Smith right on the Marc as Murton progress
MARC Smith was the hero as
made good progress in the Durham County Trophy, winning away to league rivals
Man of the match Smith pounced for the only goal in a 1- 0 preliminary round success, with Murton holding firm despite the dismissal of Lee Doyle for a second bookable offence and sealing a home first- round date with Teesside Leaguers Billingham.
Garry Dodds starred for Sherburn.
Kevin Humble’s brace and a Martin Hope strike led
to a 3- 1 triumph at Leam Rangers, clinching a home tie against Shildon Reserves.
ended up with a comfortable 5- 0 home win to Northern Alliance side Birtley St Joseph’s, but the visiting keeper made a couple of great saves to keep the scoreline blank at the break.
Whitehill stepped up the tempo in the second half and deservedly took the lead on 55 minutes when good work involving Graeme Embleton and Tony Healer saw Stephen Wood fire home. Craig Mickle set up Adam Quigley to double the advantage soon after.
Whitehill sealed the win with the goal of the game when Graeme Embleton hit a tremendous 20- yard volley into the top corner.
Wood added a fourth, reacting first to slot home the rebound following a Mickle shot, then Quigley broke away to bag a fifth.
endured a frustrating time before coming good to sink 4- 2.
The visitors were 2- 1 up inside 10 minutes, with Lee Smith replying to efforts from James Ward and Tom Illingworth, before David Jackson’s brace and a brett Carr strike turned the tie around.
returned to form with a 4- 0 win against Durham Emmanuel Church.
First- half goals from Stephen Clifford and mercurial wide man Jack Carr led the way, with the latter scoring twice more to complete his hat- trick. battled gamely away to Wearside League high- fliers Silksworth CW and felt the 6- 0 scoreline did not do their efforts justice.
Brandon, who had to field both coaches to make up their team, were behind in seven minutes.
The loss of injured captain Shaun Wilson and defender Michael Heckles by the 20- minute mark left the visitors with just nine players, but they fought for everything and were unlucky not to equalise, when Cameron Annison slid a shot just wide. A penalty finally doubled the home lead, and they hit four in the final 10 minutes as United tired. Matthew Jackson netted for
in their 5- 1 reverse at Billingham, while Lewis Dunn ( 2), Shaun Pickford and Rob Gibson earned
a thrilling 4- 3 verdict against for whom two- goal Kevin Davison and Chris Watson notched.
won 3- 1 at thanks to Martin Musgrave ( 2) and Lewis White, with Dan Reed finishing well in a one on one for the hosts, who had Anthony Snowball sent off.