Sun Sports 6 Leggatts Way Old Boys 2                          1968/69                                HCL Prem

Don't say Brown, say thrashing!

Jubilant Sun Sports gave champions and leaders Leggatts Way Old Boys a Premier Division thrashing on Saturday when, spearheaded by hat trick hero Colin Brown, they put three goals past John Fancourt in each half.
Sun, who have struggled for most of the season, eased the distant fear of relegation and at the same time threw the championship race right open.
But Leggatts Way are not discouraged, they played well enough in the first half.
The Old Boys controlled the midfield early on but lacked aggression in front of both goals.
A bad back pass by terry Birch gave Sun the lead when John Matthews sped through to beat Fancourt.
Chris Musgrove. with a superb 40 yard run on to a Fred Biggerstaff through pass and equalised from an acute angle.
But hesitancy on the part of Fancourt allowed Brown to head in a Brian Smith cross.
If that goal was a gift there was nothing fortunate about Sun's third, Eddie Rolfe beat three men in a fine run and centred perfectly for Smith to score.
The Old Boys, however, had enjoyed few breaks in front of goal.
The held the majority of the play but the woodwork and tenacious defensive work by Sun kept them at bay.
A fine diving header by Bill Samson reduced the arrears after half time but Roy Hansard, after beating  several players in a typical run, saw his certain equaliser hit a divot and bounce clear after beating Cliff Langley.
Colin Brown scored the home side's fourth and was gifted with the fifth through a mix-up by Birch and Fancourt.
The final nail was driven in by Smith when he volleyed the sixth in the 84th minute.