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Sat 25 Oct 2014  ·  Premier Division
Ben Rhydding 2
6
5
Halifax Hockey Club
Mens 1sts
Mens 1s lose entertaining game

Mens 1s lose entertaining game

Halifax Hockey31 Oct 2014 - 17:53
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Halifax Mens 1s lost 6-5 in a highly entertaining and goal crazy game away at Ben Rhydding

Halifax 1s narrowly lost to Ben Rhydding 2s after a highly entertaining match.

Ben Rhydding took an early lead against the run of play, before Matthew Graham opened his scoring with two similarly executed goals after being assisted by Jake Bamforth.

Halifax were then punished for costly defensive errors as Ben Rhydding replied with 3 quick fire goals of their own. Despite Casey Marshall, Josh Sutcliffe and Gabe Coleman dominating in midfield, Halifax were left trailing 4-2 at half time.

Halifax fell further behind to another goal early in the second half but Halifax still looked a threat on the break.

Halifax stormed back into the game with 3 quick fire goals of their own, with Graham completing his hat trick, Barron finishing a short corner and Coleman lobbing the goalkeeper. The game was back level at 5-5.

Halifax maintained the pressure on the Ben Rhydding goal with Barron missing a number of opportunities. However, it was Rhydding who were able to capitalize in the final minutes.

Josh Foreman saw yellow for a retaliation and Michael Jones followed soon after for a cynical foul (kicking the ball away) which allowed Rhydding to apply pressure, this eventually told as they scored the winning goal with a goal mouth scramble resulting in an unfortunate deflection over keeper Metcalfe which the Ben Rhydding player knew little about.

Halifax struggled to threaten the opposition keeper again as Halifax finished the game with 9 men after the Foreman and Jones sin bins

Halifax will be looking to return to winning ways when they face Sheffield Uni Bankers on Sunday.

Match details

Match date

Sat 25 Oct 2014

Kickoff

15:00

Competition

Premier Division
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