Ossett Town 3 Rushall 2
Despite twice taking the lead at UniBond Premier Division promotion chasers Ossett, injury-hit Rushall returned empty-handed.
Rushall got off to a dream start when in the first minute Rob Holdcroft spotted keeper Piotr Skiba positioned towards the edge of his box and unleashed a spectacular 40-yarder that clipped the inside of the post and went in.
On 35 minutes the game burst back to life and the home side were back on level terms.
Pics' goalkeeper Tony Breeden raced off his line to make a clearance but succeeded only in sending a poor kick straight to the feet of Carl Fothergill, who duly fired into an unguarded net from 25 yards.
The tide turned again in the 41st minute when the visiting stopper redeemed himself with an accurate punt upfield that picked out the run of Rob Holdcroft.
As the midfielder pulled the ball back to Dave Haywood, the wing-back centred to the far post where Phil Rowe headed invitingly across the face of the box into the path of teenager Harry Harris.
He let fly with a 25-yard screamer that rocketed into the bottom left-hand corner.
Ten minutes into the second period, Ossett were level again.
Fothergill was allowed to run out of his own half without a sign of a challenge before homing in on target and eventually unleashing a powerful drive past Breeden.
On 69 minutes it was essentially all over for the visitors' makeshift line-up when, not for the first time during this campaign, their defence proved incapable of clearing their lines.
They were punished when Rob O'Brien lashed home across Breeden into the bottom corner for a clinical finish.
