Abingdon twice came from behind before going down 4-3 to a skilful British Airways side in Area Division 1.

BA opened the scoring after only five minutes with a fierce shot from the edge of the circle by Behar, which clipped the post as it flew into the goal.

Abingdon fought back strongly and equalised ten minutes later through Will Trigg, who fired the ball past the BA keeper from six yards.

Neil Spencer then put Abingdon in front when he forced the ball over the line from a yard out after the goalkeeper had blocked a Trigg effort.

British Airways equalised almost immediately when Om intercepted a defensive pass across the edge of the circle to score with a close-range shot.

Midway through the second half, BA took the lead as Kabir shot low into the corner.

Then, five minutes later, Abingdon equalised at a penalty corner when Tom Mugford pounced on the ball as it rebounded off the keeper's pads and flicked it into the unguarded goal from two yards.

With ten minutes left, Charanjit scored from four yards out following a penalty corner to give BA victory.

Banbury defeated Phoenix 3-0, while Bicester crushed Marlow 7-2.

In Division 2, away wins were popular. Witney triumphed 2-0 at Windsor, while Rover Oxford lost 3-1 at home to Slough, and Wallingford went down 2-1 at home to Leighton Buzzard.

A positional change made all the difference for Witney, with Tony French scoring two opportunist goals.

Jon Watkins again made some good saves for Witney who came under pressuure in the final ten minutes after Paddy Daniel had to leave the field with an eye injury.

Other score: Witney 2nd 3 (K Gregory 2, P O'Brien), Windsor 2nd 1