Portico Vine 6

Latchford Albion 26

LATCHFORD cruised to victory at Portico Vine despite four more regulars joining their long list of absentees.

Albion have a crippling injury list but you would never have guessed by the way they performed in Saturday's North West Counties Amateur Rugby League first division game.

The try scorers for Latchford were player of the match Ian Marsden, two, debut boy Adam Williams, Matt Critchley and Andy Wood.

Halton Simms Cross A 32

Latchford A 12

LATCHFORD'S A team have a habit of starting games slowly and Saturday's battle with Halton was no exception.

They were 26-0 down by half-time before scoring tries via Dave Appleby and goal kicker Mal Mason.