A Jon Shaw brace helped Halifax stave off a late comeback as they beat promotion hopefuls Torquay.

Shaw opened the scoring when he headed home Matt Doughty's cross from 12 yards and Doughty made it 2-0 as he blasted home a long-range strike.

Shaw netted again from close range to make it 3-0 to Halifax.

The Gulls pulled a goal back when Lee Phillips smashed in from 25 yards and the same player fired home from inside the box to set up a tense finale.

Halifax: Legzdins, Clarke, Wright, Quinn (Harban 62), Doughty, Griffith, Heslop, Davies, Shaw, Killeen, Forrest (Kearney 90), Harban (Campbell 81).
Subs Not Used: Mawson, Whitehouse.

Goals: Shaw 9, Doughty 43, Shaw 49.

Torquay: Rice, Mansell, Ellis, Todd, Nicholson, Stevens (Mohamed 46), Hargreaves, Hockley, Zebroski (Banim 50), Sills (D'Sane 50), Phillips.
Subs Not Used: Andersen, Robertson.

Booked: Hockley, Hargreaves.

Goals: Phillips 66, 74.

Att: 894.

Ref: C Pawson (Sheffield).