Men's Second XI
Matches
Sat 09 Nov 2019  ·  Middx, Berks, Bucks & Oxon - Division 4
West Hampstead 5
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3
Leighton Buzzard Hockey Club
Men's Second XI
M Bailey (20'), T Bellamy (44'), L Leech (60')
Finally back to winning ways

Finally back to winning ways

Tim Bellamy9 Nov 2019 - 17:30
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2s ease to a 3-1 victory at West Hampstead

Off the back of an unfortunate defeat in their last game, Leighton Buzzard bounced back and rose to the occasion against West Hampstead in a resounding 3-1 victory.

From the off, Leighton pressed effectively high up the pitch forcing the opposition into errors. First blood came through a short corner, in which a deft deflection by Martin Bailey from a Tim Bellamy strike made the ball soar past the West Hampstead goalkeeper. Jim Galloway and Tom O'Reilly coped well from with any West Hampstead short corners throughout the game. Leighton were unlucky not to score from a well executed Chris Bourne drag flick, meaning at half time the score stayed 1 nil.

Dave Jackson and Steve Fuller continued winning valuable short corners into the second half, one of which Bellamy converted with a thumping strike into the bottom corner. Play was temporarily paused after a clash of heads with Dan Wright and a West Hampstead defender left Wright's opposite number concussed. Not long after, Man of the Match Laurence Leech capitalised on a poor West Hampstead clearance and slotted past the keeper. Leighton were unlucky to concede with 10 minutes left after a commanding display from Will Riley and Liam Wavish at the heart of the defence, leaving the score 3-1 in Leighton's favour at the final whistle.

Match details

Match date

Sat 09 Nov 2019

Kickoff

12:00

Meet time

10:15

Instructions

1015hrs meet at Vandyke or 1100hrs meet at Whitefield School, Claremont Road, London NW2 1TR

Competition

Middx, Berks, Bucks & Oxon - Division 4

League position

6
Leighton Buzzard 2
12
West Hampstead 5
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