Non-league round-up: Wins for Hednesford, Kidderminster and Rushall Olympic

Hednesford Town ended their wait for a win in the National League North, after beating Harborough Town 2-1 under the lights at Keys Park on Friday night.

The Pitmen had collected two draws and two defeats from their opening four games following promotion back to the sixth-tier of English football.

Britt Assombalonga headed Harborough into a 54th-minute lead, before George Langston restored parity seven minutes from time.

Dave Abimbola completed a rapid turnaround by scoring the match-winner just two minutes later.

Kidderminster Harriers extended their unbeaten run to three games by running out 3-1 winners at Southend United on Friday.

Southend headed into the weekend at the league summit following four successive wins and took the lead through Leon Chambers-Parillon after just 10 minutes.

An own goal by Darren Oldaker levelled the contest, before Lewis Walker completed the turnaround 17 minutes from time.

Callum Stewart put the seal on the win by scoring the Harriers’ third in stoppage time.

Halesowen Town fell to a 2-0 defeat against Southern Central Premier leaders Real Bedford at the Grove.

Claudio Kiala delivered the breakthrough 12 minutes into the second half and Josh Allen provided a quickfire second on the hour-mark to condemn the Yeltz to defeat following previous back-to-back wins.

Rushall Olympic continued their strong start to the season by extending their winning streak to three matches with a 3-0 success at bottom-place Stamford.

All three goals were scored in the space of 10 second half minutes, as Kaiman Anderson set the balling role with a 56th-minute opener.

Jordaan Brown doubled their advantage three minutes later and Liam McAlinden sealed the win from the spot, as the Pics climbed into fifth.

Stourbridge remain just outside of the play-off places after battling back to salvage a 1-1 draw at Banbury United.

Levi Steele scored a second-minute opener for the hosts, but Charlie Pavey ensured that the points were shared with an all-important equaliser midway into the second half.

Chasetown beat AFC Rushden & Diamonds 3-1 in the FA Trophy first qualifying round, as Lachlan Suffell bagged a brace and was joined on the scoresheet by Matt Funge.

Stafford Rangers also progressed with a 2-0 victory at Corby Town courtesy of goals from Jack Birch and Ty Webster,

Lichfield City were dumped out of the competition after they were thrashed 5-0 at home to Matlock Town.

Jed Abbey scored twice, while Sam Bradley, Manasse Mampala, Zak Goodson also netted for Matlock.