MACCLESFIELD 35 CINDERFORD 24
CINDERFORD's late rally was not enough to secure any points from National One's bottom side.
The Foresters did not take advantage of a number of first-half overlaps allowing the determined home side to get away and snatch a five-point return in the fight for survival.
The hosts' defence was heroic at times but tries for MIke WIlcox and Nick Selway moments from the end could not grab either a losing bonus point or a four-try salvo for Andy Deacon's men.
Macclesfield got the first try of the match after just five minutes when blindside Dave Marwick burst through the middle and fly-half Tom Eaton converted.
Cinderford fly-half Mark Davies cut into their advantage with a penalty six minutes later after a concerted spell of pressure in Macclesfield's 22.
Eaton restored the gap with a kick of his own on 15 minutes before the away side tied the scores in bizarre circumstances with a quarter of the game gone.
Davies' kick into Macclesfield's in-goal area was punched dead by home winger Jack Moorhouse with the referee deeming it a professional foul and showed him a yellow card and awarded a penalty try.
Davies easily converted for 10-10 but then missed a penalty on 27 minutes with Eaton showing him how it was done nine minutes later with Davies missing a drop goal on the stroke of half-time.
Eaton extended his side's lead after just two second-half minutes before Macclesfield set up camp on Cinderford's try-line with the pressure telling and Davies receiving a yellow card on 53 minutes.
From the scrum penalty, Macclesfield loosehead Tom Mantell bundled over with Eaton off target before things then got worse for the-14 men with the home side's third try.
Wing Moorhouse burst through the big gap in midfield before being dragged down metres short with play recycled for Marwick to get his second score from close range.
Eaton added the extras and the return of Davies was not enough to stop the bonus-point score arriving on 67 minutes when scrum-half Matt Rhodes darted over from a scrum.
Eaton was off target but at 35-10 the game was done before Wilcox dummied his way over with ten minutes left and Davies converting and Jack Adams knocked on while grounding moments later.
The Cinderford surge was held up over the line in added on time with prop Selway eventually barging over and Davies improving it but it was too little and too late for the Dockham Road men.
CINDERFORD's late rally was not enough to secure any points from National One's bottom side.
The Foresters did not take advantage of a number of first-half overlaps allowing the determined home side to get away and snatch a five-point return in the fight for survival.
The hosts' defence was heroic at times but tries for MIke WIlcox and Nick Selway moments from the end could not grab either a losing bonus point or a four-try salvo for Andy Deacon's men.
Macclesfield got the first try of the match after just five minutes when blindside Dave Marwick burst through the middle and fly-half Tom Eaton converted.
Cinderford fly-half Mark Davies cut into their advantage with a penalty six minutes later after a concerted spell of pressure in Macclesfield's 22.
Eaton restored the gap with a kick of his own on 15 minutes before the away side tied the scores in bizarre circumstances with a quarter of the game gone.
Davies' kick into Macclesfield's in-goal area was punched dead by home winger Jack Moorhouse with the referee deeming it a professional foul and showed him a yellow card and awarded a penalty try.
Davies easily converted for 10-10 but then missed a penalty on 27 minutes with Eaton showing him how it was done nine minutes later with Davies missing a drop goal on the stroke of half-time.
Eaton extended his side's lead after just two second-half minutes before Macclesfield set up camp on Cinderford's try-line with the pressure telling and Davies receiving a yellow card on 53 minutes.
From the scrum penalty, Macclesfield loosehead Tom Mantell bundled over with Eaton off target before things then got worse for the-14 men with the home side's third try.
Wing Moorhouse burst through the big gap in midfield before being dragged down metres short with play recycled for Marwick to get his second score from close range.
Eaton added the extras and the return of Davies was not enough to stop the bonus-point score arriving on 67 minutes when scrum-half Matt Rhodes darted over from a scrum.
Eaton was off target but at 35-10 the game was done before Wilcox dummied his way over with ten minutes left and Davies converting and Jack Adams knocked on while grounding moments later.
The Cinderford surge was held up over the line in added on time with prop Selway eventually barging over and Davies improving it but it was too little and too late for the Dockham Road men.