The result was remarkable as the visitors enjoyed by far the majority of territorial possession, had a one man advantage for most of the game after a Moortown player was shown a red card and had in September racked up a 51 - 0 victory over the same team in the Yorkshire Cup.

Harrogate were missing four first team regulars but were buoyed by the return from long term injury of George Hobson who as usual had a fine game with some powerful running and good kicking from hand. The game was keenly contested and Harrogate scored a try shortly after the home team were reduced to 14 men. Hal Butler showed great determination to power over the line to score.

Moortown played a good tactical game in windy conditions and were able to pin the visitors back through skilful kicking. The home team scored a converted try shortly before half time to make the score 7 - 5 at the changeover.

In the second half Moortown took advantage of their relatively infrequent visits to the Harrogate 22 metres by scoring a penalty and a drop goal from a free kick.

Moortown then scored what was likely to be the decisive try and were successful with the conversion.

The visitors refused to give up and George Hobson capped a strong performance with a try after a long run through some bewildered defenders.

Overall it was a strange game with a somewhat surreal scoreline.