We gather that a footballer from the local Black Bull club might well have scored a first half hat-trick before yesterday morning's game at Brigg Recreation Ground had to be abandoned amid very heavy and prolonged rain.
The lads representing the Wrawby Street hostelry were 3-0 up at the interval in a Division Three local derby against Barnetby United's Sunday side.
Some other games in the Paul Fox Scunthorpe League yesterday were abandoned or postponed due to the ghoulish weather on Halloween.
Broughton WMC v Mulligans, in Division One, was among those called off in advance.
A Division Four match at Hibaldstow was played to a finish, with home side FC Recoveries defeating Ulceby B 5-3.