BYRON Harrison must wait on a fitness test on his injured leg before knowing if he will be fit for Barrow AFC's National League match against Solihull.

Harrison suffered a dead leg while helping to defend a corner in Tuesday's 2-1 FA Cup first round replay success against Taunton Town at Holker Street.

After battling to carry on for several minutes, he was forced to hobble from the field and was replaced by Ross Hannah.

The initial prognosis was positive, with manager Paul Cox hopeful his top-scorer will be fit to feature against Solihull tomorrow, but both he and the striker himself will have to wait and see how the problem develops.

“It was a dead leg, which was on the top of the leg, which we're happy about,” said Cox. “Usually it's when the problem is in the mid-range, where you need the muscles to bend your knee, that it can be a little bit worse.

“We've got our fingers crossed. We'll have a look at him at training (on Thursday and Friday), and hopefully he will be okay for the weekend.”

He added: “With things like that, they can turn into a haematoma – a blood clot – so you have to be 100 per cent certain that nothing untoward was happening. The physio and the doctor had a look at him, and they think he will be all right.

“We'll have to check it over the next 24 hours or so to see how it is.”

Cox will be hoping Harrison is free to feature this weekend, having had a shortage of fit and available players on Tuesday for the FA Cup match.

Reserve goalkeeper Andy Coughlin was a substitute despite having his leg strapped up, while Harry Panayiotou was still travelling back from international duties with St Kitts and Nevis, Dan Cockerline was cup-tied and Moussa Diarra was stuck in France, having returned home following a family bereavement.

The latter three should all be available for the Solihull test.

“We're going through that stage now where we are picking up a few knocks, a few little strains,” said Cox.

“There were only four or five fit players on the bench on Tuesday for us to choose from, and that is something we are going to have to manage.”