After the break, Albion enjoyed more possession and prodded Town’s backline, though only really had blocked efforts by George Campbell and Iling-Junior to show for it.
Ipswich then caused problems down the other end – yet substitute Marcelino Nunez scuffed wide, and Sindre Walle Egeli guided two attempts off-target.
Isaac Price flicked an opportunity onto the roof of the net with the match looking destined to finish goalless.
However, Clarke’s late close-range finish won it for Town, keeping the points in Suffolk.
Albion: Griffiths, Campbell (Dike 88), Phillips, Mepham, Taylor, Diakite (Styles 82), Mowatt, Iling-Junior (Grant 71), Price, Johnston, Heggebø (Maja 82).
Substitutes: Wildsmith, Bielik, Gilchrist, Deeming, Bostock.
