CANVEY ISLAND 3 BILLERICAY TN 0By Jack Patmore

A FIRST-HALF Sam Higgins brace contributed to Canvey Island sealing Essex derby bragging rights. The Gulls applied the early pressure and only the brilliance of Dan Wilks in goal, as well as the offside flag, kept Billericay in it. Wilks’s finest moment was a parry from a point-blank Higgins effort from a Jack Munns cross. The Munns-Higgins link-up continued to torment the visitors and it finally paid dividends after 28 minutes, with Higgins heading home another Munns cross. Billericay’s afternoon went from bad to worse...