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Wiltshire Senior League
Shrewton Return to Form

Three games were played in midweek in the Premier Division of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League.

On Tuesday night Shrewton United played their sixth home game of the season, with Trowbridge Town the visitors,  and for once manager Joe Sheldrake was able to name a virtually unchanged team from Saturday’s narrow defeat to title favourites Wroughton. The only change was forced by the suspension of striker Craig Lewis. Shrewton started on top and were rewarded for their early domination when James Dolman volleyed in past the Trowbridge keeper at his near post after his initial shot was blocked for his fourth goal of the season. After going behind Trowbridge upped their game and Shrewton were unable to build on the early lead and it remained 1-0 at the interval. The start of the second half saw Shrewton once again make the early running and they extended their lead when Dolman scored again when he got on the end of a cross to the far post to fire in for his fifth of the season. Ben Jenks had scored a great solo goal for Shrewton in their opening game of the season against Ludgershall Sports following a long run from midfield and he was at it again in Tuesday night’s encounter. This time he picked up the ball deep in his own half and went on a run through midfield which saw him beat five players before firing in a shot from the edge of the 18 yard box which the Trowbridge keeper could only parry into the net to make it 3-0 to Shrewton. Shrewton added a fourth late on when Charlie Utterson scored for the second game running, firing in after Conor Cutler’s shot was parried to him by the Trowbridge keeper to make the final score 4-0 to Shrewton. The win lifted Shrewton into fourth place in the table and no doubt manager Sheldrake will also have been pleased with the clean sheet with Shrewton having uncharacteristically conceded 18 goals in their opening six games. The defeat, coupled with other results the following night, saw Trowbridge drop to 10th place.

The two games on Wednesday night both saw away wins secured by the visiting sides. Odd Down Reserves met Melksham Town Reserves for the second time this season and Melksham avenged the narrow 1-0 defeat at the InfiLED at the start of September with an impressive 3-0 win over the young Odd Down side. A hat-trick from Dan Sibley ensured that Melksham won for the third time in four games having put behind them the disappointing start to the season which had seen them lose their opening three games.   As a result of the latest win Melksham climbed into sixth spot whilst Odd Down dropped a couple of places to ninth.

A second player scoring a hat-trick on Wednesday night was Cricklade Town’s Will Backhouse away at Malmesbury Victoria Development. There was nothing to chose between the two sides in the first half as neither side was able to find the net in the first forty-five minutes. The deadlock was finally broken immediately after the restart when Tom McCulloch scored his first of the season for Cricklade following his summer return from Purton. Will Backhouse then made it 2-0 before James Archer pulled one back for Malmesbury, scoring for the second consecutive game.  A second from Backhouse restored Cricklade’s two goal advantage and the same player made sure of all three points with a goal in injury time to complete his hat-trick and make the final score 4-1 to Cricklade.

Will Backhouse, who scored a second half hat-trick, and Tom McCulloch  scored the opener in Cricklade Town's 4-1 win at Malmesbury Victoria Dev

Premier Division Results

Tuesday 29 September

Shrewton United 4 Trowbridge Town 0


Wednesday 30 September

Malmesbury Vics Dev 1 Cricklade Town 4

Odd Down Res 0 Melksham Town Res 3

1 October 2020
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