The North Team claimed their first ever North v South box lacrosse series title after they overcame a five-goal deficit to win the final match 12-11 at the Oxford Academy School on Sunday.
Ollie Allsop and the experienced Matt Marsh scored four goals each as the North Team came back from 9-4 down in the third quarter to win the series 2-1.
South Team players Ben Buchanan and Dan Watson each scored a hat-trick while Louis Alhage (2), Jamie Powell (2), and Tom Roper (1) hit five between them but it wasn’t enough as goals from Dave Groves (2), Elliot Leonard (1), and Ming Trinh (1) helped the North Team over the line.
It was all smiles for the North Team in the development game too as a 10-7 victory over the South Team ensured a 2-1 series win for the North.
The trophies were presented to each team by England men’s box lacrosse team Head Coach Walt Christiansen who was over from his native Canada scouting the North v South teams for talent ahead of the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships.
Watch all of the action back on Lacrosse Live UK’s YouTube channel HERE.
North 12-11 South
(4-5, 0-4, 4-1, 4-1)
North scorers | Allsop (4), Marsh (4), Groves (2), Leonard, Trinh
South scorers | Buchanan (3), Watson (3), Alhage (2), Powell (2), Roper
North (Dev.) 10-7 South (Dev.)
(2-1, 4-2, 1-2, 3-2)
North scorers | Clegg 4, McCarthy 3, McIhagger 2, Hartley
South scorers | Bruce 3, Payne 2, Farrer, Hartley
South Squad
4 Louis Alhage
5 Jude Krommenhoek
6 George Bascom
9 Ben Buchanan
16 Will Mallonee
18 Tom Bracegirdle
23 Jamie Powell
28 Jacob Nichols-Cook
29 Paxton Brown
33 Ryan Power
89 Eliot Pugh
48 Albert Whitehead
50 Tom Roper
51 Tom Roche
56 Iain Murray
91 Peter Shepherd
93 Dan Watson
95 Taylor Harrison
97 Kyle MacQueen
North Squad
1 Ollie Allsop
2 Cai Jefferies
3 Archie Carr
8 Ming Trinh
9 Elliot Leonard
10 Nathan Edwards
11 Kristien Warren
12 Matt Marsh
13 Luke Mills-Doig
16 Matt Tatton
17 Tom Hallam
18 Ollie Rogerson
24 Josh Turner
25 George Dury
26 Dave Groves
33 Sam Burgess
36 Silas Burke
40 Will Allsop
88 Jacob Brindle
South (Dev.) Squad
1 Ben Stowe
4 Corrie Bruce
5 Harry Morton-Smith
6 Bence Cserkuti
7 Adam Low
8 Travis Payne
13 Callum Counihan
14 Dale Haxton
17 Kieran Garvey
18 Jacob Lynch
19 Ben King
21 Adam Russell
25 Russell Farrer
27 Sam Perry
28 Asyck Shildt
33 Sebastian Di Siena
35 Tyler Rodberg
38 Seb Grant
75 Ben Young
88 Billy Rawlins
99 Valts Grinbergs
North (Dev.) Squad
00 Charlie Albuery
4 Jim Hartley
5 Sam Polya
6 Josh Clegg
14 James Mclhagger
22 Alex Tyldesly-Worster
23 Devran Tahanci
28 Frank Petkunas
29 Michael Byrne
31 Sam Cooper
34 Oscar McCarthy
38 Hamzah khalid
39 George Chambers