FOOTBALL: Appleby counted themselves unfortunate not to get something out of their Westmorland Benevolent Trophy quarter-final clash at Kendal Town Reserves, which ended in a 2-1 defeat.

Appleby felt they outplayed Town in the first half but John Coward, Steve Wharton and Paul Moffet all missed chances.

Town keeper Nicky Dent tipped over David Nugent's effort and Neil Dean was inches wide with a header.

In the second half, Coward blazed over at a one-on-one with the keeper and Moffet hit the crossbar before Town broke away and Kevin Pickering scored to put them ahead.

Pickering unleashed a 30-yard strike for his second goal, giving keeper Paul Crawford no chance.

Paul Kinnear came off the bench for Appleby and pulled a goal back, beating a defender and the keeper to side-foot home, but those spurned opportunities came back to haunt the side at the final whistle.

A Richard Faustino goal gave Appleby Reserves a share of the spoils at Carleton Rovers Reserves in Division 3 of the Talbot Insurance Westmorland League.

Like the majority of teams both Sedbergh Wanderers and Ambleside have played very few games recently, but their Division 1 encounter went with league form, Sedbergh winning 4-0.

In the first half Sedbergh scored three times without reply. Craig Gardner followed up to score the first after Dave Metcalfe's long-range effort was well saved by the keeper.

The league's leading scorer Mike Harrison added the second, calmly lobbing the keeper to score on his return from suspension, having not played for more than two months. Harrison then turned provider to lay on the third for Matt Parkin to slot past the keeper. In the second half Sedbergh eased up but still managed to control the game. Late on, in-form Craig Moffat scored his fifth in four games with a 30-yard volley.