Darlington 0 Buxton 0

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Quakers won a corner in front of the Tin Shed in the second minute, but the Buxton defence managed to get the ball away.

Alfie Myers-Smith then broke inside from the right, but his pass into the box for Jack Maskell was just too far.

Quakers nearly took the lead on 13 minutes. Jonah Lowes played a good reverse pass to Cedric Main, who moved inside and struck a low right foot shot that Joe Young pushed around the post, and from the corner that followed, Tom Platt couldn’t turn the ball in after the keeper had missed it.

They had another opportunity when Cedric Main and Elliot Forbes combined and set up Ben Hedley, who fired just over the top, then in Quakers’ next attack, Jack Maskell’s effort was deflected for a corner.

Quakers kept the pressure going, and when Will McGowan’s free kick was cleared to the edge of the box, Tom Tweedy volleyed over the bar.

McGowan found space on the right on 29 minutes, and after picking up a pass from Myers-Smith, he moved inside and fired just over the bar.

They had a better chance when McGowan moved forward and set up Lowes, whose effort was well saved by the keeper's outstretched leg

Team: Watson, Hedley, Forbes, Barrow, Myers-Smith, Lowes, Platt, Tweedy, McGowan, Maskell, Main

Subs: Mason, Barton, Small, Rutledge, Kirokiro, Mortimer.