Steve Brown praised Lewes’s best 90-minute performance under his management as they eased relegation fears Albion youngster Jack Rowe-Hurst, who is with Rooks on work experience, scored the first in a 2-1 win at home to Enfield.
Emmett O’Connor, on loan from Crawley, got the 62nd-minute winner as they moved seven points clear of the drop zone.
Brown said of his youthful side: “I liked the discipline, the attention to detail and the work rate the boys put in.”
Littlehampton suffered a setback in their County League title bid when Tom Saunders equalised against them in the third added minute for St Francis.
Macron County League division one: St Francis Rangers 3 (Saunders 12, 90, Perry 53), Littlehampton 3 (Herbert 35, Landais 66, Shelley 79).
Division Two Cup semi-final: Worthing United 2 (Joseph 17, 57), Mile Oak 1 (at Haywards Heath).
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