Report: 09-10-2004 – Mens 2nd’s (1) vs (3) Ben Rhydding 3rd’s

Slazenger seconds poor start to the season continued after they suffered a disappointing 3-1 defeat away to Ben Rhydding III in a game that they could have so easily won.
 
The game started with Slazenger’s playing some great hockey, making it their best half of hockey so far this season, to go in at the break a goal to the good. Dan Cooper latching onto a misdirected Tim Carr strike to give Slazenger’s a well deserved lead. Slazenger’s could have gone into the break two or three goals better off after some fantastic all round team play but some great goal keeping kept them at bay.
 
The second half was a different story however, with Ben Rhydding attacking in numbers, which saw them pull level and then take the lead midway through the second half. Slazenger’s rallied and began to control the play again but the loss of Ben Garside through his second yellow card in three games really put pay to the fight back, Ben Rhydding using their numerical advantage to kill the game off with a third.
 
Slazenger’s can take heart from a great first half performance but will have to learn to play for the full 70 minutes if they are to make an impression in what could turn out to be a tough league.