Gibson makes sure of County Cup progress for Wild
Boar
Ryan Gibson was Houghton Wild Boar All-Stars’ hero as
they won through from the preliminary round of the Durham County Sunday Cup in
a 6-3 home win against Darlington RA Stephenson Street Garage.
Houghton got off
to a poor start and were 2-0 down after only 15 minutes. However, they soon
rallied round and Liam McKitten, Karl Anderson, Craig Fletcher and Liam Lusk
all scored to secure a 4-2 half-time lead.
Darlington went
close to scoring on a few occasions in the second half, then Gibson, who had
never scored for Wild Boar before, came off the bench for the last 20 minutes
to make the game safe.
On 75 minutes, he hammered the ball into the roof of the net after Lusk pulled
the ball back from the by-line to kill off any hope of a Darlington fightback.
Philip Thompson’s
strike made it six before the visitors hit their third consolation.
Pelton Crown edged
through 1-0 at home to Spennymoor Voltigeur.
Reece Mitchell and
Dean Stewart were denied by outstanding saves before Crown finally made the
breakthrough late on.
They were awarded
a free-kick 35 yards out and Liam Mitchell lined himself up and smashed a
fierce strike into the top left hand corner, leaving the keeper helpless.
Ouston Cherry Tree overwhelmed Consett Finnians 10-1, never looking back after
the recalled Reece Hutchinson fired a 15-second opener from Clarkson’s pass.
Hutchinson went on
to set up three goals, and complete a hat-trick. Clarkson added a treble, with
Biles, Fryer and a brilliant 35-yard lob from Ryan Drummond completing the
scoring.
Elsewhere,
Houghton Town romped home 8-0 at Hartlepool Engineers SC and Houghton Chilton
Lodge defeated Bishop Auckland Bay Horse 3-1, while New Brancepeth WMC saw off
Silksworth Catholic Club 4-1.
Quarrington Hill
edged past Seaton Carew S&SC 3-2, but Witton Gilbert Club were beaten 6-3
by Sunderland side O’Brien Waste Recycling.
Langley Park won through 4-1 on penalties after a 2-2 draw with Sunderland
Railway Club, Ushaw Moor Cricket Club were pipped 5-4 at Sunderland side Park
View and Sacriston Cricket Club outgunned Murton New Hesledon 5-1, with East
Rainton victorious at Tow Law by the same score.
Durham Bede Lodge
progressed 6-5 on penalties, following an epic 4-4 draw at Stanley Oxhill
Central, as did Coxhoe Red Lion (after a 3-3 draw at Marsden CW), while
Sherburn overwhelmed Hartlepool Raglan 13-1 and Brandon Sports Club eased home
5-1 at Peterlee Hearts.
Washington Cross
Keys fought well to snatch a 2-1 victory at Chester Garden Farm RAR in the
Castle Insurance Alan Smith Memorial Trophy, first round.
Garden Farm
arguably had the better chances, and more of them, but Ryan Johnson fired home
their only goal.
Ross Docherty and
Philip Marriott notched to steer Cross Keys through, on the back of an
outstanding display by star man goalkeeper Ian Brown.
Bailey Hunter shone for Farm.
There were also
three second round ties.
Star man Daniel
Summerbell (2), Mark Wild and Andrew Hope struck as West Rainton eased to a 4-1
home win over Bearpark.
Paul Green fired
the visitors’ reply, with keeper Michael Crooks their man of the match.
Bearpark, with a
depleted team, gave a good account of themselves.
Premier outfit
Newton Aycliffe Locomotive defeated battling Gateshead Last Orders 6-3 - after
falling two goals behind early on.
Jonny Graham’s
strike in a one on one and a Masixole Moss volley had Last Orders in charge,
but Lewis Martin and Danny McLachlan rallied the home side.
With the
introduction of Corey Nicholson at half-time, Aycliffe hit four more to finish
good winners, through a Nicholson hat-trick and a second from Martin.
Graham’s second
goal was the visitors’ third. Steven Kyle was their star man.
Premier Division
champions Pelton RAOB had to scrap very hard to see off Ferryhill Dynamos 3-2.
Ferryhill stunned
the hosts by going 2-1 up in the second half thanks to Andrew Agar’s 30-yard
volley, following up Vinny Gash’s earlier leveller.
But Pelton
equalised and then won it late on.
Their scorers were
Alex Peake, Dan Addison and sub David Latham, with midfielder Matthew Soulsby
star man.
Jonathan Mason
starred for Ferryhill.
Durham Rangers
progressed from the League Cup second round in an extra-time thriller at
Sacriston The Shoes.
Declan Waters,
Luke Jury, Jonny Marshall and Callum Harland all netted as Rangers won through
an entertaining tie by the odd goal in seven.
Man of the match
Michael Nearby fired an excellent hat-trick to lead Chilton WMC home 5-0 in
their tie at Ouston Juniors.
Stephen Clough and
Kieran Harnett also notched, with Jack Dickinson the pick of the Ouston
players.
In the only game
in Division Four, newcomers Grange Villa edged home 1-0 in a very even match
against Eppleton CC.
The only goal came
on 72 minutes, scored by Villa’s David Smith. Darryl Laws was Grange Villa’s
top performer.
Chester 18Seven
Bar maintained their superb start to the season, walloping hosts High
Handenhold Bird Inn 7-1 in a one-sided Division Two showdown.
Jordan Stevens,
Michael McLean and Stephen Wood all weighed in with doubles in a one-sided
clash, with man of the match Aaron Walker also on the scoresheet.
Bird held their
own for 15 minutes, but went to pieces after they went behind to a penalty.
Jonathan Swift
fired their consolation, with Tony Swift their top performer.
Framwellgate Moor
WMC capitalised on a poor first-half display by hosts Pelaw Grange Dogs and
eventually ran out 3-2 winners in Division One.
Star man Daniel
Igo and Darryl Bell got Pelaw back to level in the second half, but
Framwellgate stood firm to snatch a winner.
The visitors’
marksmen were man of the match Chris Pattinson, Nick Kitching and Sam Plant.
Hilda Park,
newly-relegated from the Premier Division, enjoyed a great Chester-le-Street
derby day, ruthlessly hammering Whitehills 4-0.
Star man Conor
Henderson, two-goal Jamie Gordon and Craig Thompson did the damage.
Pittington rocked
hosts Newton Hall Jovial Monk with a 3-1 triumph in Division Three.
Monk had strong
early penalty claims waved away, and Pittington capitalised to go in front
right on half-time, Jonny Scott scoring with the home side claiming offside.
Pittington played
very well in the second half, passing the ball around a tired home team, and a
fine move brought a crucial second goal for Scott.
David Wile
breathed new life into Monk when he converted a penalty.
They felt hard
done by when another spot-kick appeal was rejected, and goalkeeper Robert Berry
was duly sent off for dissent.
Antony Waterson
had to go in goal and Pittington’s Jonny Hosler netted with a brilliant
free-kick to end the scoring at 3-1.
Adam Baister was
Monk’s top man, with James Donaldson best for Pittington.
Hetton New Inn hit
back from a goal down to draw 1-1 at Lumley Snooker Club.
Mick Carroll
struck to give Lumley the lead, but they wasted a host of chances and star man
Jordan Knox hauled the visitors level with a well-taken strike on the break.
Hetton had Lee
Smith sent off. Carl Kalugarama stood out for the Snooker Club.
