Mossy scored himself as he regularly took on the Gateshead defence and his tackling was as sharp as it was against Rovers in the Oakes game.
Only he, Jonny Boatman [at 8] and Darren Thomas played most of the game with wholesale changes every 20 minutes.
Fresh legs from the many young players blooded by Messrs Oliphant and Sawyer gave Gateshead a hard time on a hot afternoon. The visitors did put up some stern defence and both sides will have benefited.
It was all achieved without a number of first teamers who were either ill or on holiday including Chocky Davies , Gareth Kerr, Aaron Myers, Dan Boatman, Carl Robinson, Colin Cheslin and Stu Waites.