Hockey: Reading face tough trip to Canterbury

At least one Regional League club will go forward to the fifth round of the EH Cup as a result of yesterday's draw in which South League Holcombe entertain Worcester from the Coaching Solutions Midland Premier.

National League Premier Division sides have again been fortunate with only one clash, Cup holders Reading having to travel to Canterbury. However, two Premier sides still looking for their first League victories of the season will feel none too comfortable. Loughborough Students entertain the high-scoring Old Georgians and Old Loughtonians are at home to Bowdon. Teddington, also looking for their first League win, will be more confident when they entertain Middlesex neighbours Eastcote. Former Cup winners Havant and East Grinstead, who have both fallen on hard times and are now in Division Two, clash at Havant Park. Premier side Hampstead and Westminster may have a difficult task as they travel to First Division Chelmsford.

EH CUP FOURTH ROUND DRAW: Barford Tigers v Lewes; Bath Buccaneers v Sheffield University Bankers; Bournville v Birmingham Univ.; Brooklands MU v Old Whitgiftians; Cambridge University v Surbiton; Cannock v Beeston; Canterbury v Reading; Chelmsford v Hampstead & Westminster; Havant v East Grinstead; Holcombe v Worcester; Loughborough Students v Old Georgians; Nottingham v Firebrands; Old Loughtonians v Bowdon; Oxford Hawks v Doncaster; Teddington v Eastcote; Woking v Belper. (Ties to be played Sunday, 23 November).