Entry 5: 6th November
I've decided that over the course of the next twelve months I'm going to blog about every game that I've either been watching as a spectator or covered. This means that by the time the end of September 2011 arrives there should be a whole host of games that I've written about and I'm quite interested about where my travels take me.
Match number: 1
Location: Twist Lane, Leigh.
Game: Leigh Miners v Dudley Hill
Score: 42-12
It was the Miners who got the better of their plucky visitors despite the Bradford side having the better of play at the start of both halves.
It took Miners a good twenty minutes to settle into the game and the first try came when Flannery cleverly linked with Woods and his pass sent Ryan Smith racing in for the first of his hat-trick. Tom Bradbury added the goal and Miners led 6-0.
A few minutes later Dudley Hill were reduced to twelve men after their fullback butted one of the Miners players.
The hosts took advantage of the extra man with tries from workaholic Darryl Kay and Smith before half-time and led 18-0 at the interval.
Once again the visitors bossed territory at the start of the second half but fell further behind when Jimmy Muir outpaced the defence from sixty metres. There was no let up as Smith followed a Scott O'Brien break for his hat-trick and O'Brien himself got in on the act after some almost super human work from John Woods. The final Miners try went the way of birthday boy Kay with Bradbury adding his 7th goal.
Hill scored a couple of converted tries themselves to add some respectability to the score while Miners ended their run of two defeats to move within touching distance at the top of the table again after the 42-12 win.
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