EGERTON edged a close encounter at Booths Park on Saturday.
Maidment’s third minute penalty save spurred the hosts, who took the lead when Duffy set up Hampshire.
The former then helped himself to a second.
Indeed Egerton should have been further ahead if the referee had found in their favour when Routley was tripped by the keeper or another effort not been chalked off for handball.
Northenden halved the deficit before the break, but Egerton restored their two-goal cushion when Brookbank’s free kick was headed home by Gunter.
The visitors made it 3-2, punishing their opponents’ defence for failing to clear, to give the home side a nervous final quarter.
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