Stags are beaten... Uni held by Chi

Midhurst 1 Roffey 3 SCFL division one

First beat second as the Stags lost to table toppers Roffey.

Midhurst started well and Marcus Bedford was well placed to score but chose to pass instead.

Roffey took the lead in the eighth minute. Harry Giles made a strong tackle, but the loose ball was picked up by a Roffey player who found Josh Neathey who lobbed Stags keeper Josh Bird from 35 yards.

Roffey caught Stags out again in the 11th minute as Josh Maher was played through on the left and his first time shot from an angle beat Bird at his near post.

Stags forced a few corners and Roffey keeper Ryhs Hughes was tested. But in the 27th minute Roffey added a third goal as Neathey’s corner was headed home by Harry Law a yard from goal.

Stags were given a lifeline in the 43rd minute when Harry Tremlett was bundled to the ground in the penalty area. Kieran Carter cooly beat Hughes from the spot.

Stags had more fight in the second half without creating a clear opportunity. Stags keeper Bird was sin-binned in last ten minutes after complaining about a late challenge.

Duncan Brown took over and made one great save.

Stags boss Andy Ewen said: “You can’t give a side like Roffey three goals. All were poor from our point of view but they dug in and deserved the win.they worked harder than us, that’s something that doesn’t happen too often.”

HOCKEY

Matt Bennison grabbed a late equaliser as Chichester salvaged a 3-3 draw against Cardiff University, whose slick penalty corner routines threatened a Western Conference victory.

Cardiff converted three of the six short corners they forced.

Tyler Meyer opened the university’s account inside three minutes, but Chichester responded with two Oli Baxter strikes, their second laid on by Matty Bell.

Will Hopkins made it 2-2 from Cardiff ’s next set piece.

When Hopkins scored again seven minutes into the third quarter Chichester were left chasing the game.

Five minutes from time Bennison converted a chance created by Alex Baxter.