Hockey: Crutchley's five helps to crush Crostyx

There were defeats for National League sides Bromley, Isca and Gloucester City in the third round of the Hockey Association Cup yesterday with the Premier side Surbiton only scraping through 4-3 on penalty strokes after drawing 1-1 with the Nastro Azzurro South club, Wimbledon.

Ipswich's 5-0 win away to Bromley, with Andy Cook and Andy Berresford each scoring twice, was probably the day's highlight although Cannock led the goal spree with a 13-0 win against Crostyx. Bobby Crutchley, the League's top goalscorer, scored five.

There was no fairy-tale win for Rob Hill and his Yeovil and Sherborne squad who lost 12-2 to visiting First Division leaders, Beeston, for whom Jeff Longden, Mike Huckle and Ian Hammond each scored hat-tricks.

In a highly attractive, all Premier League game at Southgate, Barford Tigers scored first through Dharminder Singh before Southgate, with goals from Duncan Woods, Peter Gibbons and James Duthie, built up a 3-1 lead only to be pulled back to 3-2 with a last minute penalty stroke from Pritpal Bhurji. In the only other all Premier tie, Havant's Ian Pattison opened the scoring at Teddington before his side lost 6-3.