HAT-TRICK hero Bradley Hunter fired Maldon and Tiptree to victory against Erith and Belvedere.

Maldon secured a Ryman League Division one north 4-1 victory at Park Drive.

The hosts opened the scoring early on when Hunter controlled the ball with his chest before firing past the keeper on 11 minutes.

And it wasn’t long before Maldon went 2-0 up.

Three minutes later Hunter added his second after heading a Joe Gardner cross into the top corner of the goal.

Hunter completed his hat-trick on the stroke of half-time tapping the ball into an empty net.

Maldon dominated the second half but it was Erith who grabbed a goal back late on when they fired home from the penalty spot on 87 minutes.

But it was Maldon who had the final word when Jacob Cleaver scored on 90 minutes.