Wilmslow 10 - Stockport 10
TITLE-chasing Wilmslow snatched a dramatic draw against Stockport, their arch-rivals, in the Men's North of England League Premier Division at the weekend.
The Styal Road club, the defending champions, shared the spoils in a 10-10 draw with their fellow title-chasers.
But trailing 10-9 with not long remaining the final quarter, the hosts had to pull a late equalising goal out of the bag.
Chris Mountney scored the equaliser and starred with a hat-tricks for the hosts.
Dan Green, Robert Messenger and Tommy Foster all bagged braces for Wilmslow, while Mark Reynolds was also on the scoresheet,
James Perrin weighed in with five important assists but, having led 3-2 after the first quarter, the home team could not pull away.
Paul Fullerton, the former England international, impressed for Stockport with seven goals - the most by any player in one game in the Premier Division - while Simon McGuigan scored twice and Tom Gosnay completed the scoring for last season's Premier Division bridesmaids.
Mike Jordan, somewhat surprisingly, struggled in the face-offs, winning just eight of the 22 he contested, while Chris Bland won 14 from 18 for the visitors.
A fiery game saw Stockport concede 13 minutes of penalties, while Wilmslow had six minutes of penalties.
On Sunday the two side's clash again, this time in the Referee's Trophy Final. The match starts at 2.00pm at Manchester Waconians Lacrosse Club, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury. Free entry.
Having won the European Lacrosse Federation Champions Cup earlier this season, Wilmslow are gunning for their second piece of silverware of the season. Last year the Cheshire club won an unprecedented four titles.
Meanwhile, Wimslow A were beaten 16-3 at home to on-song Sheffield University in Division 3, while the club's ladies team lost 16-1 away to Wirral in the Women's North of England Premier League.
Results, Saturday 18th October
MEN, North of England League Premier Division: Timperley 9 Sheffield Steelers 5, Cheadle 13 Mellor 5, Poynton 6 Boardman and Eccles 14, Heaton Mersey 11 Manchester Waconians 10, Wilmslow 10 Stockport 10.
