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Molescroft Rangers Reserves and Holme Road Rangers Reserves shared six between them as the side drew at Thurlow Avenue. The result leaves Molescroft Rangers seventh in the East Riding County League Division Five after four matches played.
Hodgsons FC slumped to their fifth defeat of the season as they were beaten 2 – 0 by Chalk Lane at Bishop Burton College. Defeat sees Hodgsons FC slip into the bottom three of the Humber Premier League, but they do have a game in hand
Beverley Town FC smashed six past Scarborough Town as they continue to go from strength to strength in the Humber Premier League under the new management regime.
It was almost bound to happen. In all the years these sides have been playing each other it is hard to remember Beverley RUFC ever visiting Scatcherd Lane without making a pig’s ear of it. Today they did it big time.
The first cup tie of the season saw Hessle Town travel to Walkington for an eagerly anticipated Lassa Tyres Cup tie. Surprisingly, Hessle had been placed in Division two this season; however, the home side were under
FC Beverley travelled to East Hull for their first game in the Knock-Out Cup. All 19 players were back to full fitness and all available for selection for the first time this season.
The Beverley Braves under 10s finished their season with a disappointing defeat at Holderness Vikings. The game rearranged from earlier in the season played on Saturday 6th October in lovely sunny conditions ended in a 40-12 defeat.
Mill Lane United Yellows started the defence of the Lassa Tyres u14s Cup(previously Tesco Cup) with an emphatic victory against a brave Westella & Willerby side. Straight from the kick off it was one way traffic as Mill Lane United
This week Beverley RUFC embarks on the second leg of back to back away fixtures. Having returned from Middlesbrough with a win and a try scoring bonus last Saturday, Anthony Posa’s men are again on their travels, to Leeds this time to play fellow ex National League side Morley.
Beverley Whitestar Eagles beat North Ferriby United 10 – 0 at the Beverley Leisure Centre in the East Riding Girls Football League. Five goals from Anya Shepherd, a hat-trick by Niamh Foster and a brace from Mia Cunliffe ensured the home side won all three points.
A long journey out for the team on a Sunday morning for the first round in the Yorkshire cup away to Barnsley. A team we had never played before . It was to prove to be a fruitful drive out for the Beverley team.
Beverley RUFC’s second team remained unbeaten in the league with after 37-8 win against Scarborough at Beaver Park. The whole team played very well but the backs, in particular, gelled together this week to produce an outstanding performance
Both teams played some entertaining football, but there was nothing to separate them in the first match as both teams conceded own goals leaving it all even going into the second match.
Mill Lane United Yellows gained their third successive victory against a well organised Brayton Belles side.In the previous two games Mill Lane had blown the opposition away with some some superb passing football and Brayton could have been forgiven for thinking this was going to be a bridge to far.
Howden entertained Beverley Whitestar Rams in the U14 Myton League. A fresh and breezy day greeted both teams, but the pitch was well-prepared and provided a great venue for good passing football. Beverley started the game strongly and passed the ball around the midfield and defence building attacks
Mill Lane United faced a well organised North Ferriby Greens team in a closely contested match. It was Mill Lane that asserted their authority in the early exchanges building up pressure on their opponent’s defence. On eight minutes, Hope Barrett fired off a shot from
Beverley Town Beavers came from a goal down to beat Full Measure at Lecconfield Sports Club. Peter Savage opened the scoring for the visitors on ten minutes; Jon Burnett equalised for Town on the stroke of half time with the winner coming from Alex Thompson with just two minutes remaining in the game.
Inter Beaver made it three wins on the bounce today with an 8-1 away win against Saints B despite rumours of manager Lewis Jenkinson being considered for the Blackburn Rovers job.