Hathaway Auckland and District League

Cockfield lost their third game in a row, beaten 2-1 by Shildon Railway who opened the scoring in the first half with a goal from John Shotton. John Myers increased their lead in the second period. Stephen Hall pulled a goal back for Cockfield near the end.

DSRM moved into fourth place after a hard-earned 2-1 win over Middleton Wanderers. They led 2-0 at half-time, with two goals from Stephen Sinclair, Terry-Lee Shields pulling a goal back for Middleton in the second half.

Coxhoe Athletic also moved up after a 3-0 win over Roddymoor. Stephen Weir gave them a 1-0 half-time lead with David Hutchinson and Phil Lawson scoring second-half goals.

Quinns Inn had a 3-1 win over Glaxo. They scored twice in the first half with goals from Anthony Embleton and Martin Longthorne with John Embleton scoring their third early in the second half. Brian Chisman scored a late penalty for Glaxo.

The games between Darlington RA and Witton Park along with Brewer and Firkin and Brandon Station were both postponed.

Hambleton Ales Combination

Waterlogged pitches caused the postponement of the majority of fixtures on and only four of the scheduled 13 league and cup games were played.

All fixtures in divisions one and three were called off while Division Two leaders Brompton-on-Swale increased their advantage to ten points with a 6-2 home victory over Durham Ox. Stokesley SC moved up into fourth place after a 4-3 victory over Blue Star.

In the Division Three Scorpion Cup, Thirsk Town won 3-2 at Nag's Head United to end the home side's three-match unbeaten run and Hutton Rudby came out on top 3-1 at home over Northallerton WMC.

In the North Riding Sunday Challenge Cup, Robert Thompsons of Division One lost 9-1 at home to Strongwood and Three Coopers Bedale were beaten 4-3 at home by Winning Post. Three Coopers, 2-1 ahead at half-time, scored through Sammy McDermott, Nigel Walker and Charles Banks. In the all-Division One tie, Rountons won 5-1 at Osmotherley Rangers.

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Billingham Wanderers, after the previous week's cup win, travelled to Inn Place, Silksworth full of confidence, and won 5-1. They took a fifth minute lead when good work by Stan Hutchcraft let in former Hartlepool United midfielder Bob Scaife to fire the ball in off a post.

This was followed after ten minutes by another well-worked goal with Hutchcraft squaring the ball for Jerry Forrest to fire home and after 15 minutes Hutchcraft scored a good individual goal with a left-foot shot past a bemused home keeper.

The Teessiders played some of their best football of the season and got another goal through man of the match Eric Barrett just before the break. After half time the home side came back and pulled a goal back through Dave Jones but with ten minutes remaining Barrett scored with a great shot to round of a demolition of a dispirited home side.

Wanderers are at home tomorrow against Blackhall Hardwick (10.30am) Norton and Stockton Ancients ground, Station Road.

In Division One the Pirates were mostly unlucky. They drew 2-2 away to Owton Manor. The Pirates went 1-0 up after 20 minutes when Peter Dunne scored but Dowler for the Manor shortly after the restart. The Masons Arms came back strongly and Alan Gates restored their lead. With only minutes remaining the Manor pushed all forward and Mottram equalised to make it 2-2. Very lucky for the Hartlepool side and most unfortunately for the Pirates.

Ferryhill Greyhound drew 0-0 with Division One leaders Gateshead Heworth Green away from home. It was a game which developed into a battle of two defences which cancelled each out. The pitch was very heavy and muddy and good football was out of the question and by the end of the game both sides were leg-weary. All the players deserved a medal for their efforts but Ferryhill's Ian McQuade was outstanding at centre back.

In Division Two Langley Park Rams Head are still very much on target for promotion. They won 4-0 against Rockcliffe Arms and are now in third position and have games in hand of those above them. The first half was fairly even and ended goalless but after the restart Rockcliffe tired and fell away while the Rams took over scoring four goals, Forster a brace and Taylor and Sara one apiece.

Barnard Castle disappointed, losing 4-2 to leaders The Board. Once again the Castle took time to settle down and the Board inn were 2-0 up after 20 minutes courtesy of Duckworth.

Steve Crowther put them on level terms.

In the last quarter the Board Inn came back and finished the stronger scoring twice through Duckworth and Billy Barratt to win the game.

In Division Three Durham City Strollers moved out of the relegation zone, they drew 3-3 away to second placed Roker Queen Vic. It was a game of two halves, The Strollers scored first but Bob Lyle levelled only for the Strollers to gain command and score two further goals and lead 3-1 at the interval. The restart saw Roker fight back and goals from Lawrence and Willis saw the match end 3-3.

In Division Four Consett look good for promotion, they defeated White Horse Inn 4-1. Leading 3-0 at the interval, the issue was never in doubt. Their scorers were Carr, Keegan, Taylor and Leonard.

West Cornforth slipped by losing 2-3 at home to the lowly Halfway House.

They took the lead through Maddison only for Ward to level. Close on half time Mayle restored their lead.

After the restart Kevin Burke scored the equaliser. In the closing minutes a hotly disputed penalty was put away by Terry McBay to give the Horse a narrow in.

Premier Division

P W D L F A Pts

Billingham W 14 7 6 1 36 14 27

S'land Railway 14 8 2 4 32 18 26

Steels SC 10 8 0 2 33 15 24

Marden 13 6 5 2 30 23 23

Inn Place 12 7 1 4 24 21 22

Blue Flames 12 6 3 3 20 18 21

Bates Cottages 16 5 5 6 28 26 20

Gateshead Ex-S 14 4 1 9 17 52 13

Penshaw CC 12 3 3 6 19 20 12

N Police 11 3 1 7 21 31 10

Blackhall H 11 2 2 7 17 35 8

Sedgefield 13 2 1 9 24 38 7

Division One

Gateshead HG 15 8 4 3 30 20 28

Usworth WMC 14 7 5 2 26 17 26

Wearmouth 15 7 4 4 37 27 25

Owton Manor 12 6 5 1 33 17 23

S'land CC 14 6 4 4 29 23 22

Grindon B 13 5 3 5 23 24 18

Masons Arms 15 5 2 8 30 31 17

Ferryhill G 10 4 4 2 16 11 16

Newton Aycliffe 13 4 4 5 16 23 16

Byker St Peters 10 3 2 5 16 25 11

Darsley Park 14 1 3 10 13 34 6

Barnes Hotel 10 1 2 7 12 24 5

Division Two

Board Inn 15 9 4 2 39 26 31

Hartlepool CC 16 9 3 4 35 25 30

Rams Head 14 7 3 4 31 23 24

Glaxo 16 7 2 7 38 34 23

British Telecom 12 6 2 4 24 23 20

Boldon BB 14 5 4 5 31 30 19

Red House WMC 13 4 5 4 25 22 17

Wallsend RS 10 4 2 4 18 16 14

NS Wanderers 15 4 2 9 29 45 14

Steels FC 13 3 4 6 17 23 13

Rockcliffe A 14 2 6 6 16 27 12

Touchdown H 12 3 1 8 25 34 10

Division Three

Hylton Castle 13 7 4 2 25 14 25

Roker Queen Vic 14 6 4 4 38 30 22

Cleveland Bridge 11 6 2 3 24 21 20

Regency Windows 13 6 1 6 22 27 19

Houghton CC 12 6 0 6 18 21 18

Taylors 12 5 2 5 26 28 17

Spring Gardens 10 4 4 2 26 17 16

Durham CS 13 4 2 7 25 30 14

Oddies 11 4 2 5 20 27 14

Wingate 14 4 2 8 23 33 14

Billingham T 13 3 3 7 24 32 12

Division Four

SS Lake 17 11 3 3 51 24 36

Wynyard Vets 12 10 1 1 53 17 31

W Cornforth 16 6 6 4 29 22 24

Hebburn DT 11 6 4 1 27 16 22

Consett 9 7 0 2 36 10 21

White Horse Inn 16 5 3 8 34 60 18

Livingstones 11 4 5 2 23 20 17

NS Vets 10 5 1 4 27 13 16

Winstons 12 5 0 7 14 21 15

Darlington Railway 13 4 2 7 35 43 14

Hlfway House 13 4 2 7 23 36 14

Sportsmans A 13 2 3 9 24 38 9

Houghton Mill 13 0 0 13 13 58