Valuable 5 points for Park
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Valuable 5 points for Park
North One East
Percy Park 33- Malton&Norton 27
Percy Park gained a valuable 5 point win over relegation rivals Malton and Norton due to the hard work by club volunteers who worked tirelessly to ensure that the game could go ahead in spite of the hard frost that had appeared overnight. Yet the Park players nearly undid all their hard work by ‘snatching defeat from the jaws of victory’ in a 90 second spell at the end of the game that had supporters and alikados reaching for the pitch side defibrillator. However with the final whistle blown the relief around the Preston Avenue ground was tangible, even ‘Compo and Clegg’ were smiling, and the team could finally congratulate themselves for putting in a good performance that resulted in a much needed win.
The game proved to be an exciting affair from start to finish. A game that the neutral would have loved, with the match ebbing and flowing from one end to another. From the kick off the importance of the game was evident and Malton fly half Luke Raduva led the way by pouncing on a loose ball on the half way line and setting off at pace toward the Percy Park goal. With desperate scramble defence Park made the tackle and in doing so gained the ball and cleared their lines attacking deep into the Malton half. The frenetic tone was set. With 5 minutes on the clock Park secured a line out on the Malton 22 and a fine rolling maul saw Captain Jonny Dubois over the line for the first score of the day. With the conversion taken hope abounded.
