Darlington 2 Carlisle United 4

• New signing Sam Hetherington starts the game, but goes off injured
• Ben Hedley scores his second goal of pre-season
• Becky scores again

Quakers were caught cold by the Cumbrians, who scored three times in the first 28 minutes, but then the home side managed to pull a goal back when Mark Beck set up Ben Hedley to fire past the Carlisle keeper.

The Cumbrians, who will be in the league above us in the new season, restored their three goal lead soon after.

Quakers started to find some openings, and before half time, Aidan Rutledge was just off target.

They had much the better of the second half, and they scored a second on 73 minutes when Ellis Stanton was brought down, and Mark Beck scored from the spot.

Max Howells, Paddy McLaughlin and Ellis Stanton all had efforts in the remainder of the game as Quakers finished strongly.

Quakers:  Bobby Jones, Ben Hedley, Toby Lees, Max Kilsby (sub Dylan Wilkinson 46), , Triallist A, Tom Platt, Ellis Stanton, Sam Hetherington (sub Paddy McLaughlin 25), Triallist B (sub Max Howells 46) , Mark Beck (sub Jesse Nelson 84), Aidan Rutledge (sub Dylan Stephenson 46)

Subs: Triallist C

Attendance 783

Quakers are next at home to Middlesbrough Under 21s on Friday evening, kick off 7.45pm