Banbury notched their first South League Premier Division 1 win in a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Brighton.

A goal down in five minutes, it took the introduction of Adrian Simmons to spark Banbury’s attack into life.

Tyson Nunneley levelled from a penalty corner and in the second half, Will Kellett fired them in front from another penalty corner.

Simon Boardman pounced to make it 3-1 before Banbury conceded a soft goal from the restart, with almost all four defenders at fault.

Oxford University lost 4-1 at Chichester, in spite of Thomas Lockton’s goal.

In Premier Division 2, Oxford Hawks lost their second successive match, 4-3 at home to Barnes. Nick Ferraby struck twice after Steve Collier had scored.

Rover Oxford, Wallingford and Oxford Hawks 2nd all lost in the Regional division, without a goal between them.

Rover went down 1-0 at Staines 2nd, Wallingford 2-0 to Maidenhead, while Hawks 2nd crashed 10-0 at Sonning.

Rover Oxford 2nd charged back from two goals down after 15 minutes to beat Ashford 2nd 3-2 in Regional 2.

A breakaway by Ben White led to a goal from Toby Langdon, and two well-worked goals from short corners, by Chris Orme and John Rogers, completed a fine comeback.

City of Oxford saw off South Bucks 3-0 at home in Division 1. Charlie de Burgh fired them in front and Andy Small scored twice after the break.

Abingdon won 1-0 at Bicester to collect their first three points in Division 2 thanks to a second-half goal from Owen Blackburn.

Frankie Clavaud and Tim Hardy scored in Witney’s 3-2 defeat at Amersham 2nd.