South London’s second team – Balham – travelled to their new home venue at Sacred Heart Catholic school in Camberwell to face Highbury 5 in their previous match. Balham were able to take all the points, winning 8-5.
Sam Kilburn, Charlie Johnson, Dulcie Keeley and Ines Liberato started in attack, with Will Reed, Sam Loader, Eleanor Rickenbach and Lizzie Evans in defence. Highbury opened the scoring with a running in shot after 3 minutes of play, and Balham quickly equalised through a Sam Kilburn running in shot assisted by Charlie. Highbury spurned a chance to take the lead with a missed penalty and Balham went 3-1 up with running in shot goals from Will Reed and Eleanor Rickenbach. Sam Kilburn scored his second of the game, this time from distance, but Highbury got their second goal just before half time to make it 4-2.
Highbury started the second half strongly with two quick running in shots to make it 4-4. Balham then went on a scoring spree, with Charlie scoring a drop off, Sam Kilburn with a runner and Eleanor with a distance shot to make it 7-4. Highbury got one back through a penalty, but Sam Kilburn added his fourth with 3 minutes left to play.
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