Hindleys defensive effort was superb in the opening 30 mins of the game restricting the hosts to a handful of chances , Despite a lack of ball Hindley found themselves 10 points to the good , Good work from Lewis Thornhill and Damon Fishwick ,saw John Stryker make a 20 mtr break deep into Latchford territory , quick hands seeing Conor Ward crash over .
Hindley should have added further points when a Rob Bailey break saw winger Jamie King spill the final ball with the line at his mercy.
Minutes later Hindley stretched there lead when Full Back Damon Fishwick made a superb break to set up Chris Scarborough to go in under the sticks , also converting 10 -0
Hindley then had to withstand an onslaught from the hosts , surviving 3 sets on there on line on the back of penalties.
Finally a chink in Hindleys defence saw the full back Griffiths dummy his way over for a nice effort with Briggs converting.
On the stroke of half time Hindley stretched there narrow advantage after good work from Damon Fishwick , Chris Scarborough and Rob Bailey which saw Winger Jamie King score in the corner.
HALF TIME HINDLEY 14 v 6 Latchford
Within 2 mins of the restart Latchford narrowed things to 4pts when scrum half Briggs stepped his way over from close range
Hindley hit back almost immediatley with Stephen Sutcliffe powering his way over , Chris Scarborough converting.
a Mistake in there own half then cost Hindley as a speculative kick was pounced on by scrum Half Briggs .
A blistering 7 min spell just after the hr make saw Hindley score 3 converted tries, Qucik Ball from Ste Sutcliffe and Jake Hughes saw Chris Scarborough weave his way over .
2 mins later good work deep in the Hindley half saw Ryan Mckenzie and Rob bailey put winger Aaron Noon away , His superbly weighted kick saw Jamie King win the footrace to score under the sticks .
Minutes later as Latchford struggled to get out of the half a spilled ball saw Raith Stringer scoop up to cross under the sticks from 30mtrs , chris Scarborough converting all 3 tries. 38-14 Hindley.
To there credit Latchford never threw the towel in which saw Hindleys line tested ,
With 5 mins remaining a long downfield kick saw a hesitant Latchford Winger beaten to the ball By Raith Stringer , a superb offload saw Centre Conor Ward stroll over , Chris Scarborough converting.
On the final whistle Hindley should have hit 50 after a superb chip n chase from Luke Belshaw which saw him gather only to see his final ball go to ground with Lewis Thornhill in support .
FINAL SCORE HINDLEY 44 v 14 Latchford
Man of the Match - DAMON FISHWICK