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Loan Review | Five feature as Zac Ashworth crafts assist

Zac Ashworth arriving in his Bolton tracksuit before a Bolton game

Five Albion players were in action away from The Hawthorns over the weekend.

Karlan Grant played 79 minutes for Cardiff City in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday afternoon, with the Bluebirds falling to a heavy 4-1 defeat at Norwich City.

The forward was replaced by Ollie Tanner towards the end of the encounter.

Josh Sargent (2), Gabriel Sara and Christian Fassnacht all scored for Norwich after Jamilu Collins had given the visitors the lead.

Karlan Grant playing for Cardiff City

In Sky Bet League One, defender Zac Ashworth collected an assist for Bolton Wanderers who drew 3-3 at home to Charlton Athletic.

Ashworth, who had scored in the last two weekends against Carlisle United and Barnsley, found Victor Adeboyejo inside the box with a perfect left-wing cross to hand the hosts the lead.

Paris Maghoma and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson scored Bolton’s other goals on an afternoon where Zac was replaced in second-half stoppage time by Calvin Ramsey.

Thierry Small, Lloyd Jones and Daniel Kanu hit the target for the Addicks.

Fellow Baggies defender Caleb Taylor was an unused substitute.

Zac Ashworth on the ball while playing for Bolton

Two youngsters earned senior minutes in Sky League Two.

Midfielder Jamie Andrews played just under an hour for Grimsby Town before being swapped for Justin Obikwu as the Mariners suffered a 5-1 home defeat to Doncaster Rovers.

Luke Molyneux, Joe Ironside, Niall Maher (og), Matthew Craig and Kyle Hurst all scored for Rovers. Danny Rose converted a penalty for Andrews’ side.

Striker Mo Faal was brought on late in the game for Walsall who recorded a 2-1 home victory over Mansfield Town.

Faal replaced Jamille Matt, the man who scored the first goal of the afternoon at the Poundland Bescot Stadium, in the 89th minute.

Emmanuel Adegboyega bagged the winner for the Sadlers after Stephen Quinn has equalised for the Stags.

A photo of Jamie Andrews in action for loan club Grimsby Town

Defender Aaron Harper-Bailey was an unused substitute for Kidderminster Harriers who drew 0-0 at home to Dorking in the Vanarama National League.

Finally, goalkeeper Ronnie Hollingshead played the full 90 minutes for Alvechurch in their 4-3 triumph at home to Stamford in the Southern League Central Division.

The Church’s goals were scored by Dylan Hadley-Allen, DJ Campton-Sturridge, Jaanai Gordon-Hutton and Nick Clayton-Phillips, while Stamford’s arrived courtesy of Lee Shaw, Robert Morgan and Tom Siddons.

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