Bedlington striker Anthony Shandran scored his 100th goal for the club as he bagged a hat trick in their 6-2 home win over South Shields, who had defender Duncan O’Brien sent off. Alex Benjamin also scored twice to take his league tally for the season to 25.

In the Durham Challenge Cup, Sunderland RCA lost 5-4 at Gateshead after leading 4-2 with 9 minutes left. RCA striker Richard Logan completed his hat trick on 56 minutes to put RCA 4-2 up and seemingly in control, but Gateshead scored three times in the last nine minutes through Rob Briggs, Josh Gillies and Johnny Allen.

Wednesday Durham Challenge Cup Gateshead 5 (Wake, Gillies 2, Briggs, Allen) Sunderland RCA 4 (Logan 3, Beasley) Northumberland Senior Cup Newcastle Benfield v West Allotment postponed, floodlight failure STL Northern League Division One Bedlington 6 (Shandran 3, Bejnamin 2, Chapman) South Shields 2 (Coe, Smith), Tow Law v Ryton postponed Division Two Birtley 1 (Roper) Newton Aycliffe 6 (Davies, Byrne, Gardner, Owen, B Wood, Peck), Crook 2 (Appleby 2) Marske United 8 (Brunskill 4, Thompson 3, Charlton), Darlington RA 3 (Freary, Huscroft, Young) Seaham Red Star 0, Guisborough 1 (Wood) Hebburn 4 (S Nicholson, Lee Bythway og, McGlen, Walker), Washington 0 Whickham 1 (King)