Match Report
Scunthorpe United, 23rd on 34 points, faced a 23-point deficit to Dorking Wanderers (16th, 57). Dorking Wanderers ranked 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Per game in the league, Dorking Wanderers were scoring 1.46 and conceding 1.98, Scunthorpe United 1.07 and 1.89, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Scunthorpe United — five in succession. From the last five rounds, Dorking Wanderers held 7 points of 15 and Scunthorpe United 0.
The venue was Westhumble Playing Fields in Dorking, with room for 2,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Dorking Wanderers led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.