Match Report
73 points for Newcastle Blue Star (4th), 66 for Ossett Albion (6th): a 7-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Newcastle Blue Star 2.33 scored and 1.35 conceded per game, Ossett Albion 1.9 and 1.53, with the league averaging 1.71.
Newcastle Blue Star carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Defeat had followed defeat for Ossett Albion — three in succession. Over the last five, Newcastle Blue Star had taken 13 of 15 points to Ossett Albion's 6.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 6 more goals closed it at 4-2.


