The group's treasurer, Gary Craig, who is also Professor of Social Justice at the Universities of Hull and Durham, said the number of racially motivated incidents were falling in most police force areas but in North Yorkshire they were continuing to rise.

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Among the other try-scorers in that match were Craig Chalmers and Gary Armstrong, an indication of the quality in the side.

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The start of the second period should have been marked by an equaliser by Kenny Deuchar, who connected with an accurate ball from Gary Irvine that eluded Liam Craig but the forward shot with insufficient venom to bother Langfield.

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