Hartlepool United 1-2 Mansfield Town
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Promotion hopefuls Mansfield completed a second-half fightback to beat struggling Hartlepool.
Jack Hamilton's first league goal in English football put Pools ahead in the 19th minute when his header from Callum Cooke's corner hit the post and went in.
But former Hartlepool striker Rhys Oates levelled early in the second half before Oliver Hawkins pounced with the winner on the hour.
The result ensured the Stags stay in the play-off places, while Hartlepool, who had won their previous two games away from home, remain in 21st.
A positive first-half display from the hosts was soon undone when Oates was left unmarked to power in a finish following a good George Lapslie run.
And Lapslie, on as a first-half substitute for captain Ollie Clarke, also supplied the cross for Hawkins' winner, when the forward moved to meet the ball with a fine first-touch finish.
Hartlepool pushed in search of a late equaliser but, despite seven minutes of added-time, there was little real threat posed to Christy Pym's goal.
Match report supplied by PA Media.