Cookham Dean (Sunday) suffered a 2:1 defeat in their Bob Smith trophy match against Premiership side Langley Murphs. Although Cookham were not at their best they put in a creditable display against strong opponents and created enough chances in the match to come away with at least a draw. Cookham started strongly and took the lead when Aaron Lennon was played in by Dean Knight with the Langley defence appealing in vain for offiside. Lennon cooly slid the ball past the onrushing keeper and was inches away from scoring a second minutes later when at full stretch he just failed to connect with a cross from James Gisbourne after his fine run past the Langley full back. Langley came back into the game and finished well from a half chance minutes after keeper Aaron O'Brien had made a fine poiint blank save from a header. A mix-up in defence however allowed Langley to take the lead when their forward reacted quickly to an underhit headed back pass to O'Brien. The football in the second half lacked some of the fluency of the first but wasnt helped by the windy conditions. The highlight was a moment of brilliance from Lennon when he dummied past the defender to shoot on goal only to see the ball roll the wrong side of the post with the keeper well beaten. Gisbourne also came close following a fine move but Langley held on for the win. Cookham now need to rely on results elsewhere to see them progress to the knock-out stage of the competition.