Striker Jon Newby scored a superb hat-trick as Morecambe piled on the agony for struggling Rotherham with a 5-1 victory at Christie Park.The former Liverpool player scored all three of his goals in a wonderful first-half performance after Matty Blinkhorn had headed Morecambe into the lead from Garry Thompson's cross in the seventh minute.

Newby put Morecambe 3-0 ahead with superb goals after eight and 18 minutes before Mark Hudson brought the Millers back into the game after 36 minutes with a smart strike from the edge of the area which beat the flat-footed Morecambe goalkeeper Scott Davies.

But any hopes of a comeback were dashed as Newby headed past Andy Warrington three minutes from the break.

Blinkhorn came close to adding to Rotherham's woes with a shot against the post and Warrington made fine saves from Wayne Curtis and Thompson to keep Morecambe at bay in the second period before the visiting keeper was beaten for a fifth time by Craig Stanley in the 72nd minute.

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