Schoolboy Ogyen Verhagen, playing in only his second game for the club, scored four goals of impressive quality as the OHAFC 2nd XI ran riot against their Brentwood counterparts, securing a 6-1 win and putting their League campaign back on track in the process.

In conditions ideal for football, with little wind and a good playing surface, the home side started well, no doubt keen to atone for the disappointing defeat to Marlborough a week earlier. Two goals inside the first ten minutes immediately put the visitors under pressure: after good work down the left from Bone and Stead the ball was delivered into the box and half cleared - Harry Turner reacted quicker than anyone and having steadied himself, fired home from the edge of the box with great power (and a small deflection). Five minutes later, the much heralded Verhagen opened his account in simple fashion, calmly finishing past the 'keeper after he had been played through the middle of a square Brentwood defence.

Harrow were dominant and enjoying themselves against clearly weaker opponents. In midfield, Arghebant, Turner and Bone worked tirelessly to earn Harrow the majority of possession; the back four of Chopra, Orr-Ewing, Maydon and Woolley, who looks considerably fitter and stronger following some extensive gym work (and aqua aerobics classes?), were solid when called upon, dealing with several corners comfortably - pretty much the summation of Brentwood's first half efforts. Up front, Dave Stead was dominant in the air, if a little profligate when presented with a couple of decent opportunities, whilst strike partner Freddie Brunt struggled to make much of an impact on the proceedings.

Harrow continued to create chances aplenty: a free-kick from the right was just headed over by Verhagen; just before the half-hour mark a delightful move down the left saw Woolley feed Bone who cut back on his right foot and delivered a pin-point cross which Stead headed just over.

Two minutes later, a rather more direct move saw the home side extend their lead to three: Maydon pumped the ball forward from the back, Stead rose to flick on and Verhagen reacted quickly to collect the ball, skip past the clumsy Brentwood centre-half and slot the ball in at the near post. It could have been four before the break but Stead blasted over from an acute angle when he had several teammates pleading for a cross.

With the comfort of a three-goal cushion, skipper Arjun Chopra rang the changes and made several substitutions - Warner, Bartlett and Berry all enjoying their first taste of the action.

If the football in the second half didn't quite match the quality on display in the first, partly due to a slightly-improved showing by their opponents, there was certainly no shortage of incident.

Within five minutes of the restart Joe Bone had hit the post, fortuitously, when crossing from near the right touchline, Verhagen and him having switched wings.

A couple of minutes later referee Alan Greenberg, for some reason wearing a black beanie hat, pointed to the spot after a Harrow cross struck a Brentwood arm. Up stepped Verhagen to confidently fire home the spot kick and complete his hat-trick - much to the delight of his teammates.

Ten minutes later, with Brentwood finally showing signs of life, they themselves were awarded a penalty when Jack Orr-Ewing blocked a cross with his arm having initially done well to block a shot. Pritchard, who up to that point had barely had to get his hands dirty, flung himself to his right to palm the ball to safety and maintain the clean sheet.

By now, with both sets of players tiring, space began opening up all over the pitch and chances were appearing with regularity. A one-two between Stead and Verhagen down the left sent the youngster into the box but he could only drag his shot wide of the near post. It didn't matter - two minutes later Stead crossed from the left and saw the ball deflected in off the thigh of the strangely-coiffured Brentwood defender.

Denied the chance to claim the goal for himself, the dubious goals committee (of one) ruling live from the scene that it was indeed an own goal, Stead should have finally got himself on the metaphorical scoresheet when he was played clean through moments later. But faced with just the 'keeper to beat, he hesitated momentarily and was forced wide, almost into the new cricket pavilion.

The final fifteen minutes saw two further goals and two bookings, predictably both for the visitors and, even more predictably, both for bad language.

Brentwood did finally get on the scoresheet when a third penalty was awarded, quite correctly, Maydon clattering into a forward a few yards inside the box. This time Pritchard could do nothing about the strike and it was 5-1.

The finest effort of the afternoon, apart from that made by Chopra and Woolley's girlfriends in turning up to watch (why?!) was saved for the final few minutes when Verhagen scored his fourth and Harrow's sixth after a delightful counter-attack. Turner won the ball in midfield and thundered forward. He passed wide to Bone who in turn fed Warner down the right. The League Chairman showed a remarkable turn of pace to sprint to the byline and produce an excellent low cross which was impudently turned in by Verhagen, via his backheel - 'He's done a Welbeck' Jackie Woolley helpfully remarked.

Indeed he had Jackie, indeed he had.