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to full-back Sam Bone whose fierce effort clipped the bar.
But any thoughts Maidstone might have had of taking something from the game were extinguished on 83 minutes when Rodrigues curled an excellent free-kick from just outside the box into the net.
And in the final minute, O’Brien completed his hattrick from the penalty spot after Zouma had nrought down County wing-back action again with an acrobatic save to deny Hutchinson from closerange.
And that proved pivotal on 39 minutes when Dorking took the lead. Harry Ottaway launched a bursting run into the Wealdstone box before squaring the ball to Bowerman, who struck his sublime effort into the top right corner.
The visitors applied further pressure with some great play between Bobby Joe Taylor and Tony Craig played in Prior but his attempted volley went over the bar.
The Stones came out determined in the second half and within
Jodi Jones.
Boss Elokobi felt the manner of defeat summed up his side’s season, adding: “I’m bitterly disappointed, yes it was Notts County but how many times are we going to keep do it to ourselves as a group.
“Making basic mistakes, amateur mistakes and giving two-goal leads to good teams, giving us a mountain to climb. We are were we for these basic reasons.” three minutes of the restart they were level. A sublime ball from Barker found Clayden in the visitors’ half and the 22-year-old beat the offside trap before coolly chipping his effort over Lincoln.
Howes kept the home side in the game after producing two fine saves to deny Ottaway and Taylor from distance.
And Marc White’s Wands had a glorious chance to seal the victory at the end – Prior and Ottaway playing the ball to James McShane on the left hand side but the wands top scorer failed to slide his effort on target and struck over the crossbar.
Vincent 7
Brown 7
Fowler 7
Gurung 6
Austin 7
Palmer 6
Cameron 6
Mersin 6
Zouma 6
Booty 7
Viggars 6
Scott 7
Baldwin 6
Mair 6
Andrew Miller
Bone 7
Deacon 7
Marshall 6
O’Brien 9
Brindley 6
Berkoe 6
Rodrigues 7
Jones 8