FOOTBALL: County League round-up (August 19)

Other local sides, Wick and East Preston, however, were not so lucky as they both exited at the first hurdle.

On Mullets' tie at Worthing, assistant manager Simon Butler said: "It'll be a good game, they've got a few of our old players playing for them, including Josh Biggs, so it will be a stern test for us, but one we'll all be up for."

Scott Tipper gave Mullets the lead on 15 minutes on Saturday before Howard Neighbour hit a quickfire double early in the second half.

Tristan Jarvis pulled a goal back for Hailsham, but Tipper got Arundel's fourth on 87 minutes.

ARUNDEL: O'Connor; L.Walker, Sneller, D Walker; Hamilton, Biggs, Grove, Coleman-Carr, Neighbour; Norgate, Tipper. Subs: Hardwell (Hamilton 45), Gardner (Grove 60), Turney (Coleman-Carr 80), Tewsley.

Wick fell to a 2-0 defeat at Combined Counties Premier Division side Cobham.

James Baker and Lewis Black went close for Wick, whose caretaker manager John Sharman said: "It wasn't good, and we struggled to impose ourselves on the game.

"I can't fault the effort but we didn't read the game very well and were second best throughout."

WICK: Corbin; Thomas, Walsh, Sarsons, Adfield; Tomasso, Kill, Squires, Hancock; Baker, Longlands. Subs: Dooler (Longlands 65), Wrigley (Kill 80), Gibbs, Ganley.

East Preston crashed 4-1 at home to division-higher Ringmer, reports Sam Medhurst.

EP closed down Ringmer fiercely in the opening stages, which led to a booking for captain Mark Burgess, but Ringmer went ahead on 30 minutes through Marc Whiteman's 25-yarder.

Darren Lok crossed for Craig Brown to sidefoot home the second 10 minutes later and and Lok was again the provider for Aaron Phillips shortly after half-time.

Burgess won EP a penalty to get back in the game soon afterwards but Keiron Howard's spot-kick hit the post.

Ringmer got their fourth with eight minutes left when Brown's shot deflected in off Jamie Stideford, but EP got a consolation on 87 minutes when Jamie McCloud won and converted a penalty.

EP assistant manager Paul Bird said: "We let ourselves down with a very disappointing team performance. We weren't up for it, which, being an FA Cup tie, you always should be."

EAST PRESTON: Kason; Blackwood, Windsor, Stideford, Harris; Manning, McCloud, Campbell, Howard; Burgess, Farrier. Subs: Souch (Kason 45), Banfield (Manning 60), Catarino (Campbell 70), Dickson, Steele, Rahaman, Curtis.

Rustington bounced back from their 2-1 defeat at Westfield on Saturday with a 3-1 success at Oakwood on Tuesday.

Blues' Andy Boxall and Ross Adams had early chances at Oakwood but Rustington trailed 1-0 at half-time.

Oakwood had a player sent off for two bookable offences early in the second period and Rustington levelled on 65 minutes when Boxall fired into the top corner from Chris Darwin's cross.

Darwin then crossed for Adams to make it 2-1 two minutes later and Rustington sealed the win on 88 minutes when Boxall struck from Simon Clayton's pass.

Blues boss Brett Torode said: "It was a good reaction from Saturday and it was our best performance of the season so far, and we played some good passing football."

On Saturday, Blues led through Darwin's free kick on 15 minutes, but Sam Willett equalised on 30 minutes and David Pugh put Westfield ahead two minutes before half-time.

Blues had several chances to equalise in the second half as James Bennett hit a post and Ross Adams had a shot cleared off the line.

Rustington won 2-1 at Steyning Town last Wednesday.

Blues took a 1-0 lead through Andy Boxall in the 20th minute, after he had been played in by Ross Adams.

Simon Price exquisitely lobbed Steyning level from 40 yards on the hour, but Bennett hit what proved to be the winner two minutes later.

RUSTINGTON v Oakwood: McCarthy; Butcher, Neal, Wimbleton, Green; Boxall, Clayton, Bibb, Darwin; Bennett, Adams. Subs: Morten (Adams 70), Matthews, Cox, Sayers, Jones.

v Westfield: McCarthy; Butcher, Neal, Bibb, Green; Bennett, Matthews, Jones, Wimbleton, Darwin; Adams. Subs: Heater (Jones 55), Morten, Cox (Matthews, Butcher 65).

v Steyning: McCarthy; Butcher, Neal, Green; Bennett, Wimbleton, Jones, Boxall, Darwin; Adams. Subs: McCallum (Neal 55), Clayton (Jones 65), Matthews (Green 80), Morten, Cox.

East Preston came from behind to win 2-1 at Worthing United in County League Division 2 on Tuesday.

After Asa Nicholson gave United a 65th-minute lead, following a goalmouth scramble, EP levelled through Aaron Farrier's 18-yarder on 73 minutes.

Mark Burgess then got the winner from a tight angle with eight minutes left to get EP their first win of the season.

Jerry Manning had gone close for EP in the first half and Farrier hit the bar at the start of the second period.

EP assistant manager Paul Bird said: "We asked for a reaction from Saturday's game and we got it. We've had a reasonable start to the season, with the teams we've played so far."

EAST PRESTON: Souch; Rahaman, Stideford, Windsor, Sutcliffe; Richardson, Manning, Campbell, Bamfield; Burgess, Farrier. Subs: Dixon (Rahaman 65), Catarino (Farrier 70), McCloud, Steele, Blackwood.

Clymping lost 4-2 at Loxwood on Tuesday evening, after a 3-1 defeat at Seaford on Saturday.

Loxwood led 1-0 at half-time on Tuesday, before they struck twice in quick succession early in the second period.

Kevin Budge and Marcus Robertshaw pulled goals back to make it 3-2 with 10 minutes to go but Loxwood sealed the win on the break in the last minute.

Clymping were without four players, owing to the early 6.30pm kick-off and joint boss Phil Churchill said: "I was happy with the effort we showed but there are a few things we need to work on."

On Saturday, Rafael Ciupinski's deflected cross put Seaford ahead just before half-time but Thomas Barnes' free-kick drew Clymping level on 59 minutes.

Lee Walsh re-established Seaford's lead four minutes later, and after Cyril Aghaeze fired wide, Tyler Goatcher secured the points in the final seconds from a Seaford counter attack.

CLYMPING v Loxwood: Challen; Palmer, Hotston, Blackman, Churchill; M.Robertshaw, Barnes, Milner, R.Robertshaw; Aghaeze, Budge. Subs: Jarrett (Palmer 20), Matthews (Aghaeze 75).

v Seaford: Challen; Howard, Millar, Hotston, Palmer; M.Robertshaw, Barnes, Aghaeze, R.Robertshaw; Budge, Lisner. Subs: Matthews (Aghaeze 70), Churchill (Lisner 80), Shakton.

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