MALVERN Town made it three Midland Alliance wins out of four by beating Stourbridge 6-3 in a thriller last night.

After Andy Wright had put the visitors ahead on 19 minutes, Malvern hit back with five before half-time.

Ricky Halion levelled things up after 25 minutes and Mark Owen put the hosts ahead five minutes later.

Phil Preedy bagged the third on 36 minutes following a collision with goalkeeper Paul Evans, who later went to hospital with suspected concussion.

Darren Bullock headed the fourth three minutes before the break and Mark Shepherd scored right on half-time.

Robert Taylor pulled one back for Stourbridge with 20 minutes left, only for Shepherd to restore Malvern's four-goal ad-vantage six minutes later.

Adam Bastable completed the scoring for Stourbridge in the 79th minute.