Sun Sports 3 Tudor Corinthians 2                           1969/70                                        HCL Prem

Smith shines for the Sun

Twice Sun Sports had scored.
On both occasions Tudor Corinthians had equalised.
When Sun, however, got another with 11 minutes to go, Tudor were unable to come back for a third time.
So Sun got two Herts County League Premier Division points from Saturday's local derby at Bellmountwood Avenue.
This defeat plunges Tudor deeper into trouble but there was enough evidence in this game to suggest that their position is a false one.
Their forwards, with Micky Marshall and Johnny Johnson outstanding, were constantly menacing and on the whole they did enough to deserve a point.
The defence, however, was prone to moments of uncertainty and goalkeeper John Atkins had a very shaky afternoon.
Brian Smith shone for Sun, looking very much the all round player, and Tom Cheasty did well to restrict the visitors to two goals.
Sun began in determined fashion and midfield dynamo Tony Faux almost scored in the fourth minute but his close range shot was blocked and he failed to hook in the rebound.
The home side had another chance soon after but Terry Reynolds did not take advantage of a poor back pass from Roy Presswell.
Tudor's first opportunity came when Cheasty made one of his rare errors.
He dropped Johnson's cross at the feet of Jackie Cooper but the inside left fluffed the opening.
After 25 minutes Johnson miskicked in front of goal.
He must have really rued this miss for a minute later Sun took the lead.
Eddie Rolfe dispossessed the unhappy Presswell, drew the goalkeeper and fired the ball in for his of the season.
Five minutes later Tudors were level.
John Washington's cross was not cleared and Denis Ford scored.
Trevor Clements had a good chance to put the visitors ahead but he missed his kick when he got through and in the 39th minute only a great save by Cheasty kept out a Johnson header.
Once again a good opening for Tudors was followed immediately by a goal for Sun.
Colin Brown's free kick was headed past the hesitant Atkins by wing half Ron Rooney.
Within a minute of the restart Smith hit a cracking shot against the bar but Sun came back and Johnson was no more than  a foot wide with Cheasty beaten.
Terry Reynolds then had two good opportunities to put Sun further ahead but he hit a post from close in with his first effort and four minutes later he fell over the ball when clean through.
In the 65th minute Corinthians equalised when Cooper's cross found Milne, who coolly lobbed in from the edge of the area.
Presswell was booked for a foul on Rolfe after 75 minutes.
Four minutes later came the winner when Smith's centre was headed in by Paul Froud.
Presswell was then replaced by Ray Williams but it was too late for Tudor's to get back on terms.

Sun Sports: T Cheasty, J Low, C Tattam, R Rooney, R Lee, A Faux, E Rolfe, P Froud, T Reynolds, B Smith, C Brown, Substitute: B Paul