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Report: Stourbridge 1 Frickley Athletic 1

Stourbridge climbed back into the Evo-Stik League Premier Division play-off positions.

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But they were left dismayed they didn't claim maximum points against a Frickley side who frustrated them for much of the game.

The Glassboys dictated play for most of the first half but fell behind on 24 minutes.

Luke Hinsley rifled home a first-time shot past Glassboys goalkeeper Matthew Gould from the edge of the box.

Stourbridge could make little impression before the break, but equalised within 31 seconds after the interval.

They won a throw-in straight from the kick-off. where full-back Kristian Green managed to square the ball across the face of Frickley's goal for the league's leading marksman Karl Hawley to convert.

They could have won it from a 77th-minute corner when central defender Dan Scarr saw his goal-bound header punched out by Seb Malkowski.

The ball fell for Hawley, but somehow Malkowski made a point-blank save to turn the ball over.

Five minutes into stoppage time, Frickley striker Jacob Hazel found himself free in front of goal, but goalkeeper Gould managed to pull off a vital save right at the death.

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