Hendo double puts Town six points in clear
MORPETH Town extended their lead at the top of the Division One table with a 3-1 home win against Ryhope CW.
Liam Henderson scored twice and Mark Davison added the other goal as the Highwaymen moved six points clear of Marske United.
Shildon remain in third after a comfortable 3-0 home victory against Stockton Town.
Railwaymen player-manager Daniel Moore gave his side an early lead and that was added to by goals from Matty Robson and Lewis Dodds.
Gareth Bainbridge continued his fine form with a brace in North Shields’ 3-0 success at Penrith.
David Dowson, Daniel Craggs, Matty Slocombe and Clark Kay were on the scoresheet as Consett came from behind to prevail 4-1 at Washington.
Whitley Bay took three points from their short trip to Team Northumbria.
Second-half goals from Alex Kempster, Liam Brooks and Thibault Charmey helped Bay to all three points.
Anthony Bell scored the only counter in West Auckland Town’s win at Ashington.
Thornaby were the big winners in Division Two on Saturday as they hit nine goals past 10-men Esh Winning.
Kallum Hannah starred for the home side - scoring four times.
Max Stoker was the man sent off for Esh in the 40th minute.
Life at Blyth AFC keeps getting better for Jon McDonald and Ian Skinner after Michael Chilton’s hat-trick helped them to a 5-1 win at Jarrow.
The win moved the Braves up to second in the table as they took advantage of Heaton Stannington’s inability to see off Crook Town.
The two sides shared six points at Grounsell Park, Chris Emms’ late free-kick securing a point for Crook in a 3-3 draw.
Hebburn Town lost ground on the top three following a 3-1 defeat at Durham City.
Second-half strikes from Durham’s Nicky Allen, Craig Hennis and Sam Steele cancelled out Gary Shaw’s opener for the Hornets.
Michael Hepplewhite scored twice as Chester-le-Street continued their rise to safety with a 5-1 hammering of bottom-ofthe-table Alnwick Town.
Nicky Whitelaw’s 88th-minute equaliser saw West Allotment Celtic earn a point against Whickham.