Saturday 28th November 2009

CAMBRIDGE Ladies Premier Cup

Newmarket Ladies 1st XI (3) vs Market Deeping Ladies 1st XI (01)

Deeping ladies 1st conceded cup game away to Newmarket.

CAMBRIDGE Ladies League Division 1 Cup

Market Deeping Ladies 2nd XI (5) vs Cambridge Nomads Ladies 2nd XI (1)

DIVISION 2N

City of Peterborough 3rd XI (3) vs Market Deeping 1st XI (0)

DIVISION 3NW

Cambridge Nomads 2nd XI (7) vs Market Deeping 2nd XI (1)

Deeping lost a base of the table battle heavily.
The excuse is wearing thin, but injuries continue to play a major role in Deeping's season. Every player at this stage of the season has some kind of "niggle" or other, but Deeping have too many players for whom the Christmas break really cannot come soon enough.
Deeping still played some good hockey at times, short passing movements which threatened to carve open Nomads, but the final ball was always lacking. Taking nothing away from Nomads they had one of those days where everything they hit flew into the Deeping goal.
Deeping got off to a poor start, with skipper Brewer turned inside out at centre back, allowing Nomads to take the lead with a well-struck shot. Deeping started to recover but then Brewer saw the ball ricochet off his foot in the D, and the umpire played advantage as Nomads doubled their lead.
A 2-0 half time deficit seemed harsh as Deeping had finished the half strongly. Then Ben Dalgliesh pulled one back with a neat turn and shot after good work from Simon Burnell and Henry Winfield Chislett, and the comeback seemed on.
But again short corners cost Deeping dearly; three in quick succession finished the game as a contest and a tired and broken side limped to the final whistle, as Nomads added goals six and seven.

DIVISION 5NW

Market Deeping 3rd XI (4) vs March Town 4th XI (2)

A Tom Richardson hat-trick was at the heart of a well deserved home victory for Deeping 3rds against March 4ths.
Deeping played some of their best hockey of the season so far, pinning March back in their own half from the off.
Several good chances and a couple of short corners were spurned by Deeping during their early dominance, before a fast break saw Richardson released unmarked at the top of the D, from where he left the March keeper with little chance with a confident low strike to open the scoring.
March rallied before half time, but their youthful front line often held onto the ball too long and was easily picked off by Deeping's wily veteran defence. However, just before the break March did force and then convert their first short corner of the game to bring the scores level.
Deeping started the second half much as they had the first, looking dangerous on every attack, and solid at the back.
Richardson grabbed his second from one of his least well flicked short corner attempts, and then completed his hat trick by eagerly dispatching a muffed March clearance from short range.
March pulled the score back briefly to 3-2 from a powerful drag-flick short corner, and Jas Phagora cleared another from the goal line, before Simon Taylor ended Deeping jitters by a calm low short corner finish of his own to leave the final score 4-2 to the hosts.
MoM - Tom Richardson