Sky Bet League One round-up: Scunthorpe stay top, Bury keep pace
Wednesday 28 September 2016 00:15, UK
Josh Morris scored a hat-trick as League One leaders Scunthorpe cruised to a 4-1 win at lowly Walsall, while Bury kept pace and Sheffield United's run continued on Tuesday night.
Morris put away an 11th-minute penalty after Liam Kinsella handled the ball and two minutes later he doubled his and Scunthorpe's tally.
Walsall were back in the game right on half-time as Erhun Oztumer pulled a goal back but immediately after the break Neal Bishop restored the two-goal cushion before Morris made sure of all three points - and the match ball - by completing his treble with eight minutes remaining.
Bury stay hot on Scunthorpe's heels in second spot after a 3-1 win at MK Dons. James Vaughan netted either side of Ben Reeves' equaliser for the hosts before Zeli Ismail put the seal on the victory in injury time.
Bradford came from behind to beat Fleetwood 2-1 at home. Bobby Grant put the visitors ahead but Filipe Morais replied before half-time and Billy Clarke's 62nd-minute penalty completed the turnaround.
Northampton are behind the Bantams in fourth place but are one of three teams, along with Port Vale and Sheffield United, on 17 points after winning 3-1 at Swindon.
Sean Murray brought Swindon level after Harry Beautyman had put the Cobblers ahead but Rob Page's side soon regained the lead through a John-Joe O'Toole header and Kenji Gorre added the third goal.
Port Vale put last season's play-off finalists Millwall to the sword at Vale Park, surging into the lead with goals from Alex Jones, Martin Paterson and Remie Streete before a Lee Gregory penalty saw the game end 3-1 to the Valiants.
Sheffield United - who have won five of their last six - won 1-0 at home to Bristol Rovers, who had Jermaine Easter
sent off immediately after Harry Chapman's 65th-minute header.
Bolton slipped out of the top-six after Steven Davies' goal gave Rochdale a 1-0 home win over the Trotters.
Josh Magennis and Peter Clarke were on target as Charlton and Oldham drew 1-1 at The Valley, while that was also the score between Shrewsbury and Peterborough.
Gwion Edwards put Posh in front but Ian Black headed the equaliser before missing a penalty for Shrewsbury after Ryan Tafazolli's red card.
The highest-scoring game of the night was at the Proact Stadium where Chesterfield and Gillingham shared six goals and the points in a 3-3 draw.
Conor Wilkinson's header and a Kristian Dennis penalty put the Spireites in control but Jay Emmanuel-Thomas reduced the deficit with a spot-kick. Wilkinson restored the two goal cushion but Emmanuel-Thomas netted another penalty before Scott Wagstaff struck deep into injury-time for the Gills.
Southend climbed out of the bottom four with a 2-1 home victory over Oxford. Ryan Leonard put Southend ahead but Kane Hemmings headed the equaliser only for a second-half penalty from Anthony Wordsworth to settle the match.
