The blue and golds finally ended their losing streak and recorded their first victory since December 5th at a rainsoaked Leisure Centre last Saturday. The conditions made the ball like bar of soap and both sides frequently spilled possession.
It took until the 25th minute for the visitors to break the stalemate with a try. The home sides reply was swift and with Pete Newton was unlucky to have been pulled up short following one of his mazy runs, Gavin Proctor was on hand to go over from the dummy half position. The restart kick from the visitors went out on the full and the resultant penalty sent Beverley back on the attack again. It paid dividends with Steve Davidson forcing his way over in the corner for a try which he converted himself.
The hosts went into the interval 12-4 to the good and came out for the second half in confident mood and some impressive handling in the wet saw Steve Davidson send Tony Spence over for a try wide out. The hosts then hosts then lost some concentration and a fumbled high kick saw the visitors pull back a try.
This however proved a minor blip and the hosts took complete control for the rest of the game. More impressive handling saw Steve Davidson score again and minutes later he completed his hattrick forcing himself over despite the best efforts of at least four Cottingham defenders to stop him. The pack of forwards laid the platform for victory revelling in the difficult conditions and one such forward Mike Brown put the icing on the cake with a bustling 40 metre run to slide in beneath the posts.
A relieved coach Rich Shaw commented afterwards
” The wheels have fallen off our season since Christmas but that performance was more like our early season form when we looked like possible promotion contenders.”
At the time of going to press Beverley have yet to be allocated a fixture this weekend.
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