Maidenhead & Windsor

Ladies' HA Trophy Round 4: Tulse Hill and Dulwich 4 Maidenhead Ladies 2

Despite being held up in traffic, Maidenhead Maids made a a good start to this cup encounter in south London on Sunday.

Kathy Cain, Sam Archer, Debbie Keel and Krystyna Hohenauer all came close to opening the scoring - and Maidenhead paid the price for their profligacy when Tulse Hill struck on the break, giving Lucy Stevenson no chance in the Maidenhead goal.

Tulse Hill dominated the remainder of the half, as Maidenhead endured a torrid spell and they went in 2-0 down.

Stern words by coach Neil Archer ensured that Maidenhead controlled the early stages of the second half, winning a series of penalty corners, with Sam Archer and Bex Miall to the fore.

Eventually, from one corner, Miall's rocket of a shot was saved and Hohenauer was on hand to force the ball home and pull the score back to 2-1.

But another Maidenhead Maids error at the back undid their hard work, as Tulse Hill pounced to re-establish their two goal advantage.

Back came Maidenhead: A barrage of short corners were forced and from one Kat McGonigle finished clinically.

Trailing 3-2 with just five minutes to go, Maidenhead pushed forward in numbers - but while they gave Tulse Hill a number of scares, they were always vulnerable to the breakaway.

And so it proved; Stevenson saved one effort with her head but another break secured a fourth goal for the home side, as Maidenhead's determined and cup run came to an end.

LADIES' SOUTH LEAGUE TWO Richmond 3 Maidenhead Ladies 2

SECOND-placed Richmond quickly had Maidenhead on the back foot in South League Two.

But Clare Third, Claire Edgerley and Linda Wadley soaked up the Richmond pressure well at the back, until a lack of concentration in midfield

allowed Richmond to overload the Maidenhead defence. A penalty corner was conceded and Richmond's slick routine made no mistake, as they took the lead.

Maidenhead responded well to this setback, however, with Emily Wilkins keeping the Richmond defence busy. Kathy Cain and Sam Archer, who twisted and turned the Richmond defence inside out, both went close to scoring, before Krystyna Hohenauer volleyed home a rebound to equalise, after Archer's shot was saved.

Lucy Stevenson kept Maidenhead level with some outstanding second-half saves - but the pressure finally told when Clare Third's tackle was penalised and Richmond were awarded a rather generous penalty flick.

Minutes later, Richmond broke again and converted easily to pull away to 3-1.

The pace of Chantal Frost and Debbie Keel ensured Maidenhead Maids dominated the latter stages and Bex Miall dived to convert Wilkins' cross, forcing Richmond to endure a very nervous last few minutes.

MatchFacts

EH TROPHY ROUND 4

TULSE HILL & DULWICH 4 MAIDENHEAD 2 (Hohenauer, McGonigle)

Maidenhead: L Smith, Cox (Halliday 20), Greenham, Barrett, Cunningham, Scott, Smith, Scarborough, Bevan, Nicholson (Lubbock 14), Goodacre (Gledhill 22).

SOUTH LEAGUE TWO

RICHMOND 3 MAIDENHEAD 2 (Hohenauer, Miall)

Maidenhead: Stevenson, Edgerley, Wadley,Third, Frost, Eason, Miall, McGonigle,Wilkins, Archer,Cain. Substitutes - Keel, Hohenauer.

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