Hartlepool 94, Hebburn 90: Hartlepool maintained their unbeaten record in the tightest game they have played this season when they took seven of the 12 points at stake.

Rink scores (Hebburn names first) at Hebburn: Alan Jobling 15, John Wells 19; Malcolm Dunlop 12, John Mansfield 19; Ron Richardson 17, Albert Ward 13. At Hartlepool: Alan Lawton 10, Tony Macey 15; Clive Knott 15, Carl Higgins 13; Doug Noble 21, Colin Jefferson 15.