Dalloway leads Market Drayton’s victory charge
An Ollie Dalloway hat-trick helped Market Drayton continue their perfect start in Midland Hockey Division Nine North West.
The table-toppers eased past Leek with a 4-0 win thanks to Dalloway’s treble and Jesse Thompstone’s late goal.
The result leaves them level on points with Newport seconds, who have also started the season with a 100 per cent record and won 7-0 against Old Wulfs thirds on Saturday.
Tom Wright and Ben Penter both scored twice, with Nathan Evans, Ollie Dix and Jack McLaughlin adding the others.
Newport firsts have also enjoyed a strong start to the season, and they made it three consecutive wins in Midland Hockey Division Six North West.
First-half goals from Archie Bridgwood and Ben Edwards gave the hosts a 2-0 victory over Sutton Coldfield thirds.
Dom Elsmore netted four times for Newport thirds as they thrashed North Stafford fifths 6-2, with Ollie Cowap-Cerrone and Ed Bushnell also finding the net.
And the fourths held top of the league Telford fifths to a 3-3 draw in a spirited display thanks to Jake Bates’ brace and a goal from Tim Crawford.
Newport’s ladies’ firsts went down 3-1 to Stone thirds with Mollie Leonard’s goal the only bright spark in a disappointing result, while the seconds also tasted defeat with a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Bridgnorth.
Elsewhere, Nathan Evans and Ben Crawford scored for Newport’s under-16s in their 4-2 defeat to Telford in the England Cup.
Whitchurch ladies’ firsts drew 2-2 at Lymm seconds thanks to goals from Poppy Gilbert and Georgia Munro.
The seconds enjoyed an 8-0 thrashing at Oswestry firsts, with Lucy Hearn grabbing a hat-trick and Freya Gresty netting five in a dominant display.
The thirds were out of luck though, Bella Clarke scoring their only goal in a 5-1 defeat to Golborne thirds.
Whitchurch men’s first team defeated Golborne seconds 6-2 thanks to a Tom Edwards brace and one apiece for Ben Lea, Tom Forster, Joe Chesters and Jack Barnes.
The seconds travelled to Deeside’s sixths where they were resoundingly beaten 4-1.
Will Edwards scored an equaliser in the first-half but the visitors were blown away after the break and succumbed to a convincing defeat on the road.
