Crewe Cut A Dash
Left wing Toby Ward evades Spartans full-back Ryan Devine as he races away to register the first of four Crewe & Nantwich tries in rugby union's Midlands Two West (North) league. Crewe & Nantwich won a second-versus-third promotion battle 27-17, moving 10 points clear of their Sutton Coldfield-based visitors. The hosts trailed 0-10 after 17 minutes at Crewe Vagrants Sports Club, and did not take the lead until first half stoppage time. Spartans closed to within three points, 17-20, with six minutes of normal time remaining but a 78th-minute Toby Russell-Vick try clinched an important victory.
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Admission: £4. Programme: 28 pages (w/a). Attendance: 90. Scoring sequence: 0-5 (10mins); 0-10 (17mins); 3-10 (19mins); 8-10 (23mins); 13-10 (40+3mins); 20-10 (45mins); 20-17 (74mins); 27-17 (78mins). Referee: Dewald Swart (London Federation).
Crewe Cut A Dash
Left wing Toby Ward evades Spartans full-back Ryan Devine as he races away to register the first of four Crewe & Nantwich tries in rugby union's Midlands Two West (North) league. Crewe & Nantwich won a second-versus-third promotion battle 27-17, moving 10 points clear of their Sutton Coldfield-based visitors. The hosts trailed 0-10 after 17 minutes at Crewe Vagrants Sports Club, and did not take the lead until first half stoppage time. Spartans closed to within three points, 17-20, with six minutes of normal time remaining but a 78th-minute Toby Russell-Vick try clinched an important victory.
Match statistics:
Admission: £4. Programme: 28 pages (w/a). Attendance: 90. Scoring sequence: 0-5 (10mins); 0-10 (17mins); 3-10 (19mins); 8-10 (23mins); 13-10 (40+3mins); 20-10 (45mins); 20-17 (74mins); 27-17 (78mins). Referee: Dewald Swart (London Federation).