OXFORD Hawks were unable to recapture their form of late 2016, when they lost 5-2 at home to Old Cranleighans on Saturday.

Hawks hung on to third place in South League Premier Division 1, but now trail the top two teams by six points.

Jack Biggs, the division’s leading scorer, took his tally to 22 with Hawks’ first goal, while Alex Williams added the second.

But Cranleighans dictated the pace and won with goals from Harry Thomas (2), Matt Ming, Matt Murphy and Jimmy Smith.

Oxford failed to fire for their Regional 1 match away to OMT, crashing to a 7-1 defeat.

Matt McKeown scored the only goal for the visitors, who were upset by what they considered to be poor umpiring.

Bicester began the second half of the Middlesex, Berks, Bucks & Oxon Division 1 season by grinding out a 3-2 victory over a persistent OMT 2nd side at Cooper School.

Despite leading 3-0 at one point, Bicester let their north London opponents back into the match and had to hold on in the final moments to secure the three points.

Dave Sutcliffe opened the scoring after 20 minutes, when he turned in a powerful cross from Jordan Chester.

Ben Kirk then sparked into life when he finished off a move he started himself just inside the opposition half. He finished powerfully following a 1-2 with Sutcliffe.

Kirk then got his second and Bicester’s third after good work down the right from Stu Lock.

OMT got one goal back before the break and then scored near the end of the second half to make it a nervous few minutes for Bicester.

But they held on to stay in a close title race.

Witney still lead the way despite being held to a 0-0 draw at Ashford 2nd.

OTHER RESULTS

Men: Oxford Hawks 2nd 2 (M Janes 2), Eastcote 3; Oxford Hawks 3rd 3 (M Crowley, C Plumptre, C Saint), West Hampstead 2nd 0; Oxford Hawks 4th 3 (L Piper 2, L Cooke), Marlow 3rd 2; Oxford Hawks 5th 2 (S Raynor, C Larner), Staines 3rd 0; Oxford Hawks 6th 0, OMT 4th 4; Oxford Hawks 7th 2 (W Smith, J Sunderland), Wallingford 5th 0; Oxford Hawks Falcons 2 (S Smith, J Kaluza), TVC Conference Vets 1; Oxford 3rd 2 (M Oakes, J Stevens), Abingdon 2; Oxford 5th 5, West Hampstead 7th 2; Oxford 6th 4 (P Charrett, M Bramall, J Williams, B Hudson), Wallingford 3rd 1; Oxford 7th 3 (D McArthur 2, D Haycock), Windsor 2nd 1; Witney 2nd 6 (C Summers 2, T Hobbs, B Baker, S Hook, J Taylor), West Hampstead 5th 1; Oxford 8th 2 (P Hulcup, A Bowen), Witney 3rd 1 (A Taylor); Oxford 9th 4 (Ali Khushi 4), British Airways 3rd 3.

Ladies: Oxford Hawks 1 (C Reaney), Wimbledon 4; Oxford Hawks 2nd 0, Wycombe 3; Witney 6 (S Ricketts 3, H Dobson 2, K Oliver), West Hampstead 1; Thame 2, Witney 2nd 2 (S Hazel); Newbury Thatcham 4th 1, Witney 3rd 4 (A Charlotte, L Goodwin, G Hodgetts, E Yates); Oxford Hawks 5th 3 (H Senior 2, S Butler), Bicester 2nd 1; Oxford Hawks 7th 1 (M Thurley), Slough 3rd 1; Bicester 4th 7 (H Collier 3, T Moore 2, E Pinfield, E Graham), Abingdon 2nd 0; Oxford 5th 1 (I Hobbs), Reading 3A 1; Oxford Fireflies 1 (L Clifton), Windsor 2nd 3.

Girls: Oxford Hawks Under 16A 2 (H Senior, T Mobley), Reading 0.