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Hockey
The season started with high
hopes of success with many
5th Year boys returning for
their second year of hockey
and plenty of promising
Removes starting.
Unfortunately, illness and injury looked to have
thrown a spanner in the works for the first
engagement of the term, the Oxfordshire U13
Tournament.A number of boys who might have
been in the team were missing and those that
remained did very well to finish 6th out of 8.
We won the first game against Cokethorpe 2-1
but lost the next two group games against MCS
and Bloxham; New College School narrowly
defeated us in the 5th/6th play-off. The
attitude, determination and the skills displayed
by all the boys were very encouraging to see
and were a good sign of things to come.
Magdalen visited us on two occasions. In the
first encounter our 1stVII were just edged out
3-2, with goals from
Beau Swallow
and
Arthur
Nicolle
, while the 2ndVII lost 3-0.The next
match, against New College School, was not
until after Long Leave and the break seemed
to have a positive impact as both teams put in
better performances. Despite the good display,
the 1stVII were disappointed to only draw
3-3, with
Albert Sitwell
scoring two goals and
Swallow the other.The 2ndVII, 2-0
down at the interval, pressed hard
in their bid to score but conceded
two further breakaway goals.
Three days later was our
second fixture against MCS.
The 1stVII made a great start
with the captain,
Christian
Oberschneider
, scoring from
a wonderful reverse stick
shot.The team showed the
quality they were capable
of, scoring four further
goals – one from Swallow
and a hat-trick from
David
Doughty
– and, despite
conceding three
goals, the
victory
never
looked
in doubt.
The 2nd
VII, too, made a pleasing start
to their game and created a
number of chances. However,
they were guilty of giving the
ball away too easily and were
made to pay as MCS scored
two quick goals. Despite some
better hockey from the SF team
they could not get past the
MCS goalie and unfortunately
conceded again to change ends
3-0 down. Pleasingly our boys
took on board the advice given at half time
and they re-started in a determined fashion.
After some good build up play,
Christopher
Gujadhur
was able to nip in front of the goalie
get a goal back.As the team pushed forward
looking to get another goal they left themselves
exposed at the back and, despite
Mahir
Mujtaba’s
excellent performance in goal, MCS
added two late goals to seal their victory.
The teams then travelled toWinchester
House for a very busy afternoon of hockey
where the 1stVII played their 1st & 2ndVIIs
whilst our 2ndVII played their 3rd & 4thVIIs.
Although all four matches were lost, our boys
all acquitted themselves very well. Goalkeeper
Fred Prickett
,
Henry Minter
and
Hector
Brown
all had excellent games for the 1st
VII whilst
Taragh Melwani
played very well
as stand-in goalie for the 2ndVII in his first
match. In the final outing of the term, against
The Dragon, our 1stVII started brightly, as
they had so often done previously. Chances
were squandered, however, and our opponents
were more clinical, especially at short-corners.
Swallow scored a goal in each half and Prickett
again made some heroic saves.The final score-
line was not necessarily a fair reflection of the
greater part of the match.The same could also
be said for the 2ndVII’s game. Neither side
could score in the first half, despite plenty of
chances for both teams. In the second half the
visitors began to find the target and eventually
came out 3-0 victors.
So it was a disappointing season in terms
of results but not in terms of performance, for
there were significant improvements in skill
level shown by all the boys, which was very
pleasing. Those in the FifthYear can go to their
senior schools with real confidence in their
ability and will, no doubt, play a big part in the
success of their respective teams.The Removes
will move to the top year, of course, and should
look to make further advances and I know they
will.With hockey becoming more and more
popular the future is bright for this sport at
Summer Fields.
OJSB
S u m m e r F i e l d s
2 0 1 5 – 2 0 1 6
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2nd VII & 3rd VII
Opposition
Result
Goals
Scorers
Us Them
3rd v. Cheam
Lost
2
6
Mujtaba, Prickett
2nd v. MCS
Lost
0
3
2nd v. New College School
Lost
0
4
2nd v. MCS
Lost
1
5
Gujadhur
2nd v.Winchester House 3rdVII
Lost
1 13
Gujadhur
2nd v.Winchester House 4thVII
Lost
0
4
3rd v. Ludgrove
Lost
0 12
2nd v. Dragon
1st VII
Opposition
Result
Goals
Scorers
Us Them
U13 Oxfordshire County Cup Finished 6th Overall
MCS
Lost
2
3
Nicolle, Swallow
New College School
Drew 3
3
Sitwell x2, Swallow
MCS
Won 5
3
Doughty x3, Oberschneider, Swallow
Winchester House 1stVII
Lost
3
8
Doughty x2. Swallow
Winchester House 2ndVII
Lost
0
2
Dragon