Drayton defeated against Yardley
Market Drayton’s hopes of closing the gap on the top two in Midlands 4 West (North) took a hit as they suffered only their second home reverse of the season.
Yardley headed back to Birmingham with the spoils battling after edging to an 18-14 victory.
The game was all square at 7-7 at half-time after a try from Chad Fieldhouse and a conversion from Alex Gammon cancelled out a converted score from the visitors.
Drayton found themselves on the wrong side of a couple of controversial decisions from the referee after the break.
The first resulted in Yardley taking the lead via a penalty. The hosts hit back with a try from Tom Minshall and conversion from Gammon to nose 14-10 in front.
Yardley responded with a score in the corner and a penalty to clinch victory.
