Uphill Castle completed a comfortable derby victory over Weston St Johns Reserves.

Uphill Castle 5

Weston St Johns Res 1

UPHILL recorded a comfortable win in this local derby against St Johns.

They opened the scoring early on when a good pass from Lewis Smith found Matt Bebber who netted. Uphill were dominating the midfield with Ben Harris, Mike Deane, Jack Askins and Will Devanney all playing well.

The second goal came when a goal kick from Mark Rawlins was headed on by Devanney and fell to Sam Beresford, whose clever pass picked out Askins to make it 2-0.

St Johns were restricted to rare counter attacks and these were dealt with comfortably by Uphill defenders Joe Boon, Lewis Smith, Marcus Bail and David Long. Askins nearly made it 3-0 when a header was cleared off the line and another hit the bar.

Uphill made the score 3-0 when a crunching tackle by Harris saw the ball roll to Bebber and he fired the ball past the keeper from a narrow angle. Just before half-time a good ball by Harris sent Askins clear and he made no mistake to make it 4-0.

The second half saw Uphill increase their lead with an own goal. Saints responded well and Rawlins was forced to make a good save following a corner and minutes later they got a consolation goal.

The Old Thatched Cottage player of the match was Ben Harris.

Wrington Redhill 3

Purnells Sports 0

WRINGTON Redhill secured another three points with an impressive win at The Rec.

The home side dominated the first-half possession, limiting Purnells to the odd break. The first goal came when Chris Bradley was fouled after 11 minutes. Sam Johnson’s subsequent 22-yard free kick found Graham Cheeseman to head home.

A number of Wrington chances followed including a penalty miss by Jake Murray until a fine passing movement involving a number of Wrington players found Craig Burchill, who scored with a low shot.

The second half saw Wrington increase their lead after good work by Mark Andow and Joe Berry set up Cheeseman to make it 3-0.

Star man for Wrington was Mark Andow.