25/11/06 East Grinstead 'A' Home
Final Score: Hitchin 'A' 12 - 8 East Grinstead 'A'

Since Hazel refereed the 1st team's game against Oxford and no-one else from the second team has/will supply a report, I am going to guess at what happened between Hitchin 'A' and East Grinstead 'A'.

Both Hitchin 'A' and East Grinstead played really well throughout the match. Michael Halliwell scored several goals and Ray 'Hover' Harry scored several from his traditional 'standing on the right post behind the goal' position.

For long periods, the game was closely fought and the teams traded goals for 3/4 of the match until Hitchin were able to pull away in the final quarter.

Thanks to East Grinstead who managed to travel with a large squad and showed up both Hitchin teams with a demonstration in the correct way to warm up/cool down.

I've had an update to this report:

Hitchin 'A' dominated most of the play and EG never looked like winning. Hitchin scored a succession of goals the 1st qtr and despite a good fightback from EG 'A' in the second, the damage had been done. They went on to secure the win during 3rd & 4th qtrs.

The first team team also won against Oxford Unit which leaves both Mens teams sitting at the top of their respective leagues.

Quarter scores:
1st Hitchin 'A' 5 - 1 EG 'A'
2nd Hitchin 'A' 0 - 3 EG 'A'
3rd Hitchin 'A' 3 - 2 EG 'A'
4th Hitchin 'A' 4 - 2 EG 'A'

Final score Hitchin 'A' 12 - 8 East Grinstead 'A'