Dariington 1 Bedford 0

Main 13 mins, 1-0

Quakers won a throw on the left in the second minute. The ball was thrown long by Scott Barrow for Elliot Forbes to put in a header that was saved by Nathan Ashmore.

At the other end, Rory Watson had to dash off his line to prevent Marsh getting to the ball after Ellis Brown’s shot was deflected.

Quakers had a half chance on 8 minutes, when Howells played the ball back to McGowan, who played a first time ball into the box where Stanton just failed to get a touch.

But Bedford responded when George Moncur cut in from the left and hit a right foot shot that Watson pushed up in the air before the ball was cleared.

Quakers took the lead after 13 minutes. Jack Maskell forced Ashmore into a good save at the foot of his post from a low cross by Tom Tweedy, but the ball came back out for Cedric Main to blast the ball into the net for his 15^th league goal of the season.

And there was nearly a second for him when McGowan chipped the ball into the box, but he couldn’t quite get a touch six yards out.

Maskell was causing problems, and when his run was stopped on the edge of the area, Forbes hit a first time shot straight at Ashmore.

However, Bedford kept plugging away, and former Darlington player Greg Taylor fired a right foot shot a couple of yards wide from the edge of the area.

Quakers nearly got another on 40 minutes when Tweedy, who was looking more and more confident on the left, crossed into the far post where Maskell couldn’t quite turn the ball in at full stretch.

Watson, Forbes, Lees, Barrow, Platt, Stanton, Howells, McGowan, Tweedy, Main, Maskell

Subs: Hedley, Cornish, McGrath, Myers-Smith, Lowes, Rutledge, Griffiths

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