Match Reports - Week 12

Jack Busby Cup
Charlbury Reserves are through to the Third Round of the Jack Busby Cup after narrowly defeating Bampton United Reserves 3-2. It took an unfortunate own goal to separate the sides after Tom Madden and Carl Pritchard had netted for the hosts with Daryl Potter and Steve Fitzgerald levelling things for Charlbury.

Carterton Town B also went through courtesy of the odd goal in nine after a 5-4 win over Chadlington Reserves. Adam Harris (2), Lee Litton, Lee Beer and Alan Andrew were all on target for the hosts with Richard French, Charlie White, Jacob Hazelwood and Matt North all replying for Chad.

Shaun Rowbotham (2) and Dan Clifford scored the winning goals in Eynsham SSC Reserves 3-1 win over Brize Norton Reserves. Richard Duffy scored the consolation goal for Brize.

Tom Gonzales, Mark Edmunds, Tom Dix and Rob Styles were all on target for Hailey Reserves in their 4-0 win over Aston Reserves.

Kingham All Blacks Reserves are also through to the next round courtesy of a 3-0 win over Ducklington Reserves. Matt Lewis, Alex Stringer and Jake Godfrey all got on the score sheet.

FC Hollybush Reserves edged out Minster Lovell Reserves 5-4 AET, drawing 4-4 after 90 minutes. Darren Smith, Dan Hedges and Dave Cooper were amongst the scorers for Bush.

Fred Ford Cup – Round Three
Carterton Town A cruised through to the next round of the Fred Ford after a comfortable 8-0 thrashing of Combe. There were braces aplenty as Jack Morton, Kevin Rookes and Jason Lonsdale all scored twice with Jack Lonsdale and Jason Trinder all adding.

Andy Stratford (2) and John Ayres goals saw Eynsham SSC through to the next round in a 3-1 win over Milton. Jim Littlewood scored for the hosts.

John Fathers Junior Shield – Round Two
Hailey are through to Round Three after seeing off North Oxford CC 4-1. Luke Manning (2), Mo Semlali and Mark Wright all got on the score sheet for the Witney & District side.

Tim Wyatt (2) and Mike Phipps scored for Stonesfield but ended up on the losing side as FC Hollybush ran out 5-3 winners. Warren Senior, Jack Browning, Luke Turner, Richard Williams and Alan Rogers shared the goals out for the visitors.

Premier Division
West Witney extended their lead at the top of the league after a 3-0 win over Witney Royals. The visitors hit two without reply through Carl Austin and Mike Duerden.

Bourton Rovers clawed three points back on their opponents, Hanborough after a straight forward 5-0 victory. Connor Teague (2), Kevin Hunt, Jack Galpin and Jake Oakey were all on target.

Minster Lovell earned their first points of the season in style, picking up all three in a 5-2 win over Charlbury Town. The hosts scored through Craig McCallum but Minster put the result beyond doubt with goals from Ed Dunne (2), David Souch, Craig Sallis and Gary Mitchell.

Ducklington went down 3-2 to Chipping Norton Town. Tom Gregory and Bradley Snell scored for the hosts but goals from Rhys Warner-Carter, Kieren Watts and Dan Bott edged the tie in favour of the visitors.

Division One
Jamie McDonough picked up a four-goal haul in Carterton Rangers 7-2 mauling of Brize Norton. Shaun Rawlings and Richard Duffy scored for the hosts but further goals from Dan Hall, matt lee and Tom Hall added to McDonoughs quartet to seal the win.

Aston took maximum points form their tie with North Leigh, running out comfortable 4-0 winners. Sam Rowe (2), Reece Waine and Matt Wood all found the back of the net for the visitors.

Josh Grant and Dave Cross both scored in Spartan Rangers 2-0 win over Chadlington.

Division Two
Witney Wanderers fine early-season form seems to have deserted them after suffering their third defeat. Bampton United were on hand to hand the hosts a 2-1 with Connor O’Shea and Jake Pritchard hitting the back of the net. Josh Walkington replied for Wanderers.

Hosts, Chipping Norton Town Reserves and FC nomads were involved in an 11-goal feast with the visitors emerging as 7-4 winners. Rocky Burton scored twice for the hosts adding to strikes from Matt Chadwick and Liam Busby, however an in-form Chris Laurence bagged four goals, and had a hand in the others, that were finished by Steve Bircher, Dave Pryse and Olly Ward.

A single Omar Semlali goal was enough for all three points as Spartan Rangers Reserves saw off hosts, Hanborough Reserves 1-0.

Division Three
Tower Hill narrowly beat Middle Barton 2-1 with the goals coming from Ed Smith and Lewis Bartlett. Jack Fowler pulled one back for the visitors.

Graham Berry scored twice for Wootton, with Lawrence Lockie also netting, however the hosts went down 4-3 to the visiting Tower Hill Starts for whom, Kevin Davies (2), Adam Townsend and Lee Travers scored.

A Stuart George free-kick was the only difference between the sides as hosts Enstone went down 1-0 to Witney Royals Reserves.

Jason Thomas and Josh Morgan scored for FC Mills in their 6-2 defeat to Bourton Rovers Reserves. Lee Mosson (2), Adam Witt, Alex Lopian, Jordan Harding and Keegan Bowes scored for the visitors, who dumped Mills to the bottom of Division Three as a result.

The defences came out on top as Wychwood Forest and Corinthians drew 0-0.

Division Four
Jason Ludlow, Dan Legget, Dean Wasilewski and Mark Grisbrooke all got on the score sheet in Wootton Reserves 4-0 win over Spartan Rangers A.