Eirball.Hockey – Irish Field Hockey

Recap

Banbridge 2 (B McCandless, Ph Brown) Three Rock Rovers 5 (B Walker 2, H Morris, J Hosking, S Grace)

Twice Banbridge took the lead in the first quarter and twice Three Rock Rovers equalised, before Three Rock pulled away to win 5-2. Bruce McCandless put Banbridge one-up with a great turn and shot, but Rovers went went straight down the other end and equalised through Harry Morris tapping in at the far post just 30 seconds later. Philip Brown scored from the first penalty corner of the game after 16 minutes to put Banbridge 2-1 up, but again Three Rock levelled the game straight from the restart, Ben Walker driving the ball in from close range. Walker got his second on the half hour, putting Rovers into the lead for the first time, and with 11 minutes left it was 4-2, Jody Hosking scoring after a one-two with Ross Canning. Sam Grace made sure of the points for Three Rock with a score from a set-piece with a minute left on the clock. [4]

Note
*Time is estimate – exact time currently unknown.

WEBSITES

[2] Hockey Ireland (2019) EYHL Men’s League 2019-20 [Internet] Available from: https://www.hockey.ie/eyhlmens [Accessed 10 December 2019]

[3] Hockey Ireland (2019) EYHL Round-Up and Match Reports 21/09/2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.hockey.ie/news-detail/10055395/ [Accessed 1 October 2019]

[4] Hockey Ireland (2019) Men’s EY Hockey League, Weekly Round Up 29/09/2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.hockey.ie/news-detail/10055753/ [Accessed 1 October 2019]