By Duncan Easley

ROYSTON 1
HEMEL H’STEAD T 3
THE CROWS bowed out of the cup to National South side Hemel Hempstead for the second consecutive season.
Things couldn’t have started any worse for Royston, conceding in the fourth minute, as Kyle O’Connor-Ajayi rose highest at the back post to score from a deep corner. To compound their misery, the home side also lost influential skipper Ronnie Henry to a calf injury at the same time.
Despite the double blow, the Crows responded well, as they forced a succession of corners. The game was effectively settled by a quic...