MARLBOROUGH slipped to a third away defeat of the campaign as hosts University of Exeter C went top of Davis Wood League Premier Division Two.

Victory could have taken the Wiltshire men into second but they made a poor start to the game and deservedly went two goals behind.

The visitors gave themselves a lift before half time when Ed Gosling’s penetrating run in to the D led to Rich Holman finishing from an acute angle.

But Exeter came out of the traps strongly in the second period and two more goals effectively ended the game as a contest.

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