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TAYLORIAN 2024

U15A

We were rarely well-beaten and pushed some very good sides all the way. There were two obvious highlights, though. Your correspondent managed to miss our first point of the season, a 7-7 thriller away at the Perse. This game will be a good case study for future historians: I have tried to piece together conflicting eyewitness accounts and am afraid I am none the wiser as to what actually happened. Our victory, against MCS, was a scrappy affair but it was most pleasing to see that belief had not

P: 8 / W: 1 / D: 1 / L: 6 / F-A: 18-32 / GD: -4 Measured purely on the results card, this was not a vintage season. We managed to snatch a win in our penultimate game against Magdalen College School, but had bounced from defeat to defeat before that (with one very notable exception). It is to the immense credit of the group, then, that spirits rarely wavered and they retained a belief in playing hockey the ‘right way’.

waned; we dominated this game and could have scored more had various chances gone our way. The group was well led by Akash Dhana, who won Player of the Season laurels for his grace under pressure in midfield. Our attacking resources of Zhennuo Wang, Will Ford, Joseph Hazan and Thomas Bignone caused even very accomplished sides no end of problems. Ayan Patel, who came in after a game or two, also deserves credit: he emerged as a calm stalwart of the defensive line. As they look towards senior hockey in the next few years, this group will have a great deal to offer. It was, and this is equally important, a pleasure to travel with them this season. Mr M. T. Herring Squad: T. Baldwin, A. Bhasin, T. Bignone, N. Bridge, F. Butler, A. Daphale, L. De Silva, A. Dhana, A. Fevzi, W. Ford, A. Goria, B. Greet Smith, T. Haria, J. Hazan, R. Lakhani, A. Patel, P. Sen, A. Shah, T. Souesi, S. Spight, Z. Wang, M. Wanniarachchige.

U15B

P: 6 / W: 4 / D: 0 / L: 2 / F-A: 13-12 / GD: 1

Opposition

Venue

Result

Scorers

RGS, Guildford

Away

1-0

B. Blau; R. Patel; S. Embleton.

Reed's School

Home

5-2

The Perse School

Away

1-9

R. Patel; A. Patel; C. Railton. R. Patel; A. Pascoe; A. Shah.

Aldenham School

Away

3-0

Eton College

Away

3-0

Magdalen College School

Neutral

0-1

Squad: A. Pascoe, A. Daphale, A. Mohan, A. Goria, A. Kapoor, A. Patel, A. Patel, A. Shah, B. Blau, C. Railton, C. Cutt, D. Patel, E. Elliott, H. Muir, K. Patel, K. Sawhney, L. De Silva, M. Wanniarachchige, N. Yifter, R. Bhular, R. Heredia, R. Patel, S. Embleton (Capt.).