MEN’S HOCKEY LEAGUE MATCHDAY MEDIA GUIDE 26/27 SEPTEMBER 2020
~ 1 ~ Surbiton Start Their Title Defence In Style Defending champions Surbiton romped to a big opening day win for the second successive season, bea ng Brooklands Manchester University 8-1 at Sugden Road, thanks to a five star performance from penalty corner specialist, Luke Taylor. In 2019-20, Reading were put to the sword, 10-1. Once again it was Ben Boon who opened Surbiton’s account, this me a er just 30 seconds. Brooklands trailed 3-0 a er eight minutes, Arjan Drayton Chana doubling Surbiton’s lead in the sixth minute, before Luke Taylor scored his first goal. Taylor struck again in the 17th minute before Peter Flanagan converted a 20th minute penalty corner to make the half me score 4-1. Taylor ran riot with goals in the 39th, 48th and 67th minutes before Rob Farrington completed the scoring in the 69th minute.
Holcombe’s Nick Bandurak scored a hat-trick, including a last minute winner as Old Georgians went down 3-2 at Holcombe Park. Holcombe led 2-0, Bandurak scoring from open play in the fi h minute and a 16th minute penalty corner but Old Georgians fought back to level at 2-2, thanks to Ashley Jackson’s 44th minute penalty stroke and Sam Ward’s penalty corner nine minutes later. Bandurak won the game with a penalty corner to avenge Holcombe’s 5-4 defeat in last season’s fixture.
Hampstead & Westminster maintained their record of wins over the University of Exeter with a 5-3 win in Devon. Hampstead led 5-1 at the interval, Sam French opening the scoring in the fi h minute before Charlie Taylor levelled in the ninth minute. Hywel Jones restored Hampstead’s lead in the 21st minute, all three goals coming from open play. Ma Guise-Brown’s penalty corner brace in the 25th and 32nd minutes and James Oates’ open play goal in the 29th minute put the visitors in command. Exeter ba led back and won the second half 2-0, Duncan Sco scoring from the penalty spot in the 50th minute and Max Sydenham reducing the deficit to 5-3 from open play in the 56th minute.
Newly promoted Oxted went down narrowly in their local derby at East Grinstead, Luke Emme ’s fourth minute open play goal and Louis Gi ens’ 45th minute penalty corner enough to secure the points at Saint Hill in spite of Timothy Guise Brown scoring Oxted’s first ever top flight goal from a 63rd minute penalty corner.
Wimbledon and Beeston fought out a thrilling 3-3 draw at Raynes Park High School. Beeston last won at Wimbledon in 2014 and over the last five seasons the result has alternated between a home win and a score draw. The pa ern con nued this season following Wimbledon’s 2-0 win in the last campaign. Rory Pa erson’s 14th minute open play goal was cancelled out by Beeston’s Adam Dixon with a 19th minute penalty corner. Sam Apoola gave Beeston the lead in the 41st minute from open play but Wimbledon fought back to lead 3-2 thanks to Ian Sloan’s 52nd minute penalty corner and Pa erson’s second goal of the game from open play with six minutes remaining, Chris Proctor stole a point with a 66th minute penalty corner.
Tarsem Chagger The NPUA tweeted on 21 September “It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Tarsem Chagger. Tarsem umpired at various levels for many years, before more recently enjoying a successful career as a match official. A great character and a very popular colleague; he will be sadly missed.”
~ 2 ~ MHL Premier Division - 20 September 2020 East Grinstead 2 - 1 Oxted Luke Emme 4-F (1) HT (0) Timothy Guise-Brown 63-PC Louis Gi ens 45-PC
Match Official: Richard Barter Umpires: Nick Padget and Mar n Twist
Holcombe 3 - 2 Old Georgians Nick Bandurak 5-F, 16-PC, 70-PC (2) HT (0) Ashley Jackson 44-PS Sam Ward 53-PC
Match Official: Richard Chere Umpires: Mark Jarvis and Andy Poulain
Surbiton 8 - 1 Brooklands Manchester University Ben Boon 1-F (4) HT (1) Peter Flanagan 20-PC Arjan Drayton Chana 6-F Luke Taylor 8-PC, 17-PC, 39-PC, 48-PC, 67-PC Rob Farrington 69-F
Match Official: David Rigby Umpires: Andy Higgins and Paul Walker
University of Exeter 3 - 5 Hampstead & Westminster Charlie Taylor 9-F (1) HT (5) Sam French 5-F Duncan Sco 50-PS Hywel Jones 21-F Max Sydenham 56-F Ma Guise Brown 25-PC, 32-PC James Oates 29-F
Match Official: Richard Hill Umpires: Ady Green and Nick White
Wimbledon 3 - 3 Beeston Rory Pa erson 14-F, 64-F (1) HT (1) Adam Dixon 19-PC Ian Sloan 52-PC Sam Apoola 41-F Chris Proctor 66-PC
Match Official: Gill Collins Umpires: Mark Everard and David Monger
Bye: University of Durham
~ 3 ~ ~ 4 ~ Sunday, 27 September, No ngham Hockey Centre, 2 pm BEESTON SURBITON D Form Guide W
MHL Premier Division 18 Total Seasons 26 15 PL W D L F A Current Consecu ve 22 PL W D L F A 24 All Time League Rec 315 149 49 117 832 717 456 2 88 126 1390 983
W D L F A PTS W D L F A PTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 At Home: 1 0 0 8 1 3 0 1 0 3 3 1 Away From Home: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 Total Record 1 0 0 8 1 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 Leading At Hal ime 1 0 0 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trailing At Hal ime 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 Level At Hal ime 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring no goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring 1 goal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring 2 goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 Scoring 3 goals + 1 0 0 8 1 3
Keeping a Clean 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conceding 1 goal 1 0 0 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conceding 2 goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 Conceding 3 goals + 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goals Scored 1st 0 1 0 1 1 1 Half 1 0 0 4 1 3
Goals Scored 2nd 0 1 0 2 2 1 Half 1 0 0 4 0 3
3 3 Total Goals Scored 8 1
23 23 Minutes Per Goal 9 70
3.00 3.00 Goals Per Game 8.00 1.00
Method of Scoring
~ 5 ~ 1 2 Open Play 3 0
2 1 Penalty Corner 5 1
0 0 Penalty Strokes 0 0
3 3 Total 8 1
F PC PS TOTAL Goalscorers: F PC PS TOTAL
Sam APOOLA 1 0 0 1 Luke TAYLOR 0 5 0 5
Adam DIXON 0 1 0 1 Ben BOON 1 0 0 1
Chris PROCTOR 0 1 0 1 Arjan DRAYTON-CHANA 1 0 0 1
Rob FARRINGTON 1 0 0 1
Total 1 2 0 3 Total 3 5 0 8
Clock
Adam DIXON 19 mins PC Wimbledon A 20 Sep Quickest Goal: Ben BOON 1 min F Brooklands H 20 Sep
Chris PROCTOR 66 mins PC Wimbledon A 20 Sep Latest Goal: Rob FARRINGTON 69 mins F Brooklands H 20 Sep
~ 6 ~ MATCHDAY NOTES Beeston v Surbiton
Last Season: (8 March 2020) Beeston 1 (Adam Dixon) Surbiton 7 (Luke Taylor (5), Alan Forsyth, David Goodfield)
Last Six Premier Division mee ngs at Beeston (Beeston first): (2019-20) 1-7; (2018-19) 3-5; (2017-18) 2-5; (2016-17) 1-4 (2015-16) 0-1; (2014-15) 2-4
27 Oct 2018 – Beeston 3 (Robbie Gleeson, Elliot Hibell (2)) Surbiton 5 (James Royce, Alan Forsyth (3), Ben Boon)
25 Mar 2018 – Beeston 2 (Elliot Hibell (2)) Surbiton 5 (Zach Wallace, Arjan Drayton Chana (2), Conor Williamson, Sam Spencer)
5 Mar 2017 – Beeston 1 (Wil Byas) Surbiton 4 (Lewis Prosser, Alan Forsyth, Aaron Blumfield, Zach Wallace)
26 Sep 2015 – Beeston 2 (Mark Gleghorne, Chris Proctor) Surbiton 3 (Alan Forsyth 2, Andrew Hayward)
1 Mar 2015 – Beeston 2 (James Gall, Adam Dixon) Surbiton 4 (Rupert Shipperley, Alan Forsyth (2), Chris Grassick)
Last Beeston win at home (6 October 2013) Beeston 3 (James Blackwell, Harry Mar n, Gareth Hall) Surbiton 2 (Michael Wa , Alan Forsyth)
Surbiton have won the last six mee ngs at No ngham Hockey Centre, an incredible run against a club they struggled against for many years in the East Midlands. Beeston’s last win in October 2013 was the last of eight successive Premier Division wins over the Sugden Road club (3-1; 3-2; 2-1; 5-1; 6-2; 4-1; 7-2; 3-2) star ng in 2006-2007, the season that Beeston returned to the Premier a er winning promo on from Division One alongside Belper.
In addi on, Beeston beat Surbiton 2-1 in the Championships semi-finals in 2011 and 3-2 a er Beeston lost to Reading in Round 1, but the format allowed them to host Surbiton in Round 2 a er Surbiton beat Cannock. Therefore, Surbiton lost ten straight na onal league matches at Beeston.
From 2012-13, the Championships were held at one venue, Beeston bea ng Surbiton 5-1 in the final at Reading in the first season.
Luke Taylor scored five goals in last season’s fixture at Beeston and started the season in awesome style with another five goals against Brooklands last weekend in his quest to finish top of the Premier Division goalscoring charts for a second successive season, Surbiton winning 8-1.
Beeston just failed to secure their first win at Wimbledon since 2014, Chris Proctor earning a point with four minutes to play in a 3-3 draw.
~ 7 ~ Sunday, 27 September, Brooklands HC, 1.30 pm BROOKLANDS MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY WIMBLEDON L Form Guide D
MHL Premier Division 11 Total Seasons 8 7 PL W D L F A Current Consecu ve 8 PL W D L F A
185 45 24 116 358 584 All Time League Rec 127 72 18 37 352 233
W D L F A PTS W D L F A PTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 At Home: 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 8 0 Away From Home: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 Total Record 0 1 0 3 3 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 Leading At Hal ime 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 Trailing At Hal ime 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Level At Hal ime 0 1 0 3 3 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring no goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 Scoring 1 goal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring 2 goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring 3 goals + 0 1 0 3 3 1
Keeping a Clean 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conceding 1 goal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conceding 2 goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 Conceding 3 goals + 0 1 0 3 3 1
Goals Scored 1st 0 0 1 1 4 0 Half 0 1 0 1 1 1
Goals Scored 2nd 0 0 1 0 4 0 Half 0 1 0 2 2 1
1 8 Total Goals Scored 3 3
70 9 Minutes Per Goal 23 23
1.00 8.00 Goals Per Game 3.00 3.00
Method of Scoring
0 3 Open Play 2 1
~ 8 ~ 1 5 Penalty Corner 1 2
0 0 Penalty Strokes 0 0
1 8 Total 3 3
F PC PS TOTAL Goalscorers: F PC PS TOTAL
Peter FLANAGAN 0 1 0 1 Rory PATTERSON 2 0 0 2
Ian SLOAN 0 1 0 1
Total 0 1 0 1 Total 2 1 0 3
Clock
Peter FLANAGAN 20 mins PC Surbiton A 20 Sep Quickest Goal: Rory PATTERSON 14 mins F Beeston H 20 Sep
Peter FLANAGAN 20 mins PC Surbiton A 20 Sep Latest Goal: Rory PATTERSON 64 mins F Beeston H 20 Sep
~ 9 ~
MATCHDAY NOTES Brooklands Manchester University v Wimbledon
Last Season: (14 September 2019) Brooklands MU 1 (Andrew Jackson) Wimbledon 3 (Ben Arnold, Jack Waller, Jonny Codling)
All Premier Division mee ngs at Brooklands (Brooklands first): (2019-20) 1-3; (2018-19) 3-2; (2017-18) 1-3; (2016-17) 2-3; (2015-16) 2-2; (2014-15) 1-4
17 Feb 2019 – Brooklands MU 3 (Stefan Ray-Hills, Thomas Russell, David Flanagan) Wimbledon 2 (Chad Conlon (2)
5 Nov 2017 – Brooklands MU 1 (Peter Flanagan) Wimbledon 3 (Ben Arnold, Simon Mantell, Ed Horler)
19 Feb 2017 – Brooklands MU 2 (Peter Flanagan, Sam Perrin) Wimbledon 3 (Phil Roper (2), Simon Mantell)
13 Sep 2015 – Brooklands MU 2 (Aidan Khares, John Crossley) Wimbledon 2 (Peter Millar, James Jewell)
7 Feb 2015 – Brooklands MU 1 (Ross Hall) Wimbledon 4 (Alastair Brogdon (2), Johnny Kinder, Steven Ebbers)
Wimbledon have been members of the Premier Division since 2013-14, replacing Brooklands who had been automa cally relegated in 2012-13. Wimbledon have only ever lost once in the Premier Division at Brooklands, 3-2 in February 2019. Otherwise, apart from a 2-2 draw in 2015, Wimbledon have always gone back to South West London with all three points.
Brooklands will need to regroup a er last weekend’s 8-1 thrashing by defending champions, Surbiton at a venue (Sugden Road), Brooklands have not done well at in recent seasons. Wimbledon ensured that Beeston will have to wait for at least another season for their first win at Wimbledon since 2014, with a hard fought 3-3 draw.
Opening day form would suggest that Wimbledon will be claiming the three points yet again, but Brooklands will want to show that their match at Surbiton was a blip. ------Premier Division Sequences Beeston’s last no-score draw was at home to Brooklands Manchester University on 12 March 2017 (57 games) This is also Brooklands Manchester University’s last no-score draw. Brooklands’ last clean sheet was at East Grinstead on 24 February 2019 (2-0) (24 games) and was also the last me they won consecu ve games following their 3-2 home win over Wimbledon on 17 February. East Grinstead’s last no-score draw was at Hampstead & Westminster on 27 February 2016 (77 games) Hampstead & Westminster’s last no-score draw was at home to Holcombe on 27 October 2018 (31 games) Surbiton last lost away from home on 11 March 2018 when they lost 5-4 at Hampstead & Westminster (20 games) It was also the last me that Surbiton lost two successive games a er losing at Reading on 10 March 2018 (39 games) Surbiton’s last no-score draw was at East Grinstead on 30 November 2008 (208 games). Surbiton last failed to score in the Premier Division at East Grinstead on 5 October 2014 in the Premier Division (105 games) [5 seasons x 18 from 2015-16 to 2019-20=90 +1 game in 2020-21 + 14 games in 2014-15]
N.B. Surbiton failed to score in the EHL Championships semi-final on 11 April 2015 in a 2-0 defeat to Wimbledon and the 105 game record refers to regular season Premier Division games only
~ 10 ~ Sunday, 27 September, St. George’s College, 1 pm OLD GEORGIANS UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM
L Form Guide 1st Game
MHL Premier Division 2 Total Seasons 1 2 PL W D L F A Current Consecu ve 11 PL W D L F A 19 11 4 4 65 43 All Time League Rec 0 0 0 0 0 0
W D L F A PTS W D L F A PTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 At Home: 0 0 1 2 3 0 Away From Home: 0 0 1 2 3 0 Total Record
0 0 0 0 0 0 Leading At Hal ime 0 0 1 2 3 0 Trailing At Hal ime 0 0 0 0 0 0 Level At Hal ime
0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring no goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring 1 goal 0 0 1 2 3 0 Scoring 2 goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring 3 goals +
Keeping a Clean 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheet 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conceding 1 goal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conceding 2 goals 0 0 1 2 3 0 Conceding 3 goals +
Goals Scored 1st 0 0 1 0 2 0 Half
Goals Scored 2nd 1 0 0 3 1 3 Half
2 3 Total Goals Scored
35 23 Minutes Per Goal
2.00 3.00 Goals Per Game
Method of Scoring
0 1 Open Play
1 2 Penalty Corner
~ 11 ~ 1 0 Penalty Strokes
2 3 Total
F PC PS TOTAL Goalscorers: F PC PS TOTAL
Sam WARD 0 1 0 1
Ashley JACKSON 0 0 1 1
Total 0 1 1 2 Total
Clock
Ashley JACKSON 44 mins PS Holcombe A 20 Sep Quickest Goal:
Sam WARD 53 mins PC Holcombe A 20 Sep Latest Goal:
~ 12 ~ MATCHDAY NOTES Old Georgians v University of Durham
First Na onal League Mee ng
The University of Durham have had to wait an extra week to make their first ever appearance in the Premier Division a er being allocated the first week of the season.
Durham have a bap sm of fire as they start at Old Georgians, who also made their first ever Premier Division appearance last season, but having recruited well, finished fourth at the end of the regular season and were set to face Surbiton in the Championship semi-finals.
Durham came up at the third a empt, having won the Conference North on two occasions but subsequently failing to finish in the top two of the Promo on Tournament. A er winning the North League in 2007-08, Durham took part in the Conference North and had their first chance of promo on in 2010-11 when they won the Conference three points ahead of Sheffield Hallam.
They came so close, finishing third in a three way e with the University of Exeter and Southgate, missing out with a zero goal difference compared with Southgate’s +2 and Exeter’s +4 a er all three teams had won two of their three games.
Durham then had to wait un l 2016-17 for another chance a er winning all eighteen games to finish a massive sixteen points ahead of runners-up, Bowdon. But unfortunately they met their match in the Promo on Tournament, finishing fourth with a single point garnered in a 3-3 draw with Team Bath Buccaneers who also failed to go up.
But come 2020 and came the breakthrough as with one round of matches to play, Durham were declared champions of the newly formed Division One North, two points ahead of runners-up, Bowdon a er Bowdon’s appeal was rejected.
Old Georgians themselves have had an interes ng history in the na onal league and came close to being relegated to the South League a season before they won promo on to the Premier Division.
Only founded in 1995, Old Georgians achieved their target of reaching the na onal league in 2003-04, when they won Division 2, pipping current Premier Division rivals, East Grinstead on goal difference. They played in the one season Premier 2 in 2004-05 before being relegated from the recons tuted Division One in 2005-06.
With league restructuring becoming a common occurrence, Old Georgians played in and won the Na onal South Division ahead of current Premier Division teams, Oxted and the University of Exeter in 2006-07. They spent one season back in Division One before yet another restructure saw the introduc on of the Conferences as the second er. A er a first successful season in the Conference West in 2008-09, things went wrong the following season when they finished ninth and were relegated back to the South League at the expense of Indian Gymkhana via the relega on playoffs.
Old Georgians had to wait un l 2015-16 to finally win their place back in the na onal league and again had a successful season in the Conference West, but a switch to the Conference East in 2016-17 nearly proved disastrous as they only managed to avoid relega on by winning the relega on playoffs.
A year later, Old Georgians swept to the Conference East tle, won all three Promo on Tournament matches and a er one season in the Premier in 2019-20 and having bolstered their squad, are now preparing to make another challenge for the tle.
~ 13 ~ Sunday, 27 September, Oxted School, 2 pm OXTED HOLCOMBE L Form Guide W
MHL Premier Division 1 Total Seasons 6 1 PL W D L F A Current Consecu ve 6 PL W D L F A 1 0 0 1 1 2 All Time League Rec 91 47 18 26 241 185
W D L F A PTS W D L F A PTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 At Home: 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 Away From Home: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Total Record 1 0 0 3 2 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 Leading At Hal ime 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 Trailing At Hal ime 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Level At Hal ime 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring no goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Scoring 1 goal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring 2 goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring 3 goals + 1 0 0 3 2 3
Keeping a Clean 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conceding 1 goal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Conceding 2 goals 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conceding 3 goals + 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goals Scored 1st 0 0 1 0 1 0 Half 1 0 0 2 0 3
Goals Scored 2nd 0 1 0 1 1 1 Half 0 0 1 1 2 0
1 2 Total Goals Scored 3 2
70 35 Minutes Per Goal 23 35
1.00 2.00 Goals Per Game 3.00 2.00
Method of Scoring
0 1 Open Play 1 0
1 1 Penalty Corner 2 1
~ 14 ~ 0 0 Penalty Strokes 0 1
1 2 Total 3 2
F PC PS TOTAL Goalscorers: F PC PS TOTAL
Timothy GUISE- 0 1 0 1 Nick BANDURAK 1 2 0 3 BROWN
Total 0 1 0 1 Total 1 2 0 3
Clock
Timothy GUISE- 63 mins PC E Grinstead A 20 Sep Nick BANDURAK 5 mins F Old H 20 Sep Quickest Goal: BROWN Georgians
Timothy GUISE- 63 mins PC E Grinstead A 20 Sep Nick BANDURAK 70 mins PC Old H 20 Sep Latest Goal: BROWN Georgians
~ 15 ~ MATCHDAY NOTES Oxted v Holcombe
Last Mee ng at Oxted School (Conference East – 5 October 2014) Oxted 0 Holcombe 6 (Gareth Andrew (2), Nick Catlin, Barry Middleton, Harry Trusler, James Stedman
Holcombe are Oxted’s first visitors in the Premier Division and renew an acquaintance from when both teams were in the Conference East when it formed the second er of English Hockey.
Holcombe romped to victory at Oxted School, on their way to finishing a massive twenty points ahead of runners-up. Bromley & Beckenham and 25 points ahead of fourth placed Oxted.
However, Holcombe won 17 and drew one game in the 2014-15 season and that draw came in the return fixture with Oxted in a pulsa ng 5-5 draw in November 2014, Trusler and Andrew scored twice with Adam Jordan also on target for Holcombe in a game which saw Holcombe lead 4-0 a er 37 minutes. Incredibly Oxted fought back to lead 5-4, Christopher Coleman’s brace and goals from Robbert Schenk, Jonathan Janucey and Chris Porter pu ng Holcombe’s unbeaten record in jeopardy with eleven minutes le . Andrew popped up with the equaliser in the penul mate minute.
The teams first met in the na onal league in 2007-08 in Na onal Division South following Holcombe’s relega on from Division One in a 2-2 draw at Holcombe in November 2007. The following February, Johannes Kloess scored all four goals as Oxted beat Holcombe at Oxted School. In 2008-09, both teams transferred to the Conference East where Oxted drew 2-2 at home and won 2-0 at Holcombe on the way to finishing first but missing out on a place in the Premier Division.
In 2009-10, Holcombe thrashed Oxted 6-0, thanks to a David Mathews hat-trick and for the third me drew 2-2 in the return at Oxted School. A season later, Oxted faded, as Holcombe completed a league double with a 3-0 win at Oxted School and a 4-1 victory at Holcombe.
2011-12 saw Oxted’s fortunes revive with a 5-2 win at Holcombe, Lorne Barnard and Dafydd Charles both scoring twice, only for Holcombe to gain revenge in the return with a 4-2 victory.
In 2012-13, Wimbledon pipped Holcombe to the Conference East tle and Holcombe began their campaign with a 4-2 home win and con nued with a 3-0 win at Oxted.
2013-14 saw Southgate frustrate Holcombe with a championship win by a narrow one point margin. Holcombe showed no mercy, thrashing Oxted 9-2 in Kent, and then winning 6-2 a day later in a rearranged fixture, scheduled to be a home fixture for Oxted but held at Holcombe.
The following season, Holcombe finally escaped the Conference East and have been in the Premier Division ever since, and now joined by Oxted, ever-present members of the Conference East when it had second er status and last season champions of Division One South.
~ 16 ~ Sunday, 27 September, University of Exeter, 12.30 pm UNIVERSITY OF EXETER EAST GRINSTEAD L Form Guide W
MHL Premier Division 5 Total Seasons 27 3 PL W D L F A Current Consecu ve 16 PL W D L F A 23 All Time League Rec 73 14 10 49 114 245 467 6 74 157 1309 1028
W D L F A PTS W D L F A PTS 0 0 1 3 5 0 At Home: 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Away From Home: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 Total Record 1 0 0 2 1 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 Leading At Hal ime 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 3 5 0 Trailing At Hal ime 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Level At Hal ime 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring no goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring 1 goal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring 2 goals 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 3 5 0 Scoring 3 goals + 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keeping a Clean 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conceding 1 goal 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conceding 2 goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 Conceding 3 goals + 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goals Scored 1st 0 0 1 1 5 0 Half 1 0 0 1 0 3
Goals Scored 2nd 1 0 0 2 0 3 Half 0 1 0 1 1 1
3 5 Total Goals Scored 2 1
23 14 Minutes Per Goal 35 70
3.00 5.00 Goals Per Game 2.00 1.00
Method of Scoring
2 3 Open Play 1 0
~ 17 ~ 0 2 Penalty Corner 1 1
1 0 Penalty Strokes 0 0
3 5 Total 2 1
F PC PS TOTAL Goalscorers: F PC PS TOTAL
Max SYDENHAM 1 0 0 1 Luke EMMETT 1 0 0 1
Charlie TAYLOR 1 0 0 1 Louis GITTENS 0 1 0 1
Duncan SCOTT 0 0 1 1
Total 2 0 1 3 Total 1 1 0 2
Clock
Charlie TAYLOR 9 mins F Hampstead H 20 Sep Quickest Goal: Luke EMMETT 4 mins F Oxted H 20 Sep
Max SYDENHAM 56 mins F Hampstead H 20 Sep Latest Goal: Louis GITTENS 45 mins PC Oxted H 20 Sep
~ 18 ~ MATCHDAY NOTES University of Exeter v East Grinstead Last Season: (1 December 2019) University of Exeter 2 (Duncan Sco (2)) East Grinstead 2 (Wesley Jackson, Chris Griffiths)
All Premier Division mee ngs at Exeter (University of Exeter first): (2019-20) 2-2; (2018-19) 1-4; (2011-12) 0-2; (2009-10) 1-2
23 Sep 2018 – University of Exeter 1 (James Ferguson) East Grinstead 4 (Chris Griffiths (2), Liam Ansell, David Condon)
19 Nov 2011 – University of Exeter 0 East Grinstead 2 (Rick Gay (2))
28 Feb 2010 – University of Exeter 1 (Ed Kelleher) East Grinstead 2 (Ben Payne, Rick Gay)
East Grinstead make the trip to Devon this weekend hoping to build on last week’s opening 2-1 home win over newly promoted Oxted. The University of Exeter lost 5-3 at home to Hampstead & Westminster last weekend, but can take heart from a be er second half performance a er Hampstead led 5-1 at the interval.
Last season’s mee ng with the West Sussex club saw Exeter salvage their first point in four top flight mee ngs on home turf. Although Exeter were only able to stay for one season in their first two appearances in the Premier Division, they were compe ve, only going down 2-1 and 2-0.
Having to wait for seven seasons before they had a third a empt, Exeter have managed to preserve their status, albeit that they couldn’t take part in any playoffs last season as the season was curtailed prematurely, and now they are hoping to keep their heads above water in an eleven team division in which two teams will be automa cally relegated with the ninth placed team taking part in playoffs, a er the league is split into two a er everybody faces each other once.
Exeter’s mee ngs with its University rivals are likely to be key in whether they manage a fourth successive season in the Premier. Last season, their only home win came at the expense of relegated Reading, with Exeter able to secure a rare league double with a win in Berkshire. Exeter also won at Brooklands Manchester University but lost at home to their northern rivals, a result which consigned them to ninth place and normally force them to ba le for survival. If they had managed a second league double, it would have been Brooklands finishing in ninth.
But COVID-19 ensured that the playoffs didn’t happen, so this season, Exeter will also want to get the be er of the University of Durham and Oxted to try and secure a much valued eighth place.
East Grinstead have a new management team with Tim Deakin and Dave Becke ge ng off to a winning start. But they will be realis c enough to know that history doesn’t mean anything and it’s the performance on the day which counts. And Exeter can be a tough place to go to, regardless of what results might suggest, especially considering last season’s draw.
The West Sussex club finished just three points ahead of Exeter in last season’s final standings, not what a club with such history, tradi on and European experience a would expect and the hope will be that East Grinstead can secure another three points as they try and rebuild for the future.
~ 19 ~ MHL Premier Division – Phase 1 P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Surbiton 1 1 0 0 8 1 7 3 2 Hampstead & Westminster 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3 3 Holcombe 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 4 East Grinstead 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 5 Beeston 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 6 Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 7 U of Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Old Georgians 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 9 Oxted 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 10 U of Exeter 1 0 0 1 3 5 -2 0 11 Brooklands MU 1 0 0 1 1 8 -7 0
. Premier Division – Phase 1 Bee BMU EG H&W Hol OG Oxt Sur U of D U of E Wim
Beeston 18 Oct 22 Nov 6 Dec 27 Sep 11 Oct
Brooklands Manchester University 10 Oct 24 Oct 8 Nov 6 Dec 27 Sep
East Grinstead 24 Oct 4 Oct 29 Nov 2-1 7 Nov 20 Sep
Hampstead & Westminster 29 Nov 18 Oct 4 Oct 6 Dec 8 Nov
Holcombe 8 Nov 24 Oct 3-2 6 Dec 3 Oct 20 Sep
Old Georgians 22 Nov 18 Oct 27 Sep 11 Oct 13 Dec
Oxted 29 Nov 13 Dec 27 Sep 24 Oct 4 Oct
Surbiton 8-1 10 Oct 13 Dec 28 Nov 8 Nov 20 Sep
University of Durham 13 Dec 18 Oct 22 Nov 4 Oct 29 Nov
University of Exeter 13 Dec 22 Nov 27 Sep 3-5 18 Oct 20 Sep
Wimbledon 3-3 10 Oct 5 Dec 21 Nov 24 Oct 20 Sep
PREMIER DIVISION RESULTS: 5 Home Wins (3) Draws (1) Away Wins (1) 1-0 4-1 0-0 0-1 1-4 2-0 4-2 1-1 0-2 2-4 2-1 1 4-3 2-2 1-2 3-4 3-0 5-0 3-3 1 0-3 0-5 3-1 5-1 1-3 1-5 3-2 1 6-0 2-3 3-5 1 4-0 8-1 1 0-4 1-6
~ 20 ~ Games since…. A A An A A An A A Co Sco Co Sco Ke Faili Wi Los Gai Los Wi Los Wi Ho Aw Def Ho Aw Sco No nc rin nc rin epi ng nni ing nin ing n s n me ay eat me ay re Sco edi g A edi g ng To ng Co g A A By By (Premier Division Wi Wi Def Def Dr re ng Go ng Mo A Sco Co ns Poi Poi Mo Mo Regular Season only) n n eat eat aw Dra A al Mo re Cle re ns ec nt nt re re w Go re Th an ec u Th Th al Th an Sh u ve an an an 1 eet ve Ga On On 1 Ga me e e me s s Beeston 4 1 4 1 0 1 0 57 0 0 0 0 10 1 4 2 0 0 8 1 Brooklands MU 1 0 7 0 2 0 4 57 0 0 0 1 24 3 24 2 1 0 10 0 East Grinstead 0 0 5 1 1 0 7 77 0 0 1 0 19 3 28 1 0 1 11 2 Hampstead & W 0 0 0 11 6 5 6 31 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 21 0 6 0 11 Holcombe 0 0 2 2 4 0 4 31 0 0 0 0 17 25 0 7 0 2 3 2 Old Georgians 1 0 1 0 4 0 6 N 0 0 0 0 4 N 1 N 1 0 1 5 Oxted* N N N 0 N 0 N N 0 0 0 N N N N N N 0 N N Surbiton 0 0 0 1 1 20 6 208 0 0 1 0 3 105 2 39 0 1 0 1 University of Durham* N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N University of Exeter 5 2 3 0 0 0 8 N 0 0 0 0 16 7 5 0 5 0 16 0 Wimbledon 1 1 0 3 4 1 0 N 0 0 0 0 13 19 1 25 0 0 1 19 N= No occurrence *Oxted and the University of Durham are in their first ever season in the Premier Division Home Table P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Surbiton 1 1 0 0 8 1 7 3 2 Holcombe 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 3 East Grinstead 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 4 Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 5 Beeston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Brooklands MU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Hampstead & Westminster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Old Georgians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Oxted 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 U of Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 U of Exeter 1 0 0 1 3 5 -2 0
Away Table P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Hampstead & Westminster 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3 2 Beeston 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 3 Wimbledon 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 East Grinstead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Holcombe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Surbiton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 U of Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 U of Exeter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Old Georgians 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 10 Oxted 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 11 Brooklands MU 1 0 0 1 1 8 -7 0
First Half Table P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Hampstead & Westminster 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3 2 Surbiton 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3 3 Holcombe 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 ~ 21 ~ 4 East Grinstead 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 5 Beeston 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 U of Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Oxted 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 9 Old Georgians 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 10 Brooklands MU 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0 11 U of Exeter 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Second Half Table P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Surbiton 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3 2 Old Georgians 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 3 U of Exeter 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 4 Beeston 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 5 Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 6 East Grinstead 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 Oxted 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 U of Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Holcombe 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 10 Hampstead & Westminster 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 11 Brooklands MU 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Current Form Guide P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Surbiton 1 1 0 0 8 1 7 3 2 Hampstead & Westminster 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3 3 Holcombe 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 4 East Grinstead 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 5 Beeston 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 6 Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 7 U of Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Old Georgians 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 9 Oxted 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 10 U of Exeter 1 0 0 1 3 5 -2 0 11 Brooklands MU 1 0 0 1 1 8 -7 0
EARLY/ LATE GOALS
Early Late
1-10 61-70
F A F A
Beeston 0 0 1 1
Brooklands MU 0 3 0 2
East Grinstead 1 0 0 1
Hampstead & Westminster 1 1 0 0
Holcombe 1 0 1 0
Old Georgians 0 1 0 1
Oxted 0 1 1 0
Surbiton 3 0 2 0
U of Durham 0 0 0 0
U of Exeter 1 1 0 0
Wimbledon 0 0 1 1
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SCORERS
Men’s Premier Division F PC PS Total Luke Taylor Surbiton 0 5 0 5 Nick Bandurak Holcombe 1 2 0 3 Rory Pa erson Wimbledon 2 0 0 2 Ma Guise-Brown Hampstead & W 0 2 0 2 Sam Apoola Beeston 1 0 0 1 Ben Boon Surbiton 1 0 0 1 Arjan Drayton-Chana Surbiton 1 0 0 1 Luke Emme East Grinstead 1 0 0 1 Rob Farrington Surbiton 1 0 0 1 Sam French Hampstead & W 1 0 0 1 Hywel Jones Hampstead & W 1 0 0 1 James Oates Hampstead & W 1 0 0 1 Max Sydenham U of Exeter 1 0 0 1 Charlie Taylor U of Exeter 1 0 0 1 Adam Dixon Beeston 0 1 0 1 Peter Flanagan Brooklands MU 0 1 0 1 Louis Gi ens East Grinstead 0 1 0 1 Timothy Guise-Brown Oxted 0 1 0 1 Chris Proctor Beeston 0 1 0 1 Ian Sloan Wimbledon 0 1 0 1 Sam Ward Old Georgians 0 1 0 1 Ashley Jackson Old Georgians 0 0 1 1 Duncan Sco U of Exeter 0 0 1 1
Total 13 16 2 31 Percentages 41.94% 51.61% 6.45% 100%
DISCIPLINARY RECORDS
Men’s Premier Division Yellow Red Total Luke Emme East Grinstead 1 0 1 Anton Parente Varela Holcombe 1 0 1 Timothy Guise-Brown Oxted 1 0 1
Total 3 0 3
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Men’s Premier Division Fixtures – 27 September 2020 Start MO Umpires
Beeston v Surbiton 14:00 Andy Barnes Lee Barron, Dan Barstow Brooklands Manchester U v Wimbledon 13:30 Bev Deakin Dan Reid, Paul Walker Old Georgians v University of Durham 13:00 Harry S ckland David Monger, Nick Padget Oxted v Holcombe 14:00 David Rigby Mark Everard, Andy Higgins University of Exeter v East Grinstead 12:30 Richard Hill Campbell Reeman, Nick White Bye: Hampstead & Westminster
Men’s Division One North Fixtures - 27 September 2020 Start MO Umpires
Bowdon v Sheffield Hallam 13:30 Jason Sign James Barnes, Stephen Cox Cambridge City v Loughborough Students 13:30 Hilary Kay Arevinth Sarma, Mason Wright City of Peterborough v Olton & West Warwicks 14:00 Yvonne McCartney Mark Jarvis, Trevor Norman Deeside Ramblers v Cardiff & Met 13:30 John Dixon Chris Duerden, Gareth Perry University of Birmingham v University of No ngham 12:30 Jo Barnes Ma hew Parry, Pritpal Sihota
Men’s Division One South Fixtures- 27 September 2020 Start MO Umpires
Havant v Southgate 12:30 James Evans Ady Green, Daniel Stewart Old Cranleighans v Team Bath Buccaneers 14:30 Ian Marsh Mar n Twist, Julian Warburton Oxford Hawks v Brighton & Hove 14:00 David Hughes Nku Davis, Johnny Downer Reading v Teddington 13:30 Richard Barter Will Champness, Neil Smith Sevenoaks v Canterbury 13:30 Pritpal Sagoo Isaac Charles, Andy Poulain
Men’s Conference East Fixtures – 26 September 2020 Start MO Umpires
Bromley & Beckenham v London Edwardians 14:30 Home Team Conor Carmody, Nick Meakin Richmond v Old Loughtonians 16:30 James Evans Tim Mar n, Arevinth Sarma Spencer v London Wayfarers 13:30 Home Team Steve Cronin, Neil Tallen re St. Albans v Wapping 18:30 Ma hew Rust Aaron Campbell, Iain Noon
Men’s Conference East Fixtures – 27 September 2020 Start MO Umpires
Harleston Magpies v West Herts 14:00 John Snelling Jaime Cox, Steve Mayhew
Men’s Conference North Fixtures – 27 September 2020 Start MO Umpires
Belper v Timperley 12:00 Craig Langton James Wakeland, Mark Wa s Doncaster v Preston 14:00 Steve Ball Rowan Tejura, Ed Westbrook Leeds v Didsbury Northern 14:30 Ma Griffiths Neil McInnes, Steve Smith University of Birmingham 2 v Lichfield 14:30 Jo Barnes Richard Bishop-Lagge , Tony Bond University of Durham 2 v Barford Tigers 13:00 Peter Cocker Robert Brownbridge, Amar Chudasama
Men’s Conference West Fixtures – 27 September 2020 Start MO Umpires
Ashmoor v Plymouth Marjon 14:00 Home Team Charles Hallows, Martyn Harvey Cardiff University v Fareham 13:30 Lesley Bayne Nick James, Chris an Phillips-Adams Cheltenham v Isca 12:30 Steve Kirby David Eggleton, Jonathan Gillespie Chichester v Harborne 15:00 Derek Rutherford Simon Carr, Steve Cronin Khalsa Leamington v University of Bristol 13:30 Roger Flood Alan Miller, Iain Noon
~ 24 ~ Cardiff & Met Heading For Vienna The EHF announced last week that Cardiff & Met will compete in the EuroHockey Club Trophy I in Vienna from 2-5 April 2021.
Cardiff have been drawn in Pool A with CA Montrouge (FRA), SC Stroitel Brest (BLR) and hosts Post SV (AUT). Pool B consists of Western Wildcats (SCO), WKS Grunwald Poznan (POL), HC Rotweiss We ngen (SUI) and HC OKS- SHVSM Vinnitska (UKR).
~ 25 ~ National League Ins and Outs In Out Premier Division: Reading relegated to Division One South University of Durham promoted from Division One North Oxted promoted from Division One South
Premier Division increased from 10 to 11 teams for 2020-21
Division One North University of Durham promoted to Premier Division Cambridge City promoted from Conference East Deeside Ramblers promoted from Conference North Leeds relegated to Conference North
Division One South Reading relegated from Premier Division Oxted promoted to Premier Division Old Cranleighans promoted from Conference West Fareham relegated to Conference West
Conference East Cambridge City promoted to Division One North London Wayfarers promoted from South League Richmond switched from Conference West West Herts promoted from East League Bedford relegated to East League Chichester switched to Conference West
Conference North Deeside Ramblers promoted to Division One North Leeds relegated from Division One North University of Birmingham 2 promoted from Midlands League Alderley Edge relegated to North League University of Durham 2 promoted from North League Wakefield relegated to North League
Conference West Old Cranleighans promoted to Division One South Fareham relegated from Division One South Richmond switched to Conference East Chichester switched from Conference East University of Exeter 2 relegated to West League Plymouth Marjon promoted from West League
N.B. To ensure that the Conferences all had ten teams following the expansion of the Premier Division to eleven teams, only one of the three ninth placed teams (Wakefield) was relegated instead of the normal two. Therefore Cheltenham kept their place in the Conference West, when they would normally have been relegated to the West League. Bromley & Beckenham would have stayed up in the Conference East as the highest ranked ninth placed team.
~ 26 ~ How To Find Further Information The Men’s Matchday Media Guide is back and this season is published under the umbrella of Hockey World News! h ps://hockeywrldnws.com/
As in previous seasons, the aim is to produce sta s cal informa on about forthcoming matches in the Men’s Hockey League Premier Division with an overview of the rest of the league.
For one season only, the Premier Division will consist of eleven teams, with Oxted and University of Durham both promoted from Division One and the University of Exeter retaining their top flight status a er finishing ninth in 2019-20.
Overall, the league will have 61 teams, with only one of the ninth placed teams in the Conferences relegated to the regional leagues instead of the two teams originally planned. With the divisions below the Premier Division star ng their league programmes on 26 September, there will be more informa on in next week’s edi on.
This week, the focus is on the Premier Division. So where can you find informa on to complement this media guide?
The home page for all England Hockey compe ons for the 2020-21 season including the six divisions of the MHL can be found here: h p://www.englandhockey.co.uk/page_noside.asp? sec on=2342&sec onTitle=Fixtures%2C+Results%2C+Tables%2C+Stats%2C+Teams+%26+Players
Compe on informa on is also available for seasons 2017-18 to 2019-20 by selec ng the appropriate season and category.
A comprehensive list of player movements for both Premier Divisions can be found at the Hockey Paper website here: h ps://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/ar cles/2020/09/02/hockey-transfers-2020-21-premier-divisions-latest-ins- and-outs-in
Informa on about the MHL Premier Division including hopefully being able to follow the games in real me can be found at the England Hockey Al us website: h ps://englandhockey.al usrt.com/compe ons/246
Upcoming umpire appointments can be found for all na onal league divisions at h p://oms.englandhockey.co.uk/ npua/index.php Click on “Appointments” for any updates a er the media guide is published.
And if you want to look at MHL History going back from 2016-17 h ps://w.fixtureslive.com/sta capi.aspx?a=league_all_comps.ashx%3fleagueid%3d3342
Click on a division (e.g. Men’s Premier Division 2016-17) and the league table will be displayed. By clicking on “Detail” and scrolling down, a list of fixtures in batches of 30 will appear. Clicking on the red arrow for each match will display the scorers and goal mes as officially recorded. Informa on exists going back to 1999-2000 but some of the early seasons don’t have goalscorer informa on.
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