Wingate end Wealdstone's home run

They deserved no better for a poor performance against a side who started the day in 21st place. Danny Brown put Wingate ahead on 28 minutes and added another shortly before the interval. Then Wayne O’Sullivan made it 3-0 on the hour.

It might have been more, but it turned into a nervous finish as two goals in a minute, from Richard Jolly and Nathan Webb, gave Stones a glimpse of a fortunate point. But it was not to be and Wingate moved out of the relegation zone, climbing above Thurrock who had no game. Wingate are pictured on the defensive courtesy of Steve Foster/Wealdstone FC.

Wealdstone stay third, four points behind Margate who also had the day off. Above them both, and now four points clear, are Whitehawk, who came from behind to win 3-1 at Sussex coast rivals Bognor.

Ashley Robinson’s 28th-minute penalty gave Rocks the initial advantage but Josh Jones and Tommy Fraser put Hawks ahead by half-time and Raphael Rossi-Branco made sure with three minutes left.

Two late goals by John Sands earned Bury their 3-2 win at Enfield Town and they climbed from seventh to fourth in the table. Jordan Patrick gave them a half-time lead which was wiped out midway through the second half by a header from Scott McLeish, the veteran striker who was making his debut after starting the season with Whitehawk.

Sands restored Bury’s lead with eight minutes left and struck again in the 89th minute, making Dave Kendall’s headed reply nothing more than a consolation goal.

Bury climb above Lowestoft, who dropped back to fifth after being held to a 1-1 home draw by Leiston in the Suffolk derby. The Trawlerboys needed an 88th-minute strike by Jack Defty to salvage a point after they had trailed to Gareth Heath’s goal for almost an hour.

Kingstonian dropped out of the play-off spots after being held to a goalless home draw by Hampton. The visitors had Anson Cousins sent off in the 31st minute for a ‘professional foul’ on Andre McCollin. But they still came closest to scoring with a Charlie Moone free-kick that was cleared off the line.

Hastings made it seven league draws in a row in their final outing before they set off for Saturday’s FA Cup tie at Middlesbrough. They took the lead three times in the first half against Lewes but had to settle for a 3-3 draw.

Dee Okojie, Bradley Goldberg, with a penalty, and Scott Manning were the Hastings marksmen. Jack Walder netted the first equaliser and Lewes player-manager Simon Wormull lashed his first goal of the season from 25 yards to make it 2-2, albeit briefly.

Hastings held their third lead until 12 minutes from time, when Manning brought down Nathan Crabb in the area and was sent off before Karl Beckford slotted home the spot-kick.

The fourth draw of the day was at bottom club Carshalton. They took the lead through Nathaniel Pinney in the 36th minute but Howard Newton replied for Met Police five minutes later and that was the end of the scoring.

Sam Collins gave East Thurrock a 38th-minute lead at Canvey but the islanders hit back to win 2-1. Simon Peddie turned a cross from Harrison Chatting into his own net to level the scores in the 66th minute and Bradley Woods-Garness, who had earlier hit a post, nabbed the winner five minutes later.