Promoted Wids just fall short (From Runcorn and Widnes World)

Widnes 8 Wirral 15

7:34am Tuesday 6th September 2011 in Sport

WIDNES came up just short in their first game back in North One West following promotion, but they did secure a bonus point from this closely fought affair.

They were behind 6-0 at half time thanks to two Craig Harvey penalties, before centre Chris Schofield reduced the arrears with the only try of the game in the corner. Inside a frantic last 10 minutes, James Annetts added a couple of drop goals along with another Harvey penalty, before Kevin Leadbetter slotted over a penalty for the home side.