Worthing hold off a late Bury blitz

■By ABI BENCE

Worthing..................38
Bury St Edmunds..35
WORTHING secured a narrow victory over Bury St Edmund’s.
The foundations for victory were laid in the opening half as the hosts opened up a commanding 24-7advantage.
And they were two tries up inside the opening seven minutes with tries from Jimmy Staples and Harry Forrest, and a Thomas Derrick conversion.
Bury hit back with a try from Samir Kharbouch and Ben Penfold conversion.
But by half-time, the impressive Staples and Frank Taggart had crossed for the home side to put them in total control.
That l...

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