Water polo - Rotherham 10 - Lancaster 9

LANCASTER'S eight year dominance in the Northern League is in serious danger of ending following their second narrow defeat at the hands of a Yorkshire side.

Initially it was Lancaster who looked in total control as they went into the lead inside a minute courtesy of a goal from Burgess.

But the end of the first quarter, Rotherham had the psychological advantage when two Lancaster players, Chris Hartley and Colin Burgess, were both sent off - Hartley for disrespect to the referee and Burgess for retaliation.

The scores were still level with with fewer than 30 seconds remaining. But, sadly, the hard-working Baker was beaten by a close in shot which produced the winning goal for Rotherham.

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