Malton & Norton
W 16-27
League
14-09-2024
Scarborough - 1st XV
By Charlie Hopper
Scarborough RUFC picked up their first league win of the season as tries from Jonty Holloway, Sam Dawson and Tom Hazledine helped them beat local rivals Malton & Norton.
In beautiful conditions, a bumper crowd watched both sides come out the blocks firing in the early exchanges. The first points of the afternoon came from the boot of Ollie Carroll, who slotted a straight forward penalty to open up a 3-0 lead. The home side were then shown two yellow cards for infringements and Scarborough made the advantage count with an unconverted try from Tom Hazledine. Carroll added a further penalty for 11-0 before Shane Poole reduced the deficit with a penalty of his own for 11-3 after 30 minutes. The home side then came to within a point of Matty Jones’ side courtesy of a try from winger Bill Collier. On the stroke of half-time, it was Scarborough who re-established a comfortable lead when captain Sam Dawson crashed over in the corner for 16-10.
The second-half started in similar fashion, with Scarborough on the front foot. Their patience was rewarded in the 52nd minute when Jonty Holloway picked a gap in the defence and raced through to score for 23-10. Carroll kicked a long range penalty just minutes later before Scarborough were reduced to 13 men when both Joe Marshall and Jordan Holloway were shown yellow cards and the ten minutes later Joe Davies followed his team mates for ten minutes on the sideline. Malton continued to threaten and only manage to break through a resolute defence when Collier doubled his personal tally for 26-17 as the game came to a finish.
Scarborough are back at Silver Royd next weekend as they welcome Moortown.