He struck the only goal of the game in the 17th minute when he found the back of the net with a cracking shot from the edge of the penalty area.

Scunthorpe keeper Joe Murphy saved a 67th-minute penalty from Eugene Bopp.

A serious injury to Scunthorpe's Cliff Byrne resulted in nine minutes of stoppage time wherein Martin Woods was denied an equaliser by the post.

Scunthorpe: Murphy, Byrne (Mulligan 89), Crosby, Foster, Ridley, Taylor (Morris 77), Goodwin, Hinds, Hurst (MacKenzie 77), Sharp, Beckford.
Subs Not Used: Lillis, Butler.

Goals: Beckford 17.

Rotherham: Cutler (Montgomery 45), Worrell (Facey 86), Fleming, Sharps, Brogan, Partridge, Cochrane, Bopp, Woods, O'Grady, Henderson.
Subs Not Used: Streete, Newsham, Mills.

Booked: Sharps, Partridge.

Att: 5,978

Ref: A Hall (W Midlands).