WHITBY TOWN 2
MORPETH TOWN 1
By Andrew Snaith
A BAD-TEMPERED affair saw Whitby edge this battle of the north-east sides thanks to Jacob Hazel’s brace.
The former Frickley frontman would have had a hat-trick but for Dan Lowson’s penalty save.
However, it was the Highwaymen who had a spot kick of their own after the recalled Dan Burn was adjudged to have caught Liam Henderson with an outstretched arm in the Blues box.
But when Carl Finnigan stepped up, his weak penalty was saved by Shane Bland. It wasn’t the first stop the ex-Middlesbrough man had to make as...