A disappointing, but encouraging, performance from Rufforth United Reserves saw them fall in the Cup to Huntington Rovers, by a scoreline of 7-1.
Rufforth started fairly brightly, good wing play led to a corner which Pat Wahl got his head to, but his downward header was easily saved by the Rovers' keeper.
However shortly after this things started to go badly for Rufforth, and they found themselves 3-0 down within 20 minutes.
Rufforth did start to get a small foothold in the game though, with Chris Murcutt drawing a freekick 25 yards from the Huntington goal. Up stepped fullback Tom Bays, who absolutely crushed the ball across the goalkeeper and right in to the top left corner of the goal to get Rufforth on the board.
Unfortunately United couldn't capitalise further on their momentum, and going into half time Huntington had scored 3 more, bringing the scoreline to 6-1. During the half Garry Chadwick was cautioned for a two-footed challenge on a Rover's player, and a Huntington man was booked for not retreating 10 yards from a dead ball.
The second half was much more even than the first half, with neither team being able to score for most of the half. Huntington did eventually score again after around 75 minutes though.
Rufforth did create chances to score themselves though. Chadwick hit a powerful shot off a Tom Bateson lay-off which the Rovers' keeper did well to save. United then earned a penalty, after Murcutt again drew a foul, this time however in the Huntington penalty area. Bays stepped up to take the kick, and instead of scoring, had his shot saved, and then, when the rebound fell to him, could only shoot wide.
The match drew to a close without further incident, which means Rufforth United Reserves are out of both Cup competitions. Man Of The Match went to Garry Chadwick, not only for his overall performance, but for his two-footed challenge, as according to manager Andy Bateson, "it shows commitment, and it was funny".
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