Wednesday's football April 7

by MALCOLM PRATT
 
RYHOPE  CW  are  anxiously  looking over their  shoulders  as  Scarborough  Town continue to make inroads into their lead at the top of the table.
 
The  Seasiders  have  been in electrifying form recently and are  now  just  six points  behind their rivals with three games in hand and a significantly  better goals difference.
 
Their  latest success came at the expense of New Marske who conceded late  goals to  Georgie  Rose  and Mark Barber after Philip Peggs had  cancelled  out  Wayne Brooksby's first-half strike.
 
Easington  Colliery  consolidated fifth position with a comfortable 4-1  success over bottom-of-the-table Willington whose only marksman was Daniel Beaney.
 
By  the  time he scored, the Colliers were ahead courtesy of John Harrison  with a brace and Mark Ellison and towards the end, Chris Pearson also found the net.
 
Ashbrooke    Belford   House   gave   a   disappointing   performance    against Kirkbymoorside at Silksworth.
 
Paul  Hodgson  fired in a direct free kick to give the Yorkshiremen an  interval lead   and   Alex  Strickland  struck  twice  before  Lee  Harrison  claimed   a consolation for Tommy Dobbing's team.
 
Coxhoe  Athletic  remain  second bottom following defeat at Jarrow  where  Peter Kane (2) and Chris Lunn scored the three goals in the opening 45 minutes.
 
There  was no shortages of goals as Annfield Plain defeated  third-from-basement Hartlepool in a nine-goals thriller.
 
Shaun  Sager, with a hat-trick, Colin Snailham, Jonathan Kemp and Graeme  Wilson netted  for the home side with Daniel Corbett, Kyle McDermott and Anthony Davies responding for Pools.
 
There  were  even  more  goals at Guisborough Town HC where  Windscale  won  9-3 courtesy  of  Dean  Rogers (3), Alan Blair (2), Andrew Hurley, Dan  Gullen,  Dan Rowlands and Dion Barnes. Philip Jobling, Lewis Tidy and Paul Milward replied.