a breezy Malton side had far too much guile and pace for heavy, lacklustre visitors Consett and eased to a 38-3 win.

For the first ten minutes Consett looked as though they could cause Malton problems with their huge pack but there was no way through the watertight home defence.

A good break from defence by fly half Chris Creber was carried on by wingman Ian Cooke, who crossed beneath the posts and converted his own try.

From the re-start a breathtaking handling move which involved almost every member of the team was rounded off wide out by hooker Carl Muscroft to add to his growing total.

The visitors' only answer was a penalty by fly-half Dan Cavanagh on the quarter hour.

Malton's next score came when Cooke broke from defence and glided past would-be tacklers before handing on to opposite wing Elliot Richardson, who showed a clean pair of heels to his pursuers to get his side's third try. Cooke converted.

Consett wilted under intense Malton pressure. On the half hour, centre Tim Carney broke free and his kick ahead was chased and gathered by Creber, who made ground before returning a pass to Carney, who touched down the first of his three tries.

Cooke again converted and was instrumental in setting up the next score with another mazy run to put Carney in again just before the break.

At 31-3 ahead Malton lost skipper Creber with a hamstring problem. With a reshuffled back division they took time to settle in the second period but still the defence held firm as Consett tried to get back into the fray.

Malton were still playing with flair and causing the visitors problems. Man of the match Liam Cowton ran strongly in the centre and debutant flanker Adam Stephens covered the pitch.

After 30 minutes of the half Ben Hough, on at fullback for Matt Williams who had moved to fly-half, broke and fed Carney, who rounded off his hat-trick of tries for Cooke to add the extras and complete another fine Malton performance.

Updated: 11:41 Monday, October 03, 2005