JORDAN TINDLE struck a brace as Kirkburton beat Storthes Hall 3-0 in the first round of the West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division Cup.
Hall had the first clear cut chance after five minutes when a deep cross to the back post was steered into the side netting.
On 12 minutes Burton’s Josh Ingham, who has just been given his chance in the first team, launched a ferocious shot from 22 yards which left the Hall goalkeeper stranded.
The ball rebounded back off a post, but the full-back brought down his own cousin, Dan Ingham, in the area and the excellent referee, Craig Ainsworth, had no hesitation in awarding a penalty.
This was calmly converted by Steve Chandler.
Hall bounced back and had a chance to equalise on 22 minutes but their No11 shot high and wide.
Burton went 2-0 up on 30 minutes when hard-working Adrian Smith turned the Hall defence inside out, his shot ricocheted off another defender onto the crossbar and man-of-the-match Tindle was on hand to poke the ball home from close range.
Jordan Kenefick should have scored Burton’s third soon after from a great cross from Smith but his effort went just wide.
Burton keeper Jordan Robinson, who has played for Storthes Hall in the past, had a relatively quiet first half but he was on hand to save with his legs just before the break to maintain Burton’s 2-0 lead.
And Robinson was back in action early in the second half when he made a double save from Hall’s best player Michael Tunnacliffe.
Kenefick came close again on 65 minutes but put the ball wide while at full stretch.
Chandler came close to getting a second goal when a cross-cum-shot went just over the bar, but Burton sealed the tie when Chandler put a precision ball through to Tindle, who beat a defender to the ball and slid his shot past the keeper.
A Sean Hazelden header earned AFC Emley a 1-0 victory against Staveley Miners Welfare in the Northern Counties East League Division I.
An accurate free kick by industrious Max Joice was powered home by centre-back Hazelden, who rose head and shoulders above everyone else on 36 minutes.
Mick Clarke, in the Emley goal, was rarely tested but denied Staveley an equaliser when he parried a long-range shot.
Emley should have won by a greater margin and Hazelden had a genuine ‘goal’ ruled out by a linesman who claimed the ball had not crossed the line despite Staveley’s goalkeeper resigned to picking the ball out of the net.
The victory sees Ian Banks’s side move to second in Division I, two points behind Scarborough Athletic with a game in hand.
