Taunton’s Faulkner allowed Keohane to close the gap to 16-19 with a penalty goal. Taunton shrugged off the Chinnor pressure to score through Nick Mason, stepping in from wide out on 66 minutes, to score under the posts. Kingdom’s conversion put the visitors further ahead 26-16.

Chinnor then hit a purple patch with Ryan Long scything through the midfield, wrong footing defenders at will, to slip Sam Angell in for a try under the posts. Keohane closed the gap to 23-26. With Chinnor belief surging, Angell put in the deftest of crossfield kicks to allow debutant Jaryd Robinson to collect and scorch the turf to the corner for Chinnor’s third try. Keohane added the extras to put the Oxfordshire boys ahead 30-26. Taunton then camped on the Chinnor try line for the remainder of the match but the home side held on heroically for the 30-26 win.

Taunton held the upper hand for a lot of this match and the game was attritional throughout. It was only when Chinnor gambled on their running game, very late in the game, that they realised that foot to foot was not the way to win, especially as they suffered at each scrum.
Taunton played to a physical game plan but also had backs that troubled Chinnor. Referee Richard Kelly had a fine game and we’d like to see him back at Kingsey Road. Ryan Long’s mazy run turned the match around for Chinnor. Two Chinnor old boys had a pronounced influence on the outcome. Alan Cawston brought sense and discipline to the front row and Sam Angell put Chinnor on the front foot immediately he came on. However, it would be churlish to separate the amazing workrate and significant disruptive power of skipper Ben Manning who seemed to be in two places at once and the number of significant interventions by scrum half Frank Jones whose skills and committment both prevented tries and initiated them, for the man of the match. They share, nicely.

Teams
Chinnor: Jaryd Robinson, George Blewitt, Jack Hayes, Junior Fatialofa, Reuben Haile, Ed Keohane, Reece Boughton, Ricardo Cano, Joe Pickett, Guido Cambareri, Darren Oliver, Toby Salmon, Andy Tibbatts, Ryan Long, Ben Manning

Interchanges: Alan Cawston, Dave McKee, Loti Molitika, Frank Jones, Sam Angell

Taunton:
Gary Kingdom, Nicholas Mason, Freddie Fraser, Mathew Tichias, Jack Faulkner, Toby East, Lewis Webb, Kieran Davies, Jon Gatford, George Cooper, Marshal Cormack, Benjamin Turner, James Fleming, Daniel Lee

Interchanges: Alex Spurdle, Mark Manton, Paul Davis, Daniel Ogden, James Bath

Scorers
Chinnor
Tries (time): Salmon (48), Angell (72), Robinson (77)
Conversions (time): Keohane (50, 72,77)
Penalty Goals (time): Keohane (18, 36, 58)

Taunton
Tries: (time) Webb (5), Fleming J (32), Fraser (43), Mason (66)
Conversions: (time) Kingdom (7, 44, 67)

SOURCE: Contributed

FOR sixty minutes on Saturday (Nov 22), United dominated the match, squandered numerous opportunities, and were ultimately made to pay as the home side scored from each of their three shots on goal.

United could not have got off to a better start as, inside sixty seconds, some trickery from Marcus Mealing on the right saw the ball played across goal for Luke Ricketts to beat his marker and place the ball wide of the home keeper. Five minutes later and it was nearly two as Mealing struck his effort wide from 20 yards. The home side then made a rare foray in to the Thame half with an effort from close range that was skewed wide. On 12 minutes a Ricketts flick put Ben Gray through on goal, but his effort went just wide, before a last ditch tackle on Mealing stopped the striker from extending the lead. And still United pressed, with Ben Gray failing to get his shot away when through on goal on 20 minutes, and captain Adam Morris unable to connect when well-placed on the edge of the box on 22 minutes. Gray then had the ball in the back of the net but was adjudged to be off-side before Mealing again went close. Ricketts then put the ball in the back of the net following a reverse pass from Mealing but, for a second time, was adjudged to be off-side. And as United pressed still, the home side were unable to trouble Cockerill in the Thame goal.

However, with only a 1-0 lead at half time to show for their dominance there was always the prospect that United may rue those missed chances. That said, as the second half opened United maintained their dominance and forced a series of corners without any meaningful result. Then, on 68 minutes, the home side found an unlikely equaliser when trickery on the right resulted in a cross that evaded everyone and found its way in to the bottom corner of the goal. Whatever the goal did, it changed the balance of the game as the home team grew in confidence and the second goal arrived on 76 minutes when a series of defensive lapses saw Jack Hoey presented with the ball six yards from goal, with Hoey confidently beating Cockerill.

It was game over on 87 minutes when a free kick in to the box was forced home, to leave United wondering just how they had manage to lose from a position of such dominance.

Final score in this FA VASE: SECOND ROUND PROPER game, Alresford Town 3 Thame United 1

United:
Cockerill, Evans, Jones, Hercules, Coverley, Lynch (Kedzierski), Connelly (Hodgkins), Morris, Gray, Mealing (Hazell), Ricketts.