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OCR	Hunter hits hat - trick for Mariners SOUTH Shields Mariners in creased their lead at the top of the Northern Alliance to four points on Saturday when they defeated Belford 4-0 away . Steve Hunter hit a super hat - trick and Alliance top scorer Jimmy Robson scored the fourth to bring his haul for the season so far to 14 . Shields , who ended Bel ford's 100 per cent home record , were favoured by the other results , for second top Alston lost 2-1 at home to Bede College , Morpeth Town were held 3-3 at home by Workington Reserves and Alnwick lost 2-1 at home to Newcastle University . Marine Park were playing a cup match . ' BEST DISPLAY ' Bobby Shields manager Elwell commented : " On Sat urday we produced our best display of the 90 - minute season . We played really well . In many of our games this season we've played well in phases , but at Belford we put it together for the entire 90 minutes . " We had a good talk on the bus on the way there and the lads were in exactly the right frame of mind for what was an extremely important game for us . " Elwell added : goalkeeper Dick " From Patterson right through the team we were right on top , and if I had to single anybody out I would have to pay a tribute to centre half Jimmy Com pton . He's had bad luck with injury , but he has come back into the side and tightened up the middle of the defence tremendously . " When Robson scored the fourth at Belford it brought Shields goals total in North ern Alliance games to exactly 50 , and as there are another 19 games still to play they might yet realise their ambi tion of scoring 100 Alliance goals this season . Current Northern Alliance placings : P W D L F A Pts 13 11 2 50 17 22 9 Mariners Alston 12 11 Morpeth T. Marine Park 11 Seaham Rs 12 5 Belford 10 ..... Wallington Wallsend Ath Bedl'ton CW 9 42221wOCTO6 9 9 Bede Col 6 Throck Wel 10 Newcastle U 6 10 Stockton Greenwells 11 7 7 Alnwick T. 11 Work'ton Res 11 Percy Main A 9 4/2 42 2 1 1 5 1 5 1 3 42 25 18 2 29 18 16 3 17 6 15 6 26 13 11 4 30 23 11 5 26 23 11 3 5 3 24 28 11 3 20 14 10 3 18 18 10 4 19 26 9 1 5 14 21 1 7 20 33 3 1 2 89 7 4 10 16 9 10 41 8 10 12 43 2 75422 Newcastle Road , East Boldon SUNDERLAND Stadium Adm . 30p inc . race card . Free Car Park The North's Greyhound Ascot TONIGHT 7.15 & SAT MARINERS STEP UP CHAMPIONSHIP BID SOUTH SHIELDS Mariners produced another result on Sat urday which suggests they will win the Northern Alliance Championship at their rst attempt : : : and their cause wa too . helped by the other results The Mariners were 4-1 away winners over Bede Col lege , Ray Young giving them a 2-0 half - time lead with Jimmy Robson collecting a couple in the second half to bring his haul for the season to 15. Bede's goal came from the penalty spot . Shields full back Jimmy McDonald was taken to hos pital with a knee injury and he could miss this weekend's away game against Work ington Reserves . On Saturday second top Alston were sensationally beaten 8-0 at home by Bel ford and are now six points below Shields , although they have a game in hand . Third top Morpeth Town drew 2-2 away with seventh top Seaham Red Star , fourth top Marine Park drew 3-3 away with Stockton , while sixth top Alnwick Town won 2-1 against Sunderland Greenwells . P W D SS Mariners 14 12 Alston 13 9 12 7 Morpeth T. Marine Park 12 Belford 111 Alnwick T. 12 Seaham Rs 13 Work'ton Res 12 Percy Main A 10 Wallington Bed'ton CW Wallsend Ath 9 Bede Coll 10 10 -7 Throckley W. 11 Newcastle U 7 Stockton 11 Greenwellis 12 3 7 2 6 1 61 52 3 6 4 3 L F A Pt 2 54 18 24 4 42 33 18 2 31 20 17 3 20 9 16 3 2 2 2 1 4 38 23 13 5 28 24 13 6 28 15 12 4 3 4 1 4 1 1 3 3 24 28 12 3 23 17 11 3 19 19 11 5 15 22 4 19 26 9 13 7 23 36 4 10 16 11 9 13 44 1 11 13 45 WOMAN SUNDERLAND Stadium Adm . 30p Inc. race card , Free Car Park 9 9 Nowed , East Boldon TONIGHT 7.15 & SAT 7 6 5 3 2 The North's Greyhound Ascot Mariners meet SHIELDS MAINTAIN SIX - POINT LEAD Sunderland Res . SOUTH SHIELDS Mariners were held to their first Northern Alliance draw of the season by Workington Reserves at Borough Park on Saturday , but they still top the table by six points . on Saturday ners NORHTHERN Aliiance leaders South Shields Mari meet Sunderland Re serves in a friendly match at the Jack Clark Memorial Park this coming Saturday . All proceeds from the game are being donated to the Mayoress's Charities by the Shields club who were unable to get the use of the Cleadon Recreation Ground for the match . LEADING This is the first of three friendlies between Northern Alliance sides and Sunder land Reserves . The others are LEAGUE against Alnwick Town ( De MARKSMEN cember 7 ) and Percy Main Amateurs ( December 14 ) . Walters demolishes Victorian batting New South Wales captain Doug Walters demolished Victoria's batting with his medium pace swing bowling in Sydney today . Walters took four wickets for 23 as his side swept to victory by an innings and 123 runs . It was the first win of the sea on for New South Wales . Newcastle Road , East Boldon SUNDERLAND Stadium The North's Greyhound Ascot Adm . 30p inc . race card , Free Car Park 7.15 TONIGHT & SAT Centre forward Jimmy Robson , who scored four goals in Shields ' 8-2 home win over Workington , scored LEADING goalscorers in all four divisions of the Football League DIVISION ONE are : Macdonald ( Newcastle ) Lee ( Derby ) Francis ( Birmingham ) Hector ( Derby ) Kidd ( Arsenal ) Worthington ( Leicester ) DIVISION TWO Graydon ( Aston Villa ) Channon ( Southampton ) MacDougall ( Norwich ) Robson ( Sunderland ) Boyer ( Norwich ) Daly ( Manchester Utd . ) Wagstaff ( Hull ) DIVISION THREE L LC T 66.12 9 1 10 . 10 10 Moss ( Chesterfield ) Svarc ( Colchester ) Buckley ( Walsall ) Eastoe ( Swindon ) McNeil ( Hereford ) DIVISION FOUR 17 Clarke ( Mansfield ) Habbin ( Reading ) Friday ( Reading ) 9 2 11 9 1 10 10 10 12 1 13 3 11 3 10 8 7 10 6 8 9 10 3 9 1 9 09 L FALC T 14 2 16 1 15 14 O 13 1 14 13 1 14 13 1 14 17 10 4 14 9 2 11 JOC MEETING OFF The Jarrow and Distriet JOC League meeting sche duled for tonight has been cancelled . both goals in Saturday's 2-2 draw . Robson gave Shields a fifth minute lead following a fine pass from Graham who him self later grazed the bar with a powerful drive . On the half hour Hunter laid on Robson's second goal , but ten minutes later Parker pulled a goal back for Workington . EQUALISER The home side grabbed their equaliser in the 65th minute when Murray scored . In the second half Shields seemed content to fall back in defence , attacking only oc casionally , tactics they later regretted when Workington drew level . Shields were forced to open the game out but they could not regain their first half superiority . A great ball from Madden sent Robson away on the left but his hurried shot went well wide . Madden was later substituted by Johnstone . Workington launched sev eral strong attacks and more than once came near to snatching a winner , but the Shields defence stood up well to pressure and the Mariners eventually got back into the game . goalkeeper Workington's produced a great save when Night Nurse and French Pin , the top three - year - old hurdlers in the North , clash in the £ 2,500 Northern Hurdle at Haydock on Thursday . The Dikler is now 8-1 for the Cheltenham Gold C with Corals . Other prices . 11-8 Pendil , 3-1 Captain Christy . 8-1 Bruslee , 10-1 bar . Robson shot from six yards , and a minute later he came out quickly and Robson again looked threatening , but Shields had to settle for a point . Morpeth moved up a place to second top following their 3-2 win at Percy Main , while Alston lost their second top placing when held to a goal less draw by Wallsend Ath letic . Marine Park kept up their challenge with a 5-0 home win over Wallington , while Alnwick were 3-1 home winners over Throckley and Belford drew 3-3 away to Bede College . Stockton , in financial trouble and already discip lined this season for failing to turn out a team for a league cup tie , could be in deeper trouble . On Saturday they were due to play Newcastle Uni versity away , but didn't arrive until 20 minutes after the scheduled kick - off time , by which time the referee had left after cancelling the fixture . 14 9 1 4 42 33 19 13 8 2 3 25 9 18 13 7 1 5 31 25 15 12 6 2 4 41 26 14 7 5 2 P W D LFA Pt SS Mariners . 15 12 1 2 56 20 25 Morpeth T 13 8 3 2 34 22 19 Alston Marine Pk Alnwick T Belford 3 Work'ton Res 13 Seaham RS , 13 Percy M. A. 11 Bed'ton CW 11 5 1 5 20 24 11 Wallington 11 4 3 4 19 24 11 Wallsend Ath 10 4 2 4 19 26 10 Bede Coll . 8 3 2 3 12 16 8 6 Thr'ckley CW 12 2 2 8 24 39 N'ale Univ 7 21 4 10 16 5 Stockton 11 1 1 9 13 44 3 Greenwelts 13 1 12 15 50 2 4 3 4 25 20 11 3 ..... 4.9 3 26 30 13 6 28 15 12

OCR

Hunter hits hat - trick for Mariners
SOUTH Shields Mariners in creased their lead at the top of the Northern Alliance to four points on Saturday when they defeated Belford 4-0 away .
Steve Hunter hit a super hat - trick and Alliance top scorer Jimmy Robson scored the fourth to bring his haul for the season so far to 14 .
Shields , who ended Bel ford's 100 per cent home record , were favoured by the other results , for second top Alston lost 2-1 at home to Bede College , Morpeth Town were held 3-3 at home by Workington Reserves and Alnwick lost 2-1 at home to Newcastle University . Marine Park were playing a cup match .
' BEST DISPLAY ' Bobby Shields manager Elwell commented : " On Sat urday we produced our best display of the 90 - minute
season .
We played really well . In many of our games this season we've played well in phases , but at Belford we put it together for the entire 90 minutes .
" We had a good talk on the bus on the way there and the lads were in exactly the right frame of mind for what was an extremely important game for us . "
Elwell added : goalkeeper Dick
" From Patterson right through the team we were right on top , and if I had to single anybody out I would have to pay a tribute to centre half Jimmy Com pton . He's had bad luck with injury , but he has come back into the side and tightened up the middle of the defence tremendously . "
When Robson scored the fourth at Belford it brought Shields goals total in North ern Alliance games to exactly 50 , and as there are another 19 games still to play they might yet realise their ambi tion of scoring 100 Alliance goals this season .
Current Northern Alliance placings :
P W D L F A Pts
13 11
2 50 17 22
9
Mariners Alston
12
11
Morpeth T. Marine Park 11
Seaham Rs 12 5
Belford
10
.....
Wallington
Wallsend Ath
Bedl'ton CW
9
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9
9
Bede Col
6
Throck Wel 10 Newcastle U 6
10
Stockton Greenwells
11
7
7
Alnwick T.
11
Work'ton Res 11
Percy Main A 9 4/2
42
2
1
1
5 1
5 1
3 42 25 18
2 29 18 16
3 17 6 15
6 26 13 11
4 30 23 11
5 26 23 11
3 5 3 24 28 11
3 20 14 10
3 18 18 10
4 19 26 9
1
5 14 21
1 7 20 33
3 1 2 89 7
4 10 16
9 10 41
8
10 12 43 2
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Newcastle Road , East Boldon
SUNDERLAND Stadium
Adm . 30p inc . race card .
Free Car Park
The North's Greyhound Ascot
TONIGHT 7.15
& SAT
MARINERS STEP UP CHAMPIONSHIP BID
SOUTH SHIELDS Mariners produced another result on Sat urday which suggests they will win the Northern Alliance Championship at their rst attempt : : : and their cause wa
too .
helped by the other results The Mariners were 4-1 away winners over Bede Col lege , Ray Young giving them a 2-0 half - time lead with Jimmy Robson collecting a couple in the second half to bring his haul for the season to 15. Bede's goal came from the penalty spot .
Shields full back Jimmy McDonald was taken to hos pital with a knee injury and he could miss this weekend's away game against Work ington Reserves .
On Saturday second top Alston were sensationally beaten 8-0 at home by Bel ford and are now six points below Shields , although they have a game in hand .
Third top Morpeth Town drew 2-2 away with seventh top Seaham Red Star , fourth top Marine Park drew 3-3 away with Stockton , while sixth top Alnwick Town won 2-1 against Sunderland
Greenwells .
P W D
SS Mariners 14 12
Alston
13 9
12 7
Morpeth T. Marine Park 12 Belford 111 Alnwick T. 12 Seaham Rs 13 Work'ton Res 12 Percy Main A 10 Wallington Bed'ton CW Wallsend Ath 9 Bede Coll
10
10
-7
Throckley W. 11
Newcastle U 7 Stockton 11 Greenwellis 12
3
7 2
6 1
61
52
3 6
4 3
L F A Pt
2 54 18 24
4 42 33 18
2 31 20 17
3 20
9 16
3
2 2
2 1
4 38 23 13
5 28 24 13
6 28 15 12
4
3
4 1
4
1
1 3
3 24 28 12
3 23 17 11
3 19 19 11
5 15 22
4 19 26
9 13
7 23 36
4 10 16
11 9 13 44
1 11 13 45
WOMAN
SUNDERLAND Stadium
Adm . 30p Inc. race card ,
Free Car Park
9
9
Nowed , East Boldon
TONIGHT 7.15
& SAT
7
6
5
3
2
The North's Greyhound Ascot
Mariners meet SHIELDS MAINTAIN SIX - POINT LEAD
Sunderland Res .
SOUTH SHIELDS Mariners were held to their first Northern Alliance draw of the season by Workington Reserves at Borough Park on Saturday , but they still top the table by six points .
on Saturday
ners
NORHTHERN Aliiance leaders South Shields Mari meet Sunderland Re serves in a friendly match at the Jack Clark Memorial Park this coming Saturday . All proceeds from the game are being donated to the Mayoress's Charities by the Shields club who were unable to get the use of the Cleadon Recreation Ground for the match .
LEADING
This is the first of three friendlies between Northern Alliance sides and Sunder land Reserves . The others are
LEAGUE
against Alnwick Town ( De MARKSMEN
cember 7 ) and Percy Main Amateurs ( December 14 ) .
Walters demolishes
Victorian batting
New South Wales captain Doug Walters demolished Victoria's batting with his medium pace swing bowling in Sydney today . Walters took four wickets for 23 as his side swept to victory by an innings and 123 runs . It was the first win of the sea on for New South Wales .
Newcastle Road , East Boldon
SUNDERLAND Stadium
The North's Greyhound Ascot
Adm . 30p inc . race card , Free Car Park
7.15
TONIGHT
& SAT
Centre forward Jimmy Robson , who scored four goals in Shields ' 8-2 home win over Workington , scored
LEADING goalscorers in all four divisions of the Football League DIVISION ONE
are :
Macdonald ( Newcastle ) Lee ( Derby ) Francis ( Birmingham ) Hector ( Derby ) Kidd ( Arsenal ) Worthington ( Leicester ) DIVISION TWO Graydon ( Aston Villa ) Channon ( Southampton ) MacDougall ( Norwich ) Robson ( Sunderland ) Boyer ( Norwich )
Daly ( Manchester Utd . ) Wagstaff ( Hull )
DIVISION THREE
L LC T 66.12
9 1 10 .
10 10
Moss ( Chesterfield ) Svarc ( Colchester ) Buckley ( Walsall ) Eastoe ( Swindon ) McNeil ( Hereford )
DIVISION FOUR 17 Clarke ( Mansfield ) Habbin ( Reading ) Friday ( Reading )
9 2 11
9
1 10
10
10
12 1 13
3 11
3 10
8
7
10
6
8
9
10
3
9
1
9
09
L FALC T 14 2 16 1 15 14 O 13 1 14 13 1 14 13 1 14
17 10 4 14
9
2 11
JOC MEETING OFF The Jarrow and Distriet JOC League meeting sche duled for tonight has been cancelled .
both goals in Saturday's 2-2 draw .
Robson gave Shields a fifth minute lead following a fine pass from Graham who him self later grazed the bar with a powerful drive . On the half hour Hunter laid on Robson's second goal , but ten minutes later Parker pulled a goal back for Workington .
EQUALISER
The home side grabbed their equaliser in the 65th minute when Murray scored .
In the second half Shields seemed content to fall back in defence , attacking only oc casionally , tactics they later regretted when Workington drew level . Shields were forced to open the game out but they could not regain their first half superiority .
A great ball from Madden sent Robson away on the left but his hurried shot went well wide . Madden was later substituted by Johnstone . Workington launched sev eral strong attacks and more than once came near to snatching a winner , but the Shields defence stood up well to pressure and the Mariners eventually got back into the game .
goalkeeper Workington's produced a great save when
Night Nurse and French Pin , the top three - year - old hurdlers in the North , clash in the £ 2,500 Northern Hurdle at Haydock on Thursday .
The Dikler is now 8-1 for the Cheltenham Gold C with Corals . Other prices . 11-8 Pendil , 3-1 Captain Christy . 8-1 Bruslee ,
10-1 bar .
Robson shot from six yards , and a minute later he came out quickly and Robson again looked threatening , but Shields had to settle for a point .
Morpeth moved up a place to second top following their 3-2 win at Percy Main , while Alston lost their second top placing when held to a goal less draw by Wallsend Ath letic .
Marine Park kept up their challenge with a 5-0 home win over Wallington , while Alnwick were 3-1 home winners over Throckley and Belford drew 3-3 away to Bede College .
Stockton , in financial trouble and already discip lined this season for failing to turn out a team for a league cup tie , could be in deeper trouble .
On Saturday they were due to play Newcastle Uni versity away , but didn't arrive until 20 minutes after the scheduled kick - off time , by which time the referee had left after cancelling the fixture .
14 9 1 4 42 33 19
13 8 2 3 25 9 18 13 7 1 5 31 25 15 12 6 2 4 41 26 14
7
5 2
P W D LFA Pt SS Mariners . 15 12 1 2 56 20 25 Morpeth T 13 8 3 2 34 22 19 Alston Marine Pk Alnwick T Belford 3 Work'ton Res 13 Seaham RS , 13 Percy M. A. 11 Bed'ton CW 11 5 1 5 20 24 11 Wallington 11 4 3 4 19 24 11 Wallsend Ath 10 4 2 4 19 26 10 Bede Coll . 8 3 2 3 12 16 8 6 Thr'ckley CW 12 2 2 8 24 39 N'ale Univ 7 21 4 10 16 5 Stockton 11 1 1 9 13 44 3 Greenwelts 13 1 12 15 50 2
4 3 4 25 20 11
3
.....
4.9
3 26 30 13
6 28 15 12