BROMSGROVE Rovers maintained their stranglehold on second spot in Southern League Division One Midlands with a 3-1 win at Dunstable Town.

Kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes as several tons of sand were spread over the sodden pitch.

The play-off chasing hosts gave Rovers an early scare when Christopher Marsh crashed a shot against the crossbar in the fifth minute.

Adapting better to the conditions, Dunstable opened the scoring in the 29th minute when Stuart Deacon headed in from a corner.

Their lead only lasted five minutes, though, as Chris McHale tapped in from a Kevin Banner corner.

Banner was invovled in Rovers' second goal too, picking out Neil Davis with a cross and the striker laid-off to Nathan Lamey, who drilled the ball into the top corner.

Rovers wrapped up victory four minutes later when McHale again converted - this time with his head - from a Banner flag-kick.

Elsewhere in the division, third-from-bottom Stourport Swifts were thrashed 4-0 at home by Sutton Coldfield.

Craig Marshall, former Swifts defender Lee Knight and Justin Rowe did the damage.

n Malvern Town's home game with Barton Rovers was postponed.