Wednesday's football March 10

by MALCOLM PRATT
 
Ryhope  CW just couldn't find a way past the Jarrow defence, despite  dominating their 'home' game which was played at Houghton.
 
"We  would  not have scored if we had played another 90 minutes. It was  one  of those  nights but Jarrow gave a tremendous team performance with goalkeeper Mark English outstanding," observed Ryhope secretary Dougie Benison.
 
The  Wearsiders  extended their lead at the top of the Wearside League to  eight points but Scarborough Town now have three games in hand.
 
Silksworth  had conceded 11 goals in their previous two games and when Wolviston went two up by the hour, another defeat was on the cards.
 
But  Steven Smith's side battled back and deservedly shared the points in a  2-2 draw.
 
Richard  Mills twice beat goalkeeper David McKinley before Owen Shannon  reduced the  deficit in the 65th minute. With 10 minutes remaining, Andrew Place hit the equaliser.
 
Easington  Colliery  had  no such problems in their game with  Coxhoe  Athletic. The  Colliers' made a dream start, scoring after just six minutes with a  Martin Langley header.
 
Haydn Pace struck twice in the space of three minutes early in the second period and  but for the brilliance of goalkeeper Tom Orton, Coxhoe would have  suffered an even heavier defeat.
 
New Marske were another side in scoring mode as they crushed bottom-of-the-table Willington  10-0. Shaun Mackin and Richard Playforth both rifled hat-tricks with Shaun Howes (2), Stephen Barker and Andrew Dawson also getting in on the scoring act.
 
In  contract,  Annfield Plain failed to score at Windscale where they  dominated for  90  minutes, hitting the woodwork on several occasions. In  stoppage  time, Dan  Gullen  had  the  ball  in the net for the Cumbrians  but  his  effort  was disallowed.