Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Halesowen Town 4th with 74 points, Lowestoft Town 20th with 37, 37 apart. Halesowen Town had been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Halesowen Town were scoring 1.55 and conceding 1.1, Lowestoft Town 1.31 and 2.52, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game.
Halesowen Town entered with three wins in a row. Lowestoft Town had drawn three in a row. From the last five rounds, Halesowen Town held 13 points of 15 and Lowestoft Town 6.
The Grove in Halesowen staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. Halesowen Town led 3-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 3-1.