Whitchurch 1s 7
Brooklands MU 5s 1

The game started brightly with Whitchurch having the majority of possession and able to put together some good attacking runs.

Brooklands responded but a strong defence of Ryan Murtagh, Steve Kay, Danny Foulkes and James Partington kept close to their attackers and were able to shepherd the ball away.

Paul 'Sturge' Leigh in goal was on hand to make some last-minute saves to cover when Brooklands got away, and short-corners were dealt with well.

 At the other end of the field, a strong run from Felix Jeffreys on the counter-attack led to the first goal of the game and his pass to Ben Kimberley doubled the lead.

The game settled into a pattern of strong attacks by both teams, but Whitchurch were the stronger in defence and rode their luck in attack with a goalmouth scramble ending with the ball looping up off the Brooklands keeper and landing at Tom Leonard’s feet for a tap-in.

Jeffreys then got his second with more strong attacking play and Jon Chappell’s strong afternoon continued with a run to the by-line and a cross to Martin Beecher who was waiting at the top of the dee to crack the ball in just before half-time.

The second half continued much in the same vein, and strong holding play in the middle by Alex Fry, Dale Seymour and Rob Chappell gave structure to attacks and a good base to build from, allowing Jeffreys to complete his hat-trick.

Brooklands were able to grab a consolation goal after a good attack ended with a strike in the dee being deflected past a diving Sturge.

With time ticking away, Jon Chappell got himself on to the scoresheet with a flick to put away a rebound off the keeper's pads, and the game ended with a satisfying result for Whitchurch who can build on this for their game at Chester.

North West League
Divion 8 South West

Warrington 2s 4 Whitchurch 2s 0

The RESULT did not reflect how well Whitchurch played. They travelled to take on the side who were second in the league and for long parts of the game Whitchurch competed with their experienced opponents.

The first half saw Whitchurch create chances to take the lead as Lockie Price was stopped by an excellent save by the Warrington keeper and Craig Hockenhull blazed over the crossbar.

Despite good defending from Richard Leigh, Matt Brookes, Airan Jones, Mark Sugden and keeper Neil Jones, Warrington took the lead.

Whitchurch continued to push forward and were still in the game at half time. They continue to press after the interval with shots from Sam Conway and Fred Edgerton but they started to tire and Warrington’s experience began to show as they took their chances – and the three points.