ICL (Letchworth) 1 Sun Sports 2                             1968/69                              Aubrey Cup

Matthews gives Sun revenge

Sun Sports overcame an early setback to avenge a September league defeat and move into the next round of the Aubrey Cup.
Saturday's second round victory proved to be a personal triumph for left winger John Matthews who netted both goals in what should have been a more convincing victory.
Sun took the lead after just six minutes when a corner kick found Bernard Kent who passed for Matthews to score via the crossbar.
But just two minutes later the lead was wiped out, Trevor Swinhoe, much to his colleague's amazement, was penalised for "steps".
The visitors disputed the indirect free kick claiming that the goalkeeper had only taken two steps but the referee Reigler turned down the appeals and ICL subsequently found the net.
The visitors adopted a "shoot on sight" policy without success but after the interval they should have taken the lead when John Low was presented with an open goal.
Unfortunately he shot over but Matthews made no mistake when he was given a chance by Colin Brown in the 53rd minute.
Sun continued to dominate the exchanges until the last five minutes when the home side put in a late rally which forced the visitors on the defensive.