Macclesfield 36 Chester 26
April 17, 2006
MACCLESFIELD finally had something to celebrate when they won the
Cheshire Cup at Heywood Road on Saturday. But they needed extra
time to beat plucky Chester 36-26. Tim Kerr scored the opening try
on two minutes and hooker Pete Allen added a second soon
afterwards. Chester had drawn level by the interval and, despite a
try from centre Tony Howcroft and penalties from Ross Whinney,
Macclesfield couldn't shake off their resilient junior opponents.
Howcroft grabbed his second try in extra time and that proved to be
the clincher. At least Macclesfield were at full strength by then,
having had forwards Rob Bieniasz and Ollie Hewitt sin-binned
earlier. Sedgley Park's belated winning ways continued when they
beat Doncaster 33-19 in National One. Park's Phil Jones and the
visitors' marksman Rob Lilley, the former Sale fly-half, managed 12
out of 12 kicks between them. Not for the first time Park slipped
behind early on and found themselves playing catch up, but seven
penalties from Jones and tries by Chris Wilkinson and Jon Feeley
saw them safely home against their fellow strugglers.