Broxbourne 2nd XI v South Herts 1st XI

23 February 2008

South Herts 6 - 0 Broxbourne IIs

Herts returned to their early season form this week with a resounding victory over Broxbourne, clearly aided by the return of Faye Jowett and Claire Moore!

Sarah Jowett opened the scoring in the first ten minutes flicking in a Sue Richardson free hit and soon made it two nil when Cate Jackson smashed a cross-shot across the D which Jowett turned past the unsighted keeper.

Herts settled into some neat attacking hockey working the ball around the opposition and creating a number of chances which were snuffed out by the Broxbourne keeper. In defence Herts were largely untroubled with Ruth Spencer keeping the dangerous Broxbourne centre forward at bay with her wily positional play.

As the half drew to a close, Jowett completed her hat-trick when Caroline Stanners was fouled as she made another jinking run through the defence allowing Richardson to find Jowett with another free hit which she knocked in reverse stick.

Herts took their time to get going in the second half but having smashed a shot against the post, Lucy Edwards picked the ball up on the left and squared to Caroline Partridge who strode up from the back and creamed the ball into the corner from the top of the area. The momentum was now back with Herts and a fifth goal quickly followed when Cate Jackson’s persistence saw her nudge the ball (in the style of Vanessa Porter) over the line after a goal mouth scramble.

A fine afternoon for Herts was finished off by Anna Walker whose sweetly struck shot from a penalty corner looped up over the keeper via a deflection and dropped just under the cross bar.

Goals: Sarah Jowett (3), Cate Jackson, Caroline Partridge, Anna Walker

See the Welwyn & Hatfield Times article.