Match Report
East Grinstead Town, 22nd on 36 points, faced a 53-point deficit to Cray Wanderers (3rd, 89). The last five rounds placed Cray Wanderers no better than 9th for form, against 3rd in the standings. Per game in the league, Cray Wanderers were scoring 2.43 and conceding 1, East Grinstead Town 1.37 and 2.76, against a competition average of 1.7 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Cray Wanderers. Defeat had followed defeat for East Grinstead Town — four in succession, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Cray Wanderers had banked 11 of the last 15 points on offer; East Grinstead Town, 1.
Rayners Lane, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.


