Rotherham Reserves an Impressive Combine at Denaby

Denaby United 2 Rotherham United Reserves 4

Rotherham’s performance at Tickill Square on Saturday filedl one with a great deal of admiration for Frickley Colloiery’s performance, a week early, in being the first Midland league side to win at Millmoor this season.

They impressed many Denaby supporters as the best footballing combine to have come to Tickill Square this term and certainly Denaby were outclassed and outplayed. There were never out of the game, but they were always struggling. It was only towards the end that they tended temporarily to upset the Rotherham applecart. If Silmab had not been standing just when he was in a swarming goalmouth attack minutes before Clarke’s second goal, the result would have been even closer.

Body Blow

This fast, strong, Milmoor Reserve side struck a vital body blow to Denaby three minutes before half-time. When it seemed that a bitterly fought half was to end all square, first Ray Dixon, then a minute later, inside right Jackson scored to put Rotherham two up at half-time.

It was to heavy a leeway for Denaby, and the writing was very much on the wall when Dixon again, then Webster (after 58 and 65 minutes) made it 4-0. Both these goals were the result of beautiful shots.

Clarke set then sparked the blaze in the 67^th minute when he scored Denbigh’s first goal, and towards the end they were at full pressure with two unlucky misses and another Clarke goal two minutes from the end.

But Rotherham were well worth the two points. They impressed as a very good site, much faster on the ball than Denaby, who have now lost five of their last six Midland League matches. When their luck is out, it is out indeed!

They were without Egan, but Law, who let’s neither himself nor the side down on his rare appearances with the senior XI, showed some pretty touches and it wasn’t his fault they were not turned to better effect. Holmes was more in the game than he has been of late, got over some good sentence, though one or two of them with a shade too strong. Clarke burst into the game in the later stages. Lambert and Martin shone in patches.