We arrived late at The Gannock and foundourselves 19-0 down before we had got going. 
Buoyed by the return of seven players from their first league game,  the home side set off at pace and had us pinned back on the line. 
M&N opted for scrums instead of having shots at goal from penalties, and they were rewarded when scrum half Paul Angus nipped over from five metres with South African full back Zweli Sodladla  adding the extras. 
With the breeze and the slope in their favour Malton kicked for the  the corner at every opportunity but had to wait until the quarter hour for  their next score - fly half Luke Raduva evading two tackles to go over. 
We were struggling to get set piece ball so there was little respite and we conceded a penalty try when referee Andrew Robson ruled a scrum had been deliberately collapsed. 
At 19-0 it looked like we might be facing a mauling. Fortunately, the forwards  fought their way back up the hill with Gavin Painter sending Luke Mallinson away up the left. The fullback chipped head and was taken out by Sodlada as he went chased the ball down. 
The fullback received a yellow card but there was no  penalty try forthcoming. 
However, Mallinson was not to be denied for long as Zac Southern took advantage of the 14 man defence to kick across field where Will Hilditch collected to send in the West full back. 
Painter's conversion  was wide, but the 14 point deficit at half time did  not look insurmountable as West took their turn to have the  wind and the slope in their favour. 
And despite their set piece still not being up to scratch the visitors turned the tables in terms of possession. 
Malton only made it into the visiting half twice in the second half but on the first occasion they managed to add to their lead. 
After battering away the home defence the forwards finally released the ball out wide only for a high pass to be fumbled to allow winger Ben Tenge to race away. 
He was caught by Hilditch on the half way line, but  Sodlada was in support to outpace the defenders give himself an easy conversion and a lead of 26-5. 
From then on it was one-way traffic but the home defence stood firm as we looked short of ideas.  
We finally got their reward on 75 minutes with the line-out beginning to function again. Bunter won the ball in the right corner and the ball was moved quickly left where Zac Southern found space to go in at the corner – Painter's conversion attempt from the touchline bouncing back from the cross bar. 
With five minutes left it required two converted tries to draw level. Sadly, we only managed one with impressive replacement Adam Brown powering over in the last play of the game to scofre his first league try (pictured)  with Painter's conversion wide. 

Malton and Norton: Zweli Sodladla, Joe Tenge, Nick Rangiuira, Vus Dyantjies, Rob Armitage, Luke Raduva, Paul Angus, Liam Vaughan, John Vasconcelos, Rob Featherstone, Ali Fothergill, Jamie Rounthwaite, Tom Lowry, Sam Triffitt (capt), Ali Coe.  
Changes: James Thornton, Sean Emms, Rob Dempsey. 
Tries: Sodlada (2), Raduva, Angus 
Conversions. Sodlada (3) 
Yellow: Sodlada, Raduva.. 
 
WEST:  Luke Mallinson, Craig Swales, Peter Youll, Gavin Painter, Will Hilditch, Zac Southern, Ryan Painter (capt), Adam Coates, Andrew Rollins, Alex Key, John Bunter, Jake Linighan, Isaac Robinson, Andy Turner, Alex Barker. 
Changes: Ben Armstrong, Jordan Foulds, Adam Brown. 
Tries: Mallinson, Southern Brown. 
Referee: Andrew Robson, East Yorkshire.

Tries: Mallinson, Southern, Brown. 

Referee: Andrew Robson, East Yorkshire.