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College Res - (11/12/2005) 2005 - 2006 Season, Hithercroft Youth  This important match between the top two teams in their Division was their second meeting of the season, Bucks College having won the first encounter 1-0. The ground was covered in frost for the whole of the game, the weather being cold and foggy but dry. The referee was Mr K. Puddephatt and the linesman’s duties for Hithercroft were covered by Brian Lewis during the first half and Pat Vaughey in the second. Hithercroft had three subs in attendance, but only made use of one, and the visitors also made just one change during the game. The referee got the game underway at 10.35am with Hithercroft turning out in red shirts to avoid any possible colour clash as the College side wear white shirts with a dark blue stripe down each side. After 10 minutes Loz Dunn played the ball forward, it ricocheted from a College defender to Leon Read who hit it past the keeper to give Hithercroft the opening goal. Two minutes later Tyrone Francis crossed the ball from the left to Leon whose 35-yard shot just passed over the crossbar, hitting the top of the net. Tyrone came close in the 16th minute when his lofted shot also came down onto the top of the College net. On the 30-minute mark Dewayne Dublin left the field with a leg injury and, whilst he was being given treatment Bucks College scored the equaliser in the 31st minute. Their No.9 hit the ball from out on the right, keeper Matt Hedges went down to block it but it rebounded from the nearside post hitting Matt on the back and rolling into the net. As Dewayne was unable to continue Richard Vere came on in the 32nd minute. Two minutes before the end of the half Bucks College took the lead when their No.9 turned in from the right and sent a superbly struck shot from 25 yards out over the keeper’s head into the far side of the net. The second half began at 11.28am as the fog continued to thicken and in the 55th minute Hithercroft levelled the score. Richard sent the ball to Baz David, Baz brought the ball infield and pushed it on to Tyrone who sent the ball to the left of the keeper into the College net. Bucks College were being hard pressed by the younger Hithercroft side and in the 58th minute brought on their No.12 to replace their No.7. The home team had a number of off-target shots from Baz, Tyrone and Richard and had some on-target attempts saved by the College keeper. The visitors came close to re-taking the lead in the 71st minute when their No.9 hit a shot from the edge of the 18-yard box but Matt Hedges rose up to tip the ball over the crossbar for a corner. The corner-taker completely mis-judged his swing and ended up making more of a contact with the flag than he did on the ball. In the 74th minute the deadlock was broken when Tyrone hit the ball from the right-hand corner of the 18-yard box into the far side of the net, Hithercroft taking a 3-2 lead. Hithercroft then took charge of the game, Baz having two shots saved, Tyrone heading the ball wide of the post and a free-kick from Baz passing just outside of the left-hand post. The thick fog then began to clear quite noticeably and had almost completely cleared by the final whistle. Two minutes before the expected end of the game Loz sent the ball forward to Richard, he passed it on to Tyrone who then burst through the defence but miss-hit his shot, sending the ball just wide of the upright. Pressure finally paid off for Hithercroft during time that the referee had added on. Loz played the ball into the middle, Tyrone gathered it and pushed it back to Leon who hit a fierce shot. The keeper went down to gather it but the ball bounced off his chest and Baz ran in to hit the loose ball into the back of the net to give Hithercroft a 4-2 victory. Hithercroft scorers: Leon Read (10m), Tyrone Francis (55m, 74m) and Baz David (90m) Hithercroft M.o.M: Tyrone Francis Hithercroft team: Matt Hedges(GK), David Blackman, Alan McKie, Peter Morgan, Dan Birch, Leon Read, Loz Dunn, Paul Morgan, Tyrone Francis, Baz David and Dewayne Dublin. Hithercroft subs: Matt Seaton and Richard Vere. Hithercroft unused sub: Jamaine Warner |
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