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BATT’S THRILLER RESCUES A DRAW

NPL MIDLANDS
COVENTRY SPHINX 2 CAMBRIDGE CITY 2
By Chris Nee

JAKE Battersby’s screamer was the highlight of a draw between two of the teams battling for survival.
Coventry Sphinx scored early from the spot, Matty Shipman sweeping the ball past Kacper Kurylowicz having won the penalty in just the fourth minute.
The Lilywhites pegged the hosts back in spectacular fashion when Sphinx cleared a corner but Battersby, 30-yards out, produced a firsttime piledriver that clipped a post on the way in.
The visitors ran after an equaliser but it was Sphinx who scored next when Jordan H...

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