WALSALL WOOD 2-1 COVENTRY SPHINX
Sphinx: O'Neill, Ritson, Hill, Fletcher, Wilks, Baxter (Fowler 46), Cain, Cutting, Downes. Downie, Jackson. Subs Muldoon. Dyke Dainty
Walsall Wood: Gill, Hawkins, Rock, Saunders, Stretton, Juxon, Perrow, Black (Forrest 64), Butlin, Harris, Gonzales (Hancox 75). Subs Hayles, Snape, Alton.
HT WWFC 2-0 CSFC FT WWFC 2-1 CSFC
Goals Lee Stretton 28, Harris 34, Ashley Jackson 71
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Coventry Sphinx were beaten 2-1 at Walsall Wood in a Midland Alliance fixture.
Luke Hopkins had Ashley Cain available but was without a number of players for a game which saw his side start well with Rickie Cutting having a 21st minute effort saved by the keeper’s leg.
Sphinx might have had the play but they found themselves two goals down in the space of six minutes.
Walsall had a free kick in the 28th minute. The ball was knocked on and Lee Stretton was at the far post to score from a couple of yards out.
Just over five minutes later, the Sphinx players appealed for offside when a cross was met by Harry Harris who sent a looping header towards the goal. The ball was over the line when it was kicked away.
Sphinx had a couple of good chances with a Cain soshot cleared off the line before Kyle Baxter limped off and was replaced by Matty Fowler at the break.
Cain had a shot grabbed by the keeper and Cutting headed wide before a 70th minute corner led to a throw in. A long thrown had the Walsall defence in trouble and there was Ashley Jackson to bundle the ball into the net.
Sphinx continued to look for a second goal with the home keeper making a great punch from a 77th minute free kick.
But, it was not Sphinx's night and they went down to a defeat on a night when a draw was a fair result.