Sevenoaks edged a scrappy encounter with a late winner in a game containing frequent stoppages, but few chances.

The home side started the better on their new artificial pitch and Rory Hill scored the opening goal midway through the first half after they took advantage of some hesitant defending.

Whitstable put in an improved performance after the break and Danny Williams equalised from the penalty spot when Ricky Freeman was fouled in the box, but they were unable to score again despite pressing forward for a time.

Sevenoaks though began to threaten again towards the end, with Harrison Carnegie in particular finding plenty of space wide on the right.

Just as a stalemate was looking the most likely outcome, with a couple of minutes remaining some careless play resulted in a Sevenoaks free kick and Hill got his second when his shot was deflected off the wall past a stranded Dan Eason.

Sevenoaks Town
Craig Holloway, Jack Miles, Greg Benbow, Brett Ince, Tom Ripley, Corey Holder (c), Harrison Carnegie, Billy Bennett (Yacine Gnahore 82), Robert Jones (Tom Youngs 78), Byron Walker, Rory Hill.
Subs (unused): Stephen Camacho, Chris Edwards, Paul Springett.
Goals: Rory Hill 25, 88.
Yellow cards: Rory Hill 49, Corey Holder 54, Byron Walker 59.

Whitstable Town
Dan Eason, Jack West, Tom Bryant, Rob Gillman, Craig Cloke (c), Stuart West, Chris Saunders (Ollie Lee 77), James Morrish (Nick Treadwell 81), Ricky Freeman, Shaun Welford, Danny Williams.
Subs (unused): Josh Burchell, Harris Rodgers, Dean Ruddy.
Goal: Danny Williams (pen) 54
Yellow cards: Tom Bryant 14, Danny Williams 49, James Morrish 59, Jack West 88.

Attendance: 132
Referee: Joshua Howard
Assistants: Chris Spalding & Matthew Sell

Images courtesy of Les Biggs