Beverley and Hedon battle to draw

By [cwigham]

Beverley Town 3

Hedon Rangers 3

Hedon played the better football in the early stages, and created the better chances throughout the game.

Town fell behind as Hedon were helped by slack defending.

However, they responded immediately, O'Conner feed the ball to Rafton and his cross found Lamplough, who prodded the ball home.

Hedon regained the lead, against the run of play, when Town failed to clear.

Again Beverley came back, a floated free kick being flicked on by Jagger over the stranded keeper.

Town had their best spell in the second period with Skinns, Rafton and Lamplough all missing chances.

They did take the lead when a good move involving Durham and Skinns was finished by Lamplough.

Hedon grabbed an equaliser with five minutes remaining to salvage a deserved point.

Chalk Lane 0 Hessle Rangers 0

This game was played in very blustery conditions which blew across the Hull Uni 3G pitch.

Chalk were far the quicker team to settle down and get into playing their football, which had Hessle on the back foot for the opening 25 minutes.

Hessle grew in confidence and started to compete and play some decent football, with Hessle ending the first half in the ascendancy.

Hessle started the second half with the introduction of debutant A. Marriot who was to make an impression with his pace and direct running which Chalk struggled to contain.

In the same vein, L. Gardiner and B. Sherwood was controlling the midfield, with their influence on the game increasing Hessle's share of possession.

It was no surprise when it was Gardiner's late run into the box, produced a brilliant save from Dobson to keep it 0-0.

Gardiner again came close when his header from a corner hit the bar.

Chalk still looked dangerous on the counter attack with the lively G. Sewell keeping Hessle defence on their toes.

The game was there for Hessle's taking, but for their wasteful finishing and Dobson's good keeping, they had to settle for a share of the spoils from a very exciting 0-0 draw.

The standard of football played in the conditions was a credit to both teams.

Hall Road Rangers Res 6

Ferriby United Res 1

Call up to the first team left Hall Road fielding a weakened team, but they need not have worried.

They dominated the match against the young North Ferriby squad.

The Gawthorpe brothers supported each other well and Steve notched a hat-trick, whilst his brother scored one.

Paul Morrow and Lee Parker completed the scoring.

Hornsea Town 2 Pocklington Town 1

Pocklington travelled to Leconfield to take on Hornsea Town looking to build on last week's win and add some consistency to their league form.

However, on a windy day, individual errors again conspired to cost them at least a share of the spoils.

Kicking off with the wind behind them, Pocklington made a bright start with Rob Gibson and Craig Hargreaves pushing on down the flanks and Alex Fletcher and Neil Durkin winning the central midfield battle.

Hornsea almost struck first when a poor Pocklington clearance set up a chance for the Hornsea number 11 that needed a save from Carl Silburn, Pock replying with a pass from Gibson sending James Rudd clear down the left to cut in and fire in a shot that the Hornsea keeper only just managed to keep out on the slippery surface.

A Hornsea break on the counter on 15 minutes saw them with a man over at the far post that again needed Silburns intervention to prevent a goal while a last ditch challenge by the Hornsea defence just nipped the ball away from another Rudd break down the middle as the game ebbed and flowed.

A pass from James Drewery on 24 minutes put Alex Fletcher clear down the right to cross for a Will Curtis header that just cleared the bar, Hornsea replied with a direct free kick that went straight to Silburn from 23 yards out.

A long range effort from the Hornsea right back on 32 minutes rattled the Pocklington crossbar as it dipped and swerved in the wind while a Durkin effort from distance was gathered by the Hornsea keeper at the second attempt as both sides continued to press for the opener.

Hornsea struck first on 40 minutes when they caught Pock in possession and won a throw in on the half way line.

A quickly taken throw caught Town's defence napping and allowed a free run on goal for a Hornsea forward who showed composure to finish from a tight angle but Pock were level two minutes later when Rudds driven corner was flicked on by Durkin for Billy Hardy to head home from six yards for his first of the season.

With both sides level at the break but Pock know battling into the breeze, the half time team talk focused on making quicker decisions and taking responsibility for the first ball.

But this wasn't done and three minutes into the half, a long ball up the middle found Gibson unable to deal with it and after he missed his clearance, a Hornsea forward was allowed another free run on goal and made it 2-1 with a finish into the corner.

With Hornsea in the ascendancy, Pock struggled to get their game going and despite plenty of effort were unable to create clear cut chances.

Hornsea looked to capitalise on the break as Pock pressed for a second equaliser and Pock had to wait until 72 minutes for a sight of the home goal.

A Rudd free kick curled just over the far corner with the keeper beaten and although Town pressed hard, Hornsea saw the game out with few real scares despite Pock bombarding their area in the last 15 minutes.

This was another frustrating afternoon for Pocklington as they saw the chance of a good result go to waste and they will need to improve further and cut out individual errors defensively if they are to realise their potential and win games.

Next week they are in East Riding Senior cup action away against Beverley Town and with Neil Durkin and Will Curtis unavailable will be glad to welcome back Mark Abblett, Nathan Walker and Tom Hyde to their line up.

Malet Lambert YC 4 Westella & Willerby Res 0

Malet came out on top in this bottom of the table clash with a flattering 4-0 scoreline.

Both sides fielded somewhat weakened sides with the emphasis being on youth.

Westella fielded a side of average age of 19 whilst Malet was just over 21.

Once again Malet were indebted to veteran goal-keeper Phil Hawksworth who came in for the injured Dave Constable and again keeping a clean sheet.

In contrast the Westella keeper was 16 year old Gary Mallinson who had a fine game but was unlucky to concede two late goals which marred his debut.

Both sides strove hard to play good football in the windswept and rainy conditions with Malet failing to take advantage of the strong wind on their backs until the 40th minute when Paul Burton fired in a blistering shot which Mallinson did well to parry only for Simon Spencer to follow up and head home the loose ball.

In the 45th minute 17-year-old Matt Wilson extended Malet's lead when put through by the impressive Brad McKay he produced a glorious finish to give Malet a 2-0 half time lead.

In the second half Westella also found the strong swirling wind at their backs difficult to take advantage of and although they had plenty of possession could not make the break through.

The turning point came in the 80th minute when keeper Hawksworth bravely saved at the feet of a Westella forward who seemed certain to score.

Skipper Simon Spencer, who had led by example scored his second goal to give Malet the much needed points before 17-year-old Luke Beeston coming on as sub scored his first Humber Premier goal in the final minute.

Bradley McKay was outstanding for Malet with his energetic bursts and clever prompting made several good openings for his team mates.

Reckitts 1 Hessle Sporting Club 1

Hessle started with the extreme wind behind them.

Often this was not to their advantage, as they struggled to control the ball.

They did, however, manage to get several shots on target.

It was Reckitts who broke the deadlock following a corner mid-way through the first period.

Hessle equalised through the on-form Leon Garland.

Hessle started to play good football in the second half and missed to good chances to take the lead.

In the end both teams had to settle for a point each, which was a fair reward on the day.

Sculcoates Amateurs 5 St Andrews 2

St Andrews took the lead on 15 minutes. Sculcoates were not playing well at this time and fell further behind through an own goal.

However, St. Andrews allow the home side to get back into the game conceding two soft goals before the break.

St. Andrews needed to listen carefully to the manager during the interval, but failed to take this on board.

The score remained level until the turn of the hour, but then Sculcoates made the break away and ran out easy winners.