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interval , but it was all plain sailing for the Mariners after the break . Parker , undoubtedly the man of the match , scored in the 50th minute with a beautiful cross from the right wing , to put Shields ahead and switch on the side's scoring machine .
He went on to score three more superb goals with the invaluable assistance of Suggett to completely demoralise the opposition .
they are now on the 84 - goal mark with nine games still to play , and they should now reach their century in one of their remaining home fixtures .
Shields centre forward Jimmy Robson , who with centre back Jimmy Compton , missed Saturday's game against Stockton , is the current top Alliance scorer and he could well take the season's individual scor ing honours .
SHIELDS AGAIN - ON THE DOUBLE
Eight matches to go and nine more goals needed for century
Boldon CW widen
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BOLDON CW , who have won the Wearside League cham pionship only twice , the last time 20 years ago , widened the gap at the top of the table to six points when they beat Heaton Stannington away 1-0 on Saturday .
It was centre half Kirk bride who scored the goal in the last two minutes which strengthened Boldon's hold on the leadership .
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Heaton had a chance to take the lead earlier in the game but goalkeeper Patter son made a breath - taking save to prevent a shot by Colin Sidney going into the net .
Second top Steels SC lost their grip on the game . against Hartlepool Reserves and after leading 2-1 , went down 3-2 at home .
WEARSIDE LEAGUE
P W D LF A Pts 2 57 22 38
Boldon CW .. 23 17 4 Steels SC ... 22 14 4
Easingtn CW 22 15
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Blue Star ... 19 12 Wallsend 19 14
Eppleton CW 22 10
Gateshd Res 27 11
Hartlepl Res 29 10 Horden CW . 20 9 * Heatn Stan 22 12 Whickham .. 24 9 Reyrolle
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3 14 32 56 21
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4 17 29 67 16
1 24 22 106 3 deducted
SOUTH SHIELDS Mar iners rattled up their seventh Northern Alli ance double of the season on Saturday when they overwhelmed Sun derland Greenwells 7-0 away .
Shields now lead the table by two points and still have a game in hand over second top Morpeth who were held to a 1-1 draw at home by third top Alnwick .
Shields are now virtually certain to reach their target of 100 Alliance goals , for Saturday's spree took them
Minor soccer
SOUTH TYNESIDE SENIOR LEAGUE
Cor Northumbrian Marine 1 , poration Club 2 ; Westoe Mine workers 5 , A. B. Electronics 1 ; Victoria 3 , Tyne Tees Royal 3 ; Crown I. B. , Simonside 4 .
BOLDON AGED MINERS ' CUP Baker Perkins ( South Tyneside ) 2 , Northfield 3 .
SOUTH SHIELDS SUNDAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Boldon Lad 6 , Fords 4 ; White leas 7 , Hintons ; White Ensign 2 , Chelsea Cat ; Transport B , Port / Tyne 3 ; NALGO 1 , Harton Moor 1 ; Allied Services , New Crown 5 ; Venture 3 , Cigs 1 ; Lad brokes 3 , Cavaliers 5 .
CHALLENGE CUP FIRST ROUND REPLAYS Whiteleas Celtic 1 , Scotia 2 ; Be Modern 2 , NGT ; Mile End 2 , Rohm and Haas 1 ; Marine and Tech 3 , C. P. Rangers 5 . CHALLENGE CUP SECOND ROUND
Swifts 5 , Post Office 3 . SUNDERLAND SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
Boldon British Legion 2 , North Star 7 . DIVISION FOUR Storey's SC 1 , West Boldon Travelling Man ,
to 91 and they still have eight games to play .
They meet Alnwick and Seaham away and then complete the season with a run of six successive home games against Seaham , Alston , Alnwick , Newcastle University , Bede College and , in the last game of the season , Morpeth .
ALTHOUGH trailing 2-0 at half - time on Saturday , Sunderland Greenwells had matched Shields in the first half , but Shields ran out easy 7-0 winners in a second half completely dominated by their rampant attack , three goals in five minutes reflecting their superiority .
Shields were ahead after only four minutes with a headed goal by Billy Graham following an Alan Suggett centre , and after Henderson and then Curren had missed good chances to equalise , Steve Hunter netted a second goal for Shields in the 41st minute with a low drive from the edge of the area which flashed into the net off the far post .
post to prevent Kenny minutes ) and a seventh Parker adding a third goal . effort by Ray Young in the 88th minute which he side footed into the roof of the net from two yards .
In the 63rd minute , however , Parker scored with a great drive from 35 yards which beat Graham and soared into the roof of the net . A minute later Sunderland were unlucky not to pull a goal back when a Curren corner was headed out by defender Jim McFarlane to Bartlam whose fierce left foot volley from the edge of the box was brilliantly saved by Dick Patterson diving to his right .
Further goals by Eric Johnstone ( 66 and 80
GREAT DRIVE The second half started off at a fast and pace Sunderland ' keeper Graham 1 had to save smartly under pressure at the foot of the
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PW D L F A Pts SS Mariners 24 19 3 2 91 26 41 Morpeth T 25 17 5 3 80 33 39 Alnwick T . 26 12 7 7 61 46 31 Marine Pk . 21 12 5 4 39 15 29 Seaham RS . 24 12 2 10 44 26 26 Wallington 22 11 4 7 41 36 26 Belford 25 8 8 9 70 59 24 Wallsend Ath 24 9 6 9 41 48 24 Alston 21 11 1 9 52 47 23 Percy Main . 19 8 6 5 44 33 22 Work'ton Res 21 5 10 6 39 40 Bede Coll 20 6 5 9 19 33 17 Bed CW ... 22 7 2 13 34 60 16 N'cle Univ . 18 6 3 9 24 31 15 Greenwells 25 4 3 18 31 88 11 Throckley W 24 2 6 16 43 80 10 Stockton 21 2 4 15 26 78 8
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