29th Sep 2018 Mens 1st v Doncaster 2(Away) 4 - 1 win
Following a narrow defeat away at highly fancied Bowdon, the Men were on the road again this weekend as they faced Doncaster. Ben Rhydding dominated much of the play with some stunning hockey � great leading patterns and connections in the flow from new boy, Dave McColloum, at Left Half.
Intelligent and selfless leading from another new boy, Wil Jones, opened up the opportunity to be very direct at times. Clinical defending from the experienced Neil Sugden and solid Matty Birch help Ben Rhydding to really look like a unit with great team work and solid patterns of play.
Ben Rhydding looked like scoring throughout but actually took us 16 minutes - winning the ball from the press again and connecting with several passes before Josh Till slipped the ball past the keeper.
Charlie Smith was an absolute handful for Donny to deal with and caused chaos in their defence to leave Will Musgrave open on goal. He showed inevitable icy composure to make sure of the finish to put them 2-0 up.
The 2-0 lead at half-time gave the team something to build on in the second half and they were awarded a penalty flick which was quickly converted by Man of the Match - Musgrave. Two minutes later an excellent through ball from
Matthew Birch was picked up by George Gamble who slotted home.
At 4-0 with 10 minutes to go the win was in the bag, though a flurry of cards given against Ben Rhydding helped Doncaster to pull one goal back in the final minutes.
This Saturday Ben Rhydding are at home to Stockton at 3pm. All welcome.