Buckingham Close in

On a very old and bumpy pitch in Ruislip, Buckingham showed their intent from the whistle and started the game at a high pace

Eastcote defended strongly but conceded a penalty flick after only 6 minutes, which Sophie Tuckett calmly converted

Buckingham continued to pile on the pressure with Kirsty Freshwater converting a short corner to make the score 0-2 after only 10minutes.

Buckingham continued to dominate but strong defending from Eastcote and good goal keeping from numerous short corners prevented Buckingham from extending their lead.

In the second half Eastcote continued to play good hockey and counter attacked a number of times, but Buckingham's defence held strong. In the 68th minute Buckingham sealed the win with a beautiful flowing attack started by, player of the match, Liz Fleck with a cross pitch pass to Tash James, who slotted the ball into Alice Rolfe, who crossed it into the path of the on-running Andrea Freshwater to score.