Tudor Corinthians 2 Sun Sports 3                             1968/69                                      HCL Prem

Last gasp win for Sun

Sun Sports superior experience and ability to capitalise on chronic defensive errors saw them through to a last minute victory at Baldwins Lane on Tuesday evening in this, their first Premier Division game of the season.
But they did not escape without a fight.
The fitter Tudor Corinthians, with two games already under their belts, hit back from a  two goal deficit and came extremely close to snatching a dramatic victory over their flagging visitors.
Certainly Tudors can gain some satisfaction, if also a little disquiet from this display.
They were quick to assert their authority in this first meeting between the two clubs.
Having weathered the initial storm, Sun settled and, breaking cleanly and swiftly, they presented the Tudors defence with several problems.
A minute from the interval, Sun took the lead, and adroitly chipped free kick caught Beament unawares and as the ball bounced off the crossbar, Reynolds moved through the transfixed Tudor defence to hook in unchallenged.
Anxious enthusiasm, rather than controlled penetration was the care in Tudors' efforts to get back on level terms after the interval.
In fact, ironically, Sun's cause looked safe until they moved further ahead.
A harmless attack seemed well controlled when, with no need to panic, Tudors' John Washington turned the ball into his own net.
Forced by necessity into total commitment, Tudors, prompted by the wily Arthur Edwards, began to rattle the Sun defence.
In the 65th minute, Milne made a dangerous but not lethal break on the right, was upended by Shirley and Reynolds made no mistake from the spot.
Thirteen minutes from time, Harding equalised when he scored from a free kick on the edge of the area for the best goal of the match.
By now Sun had lost all control of the exchanges and while a draw would have been a fair result, victory appeared within Tudors' grasp.
With a minute to go, Tudors' suspect defence failed to clear and John Low snapped up the winner.