Harry Clayton leads Fantastic Five after five-goal haul

This week's stars. <i>(Image: BCA.)</i>
This week's stars. (Image: BCA.)
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It was a weekend packed with eye-catching individual performances across the Border Counties Advertizer and Whitchurch Herald patches.

Goals flowed for several local sides.

Prees United and Whitchurch Alport 1946 provided the two biggest individual scoring displays.

St Martins also supplied three contenders following their 5-2 victory over Ercall Rangers Reserves.

Here is this week’s Fantastic Five.

Harry Clayton – Prees United

Harry Clayton takes top spot after a remarkable five-goal haul for Prees United in their 8-2 victory at Randlay Colts.

Clayton accounted for five of his side’s eight goals as Prees recorded an emphatic away victory.

No other verified player in this week’s selection matched Clayton’s five-goal return.

This earned the Prees marksman top billing.

Luke Mason – Whitchurch Alport 1946

Luke Mason was another player in prolific form.

He struck four times as Whitchurch Alport 1946 swept to a 6-0 victory over Dawley Town Swifts.

Mason was responsible for four of Alport’s six goals, with Leon Depaul and Tom Milburn also finding the net.

The four-goal haul was bettered only by Clayton among the verified individual performances in this week’s Fantastic Five.

Dan Harrington – St Martins

Dan Harrington played a major role as St Martins eventually pulled clear to record a 5-2 victory against Ercall Rangers Reserves.

Harrington scored directly from a corner to put St Martins 2-1 ahead before Ercall levelled again before half-time.

He struck for a second time after 65 minutes, restoring the hosts’ advantage at 3-2 and beginning a decisive period in which St Martins pulled away.

Kai Hurdman – St Martins

Kai Hurdman enjoyed an impressive return to St Martins and capped his comeback by getting on the scoresheet against Ercall Rangers Reserves.

Hurdman latched on to a long ball from debutant goalkeeper Gareth Wilson to make it 4-2.

This came just two minutes after Harrington had restored St Martins’ lead.

His overall display was also recognised by the club, with Hurdman named man of the match following the 5-2 victory.

Theo Polley – St Martins

Theo Polley completes the Fantastic Five after having a hand in two of St Martins’ five goals against Ercall Rangers Reserves.

Polley helped create the opening goal after 13 minutes, prodding the ball forward for Jordy Bernard to fire home from close range.

He then got his own name on the scoresheet in the 80th minute, tapping home from close range to complete St Martins’ 5-2 victory.

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