HAMWORTHY UNITED RES. 1 WINCANTON TOWN 3
Dorset Premier League (Saturday 07-03-09)
The Reserves were 2-0 down in just over ten minutes from two set pieces. To their credit they pulled one back before half time which led to an entertaining second half against a much bigger and more experienced side.
Hamworthy were put under pressure right from the kick off, and found themselves 1-0 down after only five minutes. From a corner a Wincanton striker rose unchallenged to head the ball home giving Keeper Luke Wines no chance to save.
The Hammers had clearly not learned their lesson when the visitors again scored from a corner this time an own goal. This was again helped by some poor marking by United. Things looked even blacker for United when the Town were awarded a somewhat fortuitous penalty as the ball bounced awkwardly, and hit a Hammer‘s hand. The taker found the back of the net, but was made to retake the kick again by the Referee due to an infringement. This time the ball went out of play after hitting the post to keep the score at two nil. This bit of good luck appeared to give United a lift, and they raised their game and began to show a bit of fight. They began to get forward a lot more, and began to create a few chances of their own. In fact they scored the best goal of the game, and the only one from open play. A clever through pass by Mark Jamison found Darren Orchard who rolled the ball into the path of Mike Glavin. He coolly passed it into the net to make it 2-1, and give the Reserves hope that they might yet get something out of the game.
The second half was a lot more even than the first, but still Wincanton looked the more dangerous team in front of goal especially from set pieces where their taller and stronger players gave them a distinct advantage. The young Hamworthy defenders Mark Seal, Mark Jamison and Luke Wadley were now playing particularly well. It looked as if the Hammers must equalize when Michael Wynne ran through the Town defence. His shot hit the top of the crossbar however and went behind for a goal kick to relieve the danger for the visitors. Just when it looked as though a draw was possible for the Hammers they were once again undone by a corner. The initial cross was not dealt with, and the ball might well have gone over the line following a melee on the goal line. The ball was not cleared before another Town player took a shot from close range. This took a deflection off a United player before finding the back of the net to make it 3-1, and kill off any hopes of a Hamworthy revival.
Team: L. Wines, M. Seal, L. Wadley, S. Griffiths, M. Jamison, M. Wynne K. Pooley, D. Orchard, M. Glavin, E. Clement (G. Williams) C. Miles, L. Williams (L. Reynolds) Unused Subs: G. Clark, T. Rees.