Men's 2nds beat an underpar March Town by 4 goals.

Cambridge South 2's set out against March Town with a slightly changed team, but hoping to return to winning ways.

South needed a strong performance right from the off, and they wasted no time in setting about the opposition, with an early cross reaching Bhav Virdee on the right side of the area, but the ball was put just past the post.

Further bright attacks came and went, before Bhav settled any nerves with a sweetly struck shot from a short corner. The ball came to Bhav on the edge of the D and he wasted no time blasting the ball past the helpless keeper into the goal. This opener was soon followed by a similarly sweet struck shot from Tristen Knight. He controlled the ball at the top of the D, wasted a little time winding up his shot, but the goal was certainly worth waiting for, as it whistled past the goalie into the top left hand corner.

South continued to play swift pass and move hockey, opening up the March defence with their pace. It was no surprise that another goal was scored before half-time, Mr Virdee again being in the right place to steer his shot past the keeper.

3-0 at the break, but South needed to ensure they did not take their foot off the gas. A string of short corners came March's way early in the second half, but these were well dealt with by the water-tight defence, with new keeper Ben Buckley producing fine saves when called upon. The keeper also commanded his D well and came out to thwart opposition attacks, and was well deserving of his man of the match award.

Whilst desperate not to concede, South were still keen to add to their tally. A fine move down the left resulted in the ball being cut back to the top of the opposition area. A shot from James Cobbe was well saved by the March keeper, but fox-in-any-box George Wych was first to the rebound, driving his first (but not last) goal for South hard against the backboard, a finish Lord Rob Barton OBE himself would have been proud of. This capped a professional display from the team, who now look forward to a tough (but winnable) match next week away to Rutland, one of the division's early pace-setters.

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Ben Buckley
Player of the Match

Clean sheet on his debut for the club - a great start!

Bhav Virdi
Lemon of the Match

Despite scoring 2 goals, his outrageous attempts at reverse sweeping from wide on the right earn him the LOM.