Malton opened the scoring after only 28 seconds of their 56-7 ten-try try feast win at home to Acklam in Durham and Northumberland One.

David Cooke and Carl Muscroft turned possession back to Malton and the ball was quickly transferred to centre Ryan Lonsdale, who crossed between the posts. Ian Cooke added the conversion.

On ten minutes Malton won a scrum on the visitors' 22 metre line. Quick ball found centre David Webster, who dummied and side-stepped his way through the defence to score a second try.

Lonsdale crossed in the corner for the third try and ten minutes later fly half Chris Creber fed Lonsdale, who forced his way over for the first of four tries in a period of five minutes.

From the restart, second row forward John Dobson made a strong run before handing on to Andy Mitchell, who made further ground. Ian Cooke then took over before putting scrum half Tom Stephenson clear. Ian Cooke then broke from defence to outstrip the defence for a score between the posts.

One move saw the ball pass along seven pairs of forwards' hands before setting up quick ruck ball for the threequarters to put Cooke over in the corner, giving Malton 39 point lead at ther interval

Creber cleverly read a short drop-out and seized the poor kick to set his backs in motion to put wing Liam Cowton over on the opposite side of the pitch.

Ten minutes into the half Lonsdale burst through before feeding prop James Machin, who crossed.

Acklam back row forward Neil Turner touched down for fullback Dan Ashton to convert.

Malton forwards turned over possession at a maul 22 metres out and Lonsdale was on hand again to crash over for Ben Hough to convert.

Frustration in the visitors' ranks then produced one or two minor scuffles but Malton held their discipline and referee David Downham used common sense and sensible man management skills to quell the fires.

With fellow promotion contenders Northern and Horden playing each other, with Horden running out victors, Malton are now in second place with a vastly superior points difference thanks to their ability to run up large scores and also to maintaining their excellent defensive record.

Updated: 11:40 Monday, February 13, 2006