Swanage 3 Marlborough 3
Marlborough ladies first team travelled away to Swanage hoping to gain three points from the team newly promoted with them at the start of the season.
With some new players and some positional changes Marlborough started strongly. Captain Anna Scott soon started feeding balls through the midfield to the attack and before long Alex Crosby-Jones dribbled the ball around a number of defenders and struck the ball passed the keeper.
Swanage continued to press the defence but were kept at bay by Rachel Cox making some solid low tackles and clearing the ball.
Alex Crosby-Jones quickly got a second and third goal from almost solo efforts – despite some questionable physical defending.
The second half favoured Swanage as Marlborough tired and had no substitutes to relieve the team. Swanage broke through with two goals from short corners and one from open play to equalise.
Marlborough fought to the end looking for the winning goal, but they were unable to convert. their attacks.
The Marlborough News Online Player of the Match went to Alex Crosby-Jones for her hat-trick and her threatening play.
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