They failed to earn a bonus point in the final minutes, making them the only team in the division to not earn a bonus point.
The hosts were the first to attack with Ali Fothergill kicking down the tramline and chasing them into the visitors' red zone. However, their defense was positioned to recover behind the posts and the ball was kicked away.
Four minutes into the game, Wetherby, having weathered an initial storm, launched an attack of their own, but their ever-reliable skipper Sam Triffitt finished off the move with a superb cover tackle.
On the first repetition of the attack, Malton jackaled defender No. 15 and instructed James Bloomer to take the lead by taking the point 20 meters short of the sticks.
For the next 10 minutes, the visitors had plenty of possession at every opportunity, but the home team's tackling was exemplary, snuffing out attack after attack.
Wetherby were camping in Malton's red zone when Jacob Stephenson was carded for missing his foot at the breakdown, and from a tap penalty, Weatherby's prop tumbled to score the first try of the match, scoring the team's first try of the match. led 7-3.
In the 22nd minute, Weatherby received a yellow card for interfering with a quick tap penalty, and the number of players on the pitch was evened up.
At this stage, the match was played out in the center of the pitch, with neither team able to break free from each other's defences.
The referee was keen to point out a foul on a cross in midfield, and Malton was pulled for the second time in 10 minutes for a simple infraction.
As half-time approached, the Ryedale side marched back on with an attacking 20 meter shot from Ben Boothman, supported by Charlie Reid and others, and the visitors were awarded a penalty within range of Bloomer to reduce the lead to just one point. Shrunk to a point. Points during breaks.
But five minutes into the second half, Wetherby extended their lead, a charged down kick bounced gently and the number 10 could hardly believe his luck as he sprinted towards the post and scored.
Shortly after, Boothman was carded for kicking the ball out of a breakdown, just meters from the home line, and claimed it was on the referee's instructions.
The visiting team elected to take a scrum penalty and their back row broke through the whitewash to extend their lead to 19-6.
Now in a position to play catch-up rugby, Malton was left behind by some solid tackling in the first half and felt under pressure as basic mistakes crept into the game in contrast to the visiting team's smooth handling and catching.
However, a perfectly weighted penalty kick into the corner brought them close to the Weatherby line, and three phases later Triffitt grabbed the try, which was brilliantly converted.
However, Wetherby hit back after just three minutes.
After Malton's troops defended in their own 20 meter zone, Wetherby's number 15 collected a painful kick from the defense. He combined with his fellow backs to break through a somewhat lukewarm defense and score an unstoppable goal under the uprights, making the score 26-13.
The visiting team then lost a man when he received a red card for an upright tackle without an arm, in which his shoulder made contact with his head inside 20 meters of their own half.
And Malton wasted no time in exploiting that advantage. Triffitt grabbed his second try in the 74th minute, picking up a copybook from the base of a set-piece after two successful penalty scrums, but his attempted conversion was deflected off the post by a strong wind.
From the restart Weatherby's No. 10 drove the ball as deep as possible, keeping Malton in his own half for all four minutes.
In the 15th phase Malton turned the ball over, ran out the defense to the top corner of the clubhouse, and despite winning a penalty scrum, could not find a way to recover the lost bonus point beyond the lime wash. .
