Hamworthy Recreation Reserves v Wimborne Town Reserves

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Hamworthy Rec Res welcomed Wimborne Town Res to the Meyson Properties Stadium, after a home victory over Swanage Town & Herston the team looked to kick on for the run of home games until the end of the season, after collapsing in the cup game earlier in the season the team needed to show it was a bad day at the office.

The game got underway in a windy Meyson Properties Stadium, Wimborne opting to change ends to play with the wind in the first half, it was Wimborne who where on the front foot from the first whistle, in the 5th minute they had the ball in the Rec penalty area, a little over confident Rec tried to play their was out rather than clear their lines, Wimborne pressed and won the ball back, created a shooting opportunity and took it, 0-1.

Rec then looked to get straight back into the game, getting the ball forward as quick as possible, sometimes over using the ball over the top of the Wimborne midfield which would hold up in the wind, over coming this the use of the ball down the wings started to look like Rec were going to get on the score sheet, but the reluctance to shoot was meaning the ball was getting won back on the edge of the Wimborne penalty area and played forward quickly, putting the Rec defence under constant pressure. In the 36th min Wimborne utilised the wind and Rec playing high, a ball over the top court the Rec defence trying to play the forwards offside, but an untracked midfield runner ran beyond the defence, into the penalty area and lifted the ball over Toby into the top far corner, 0-2.

The Rec players didn’t give up, Wimborne looked happy to run the time down until half time but finally Rec managed to get a meaningful shot on target and were rewarded, in the 45th min Rec played the ball into Alfie Bush in midfield, unopposed he stepped forward, the Wimborne defence stepped out towards him and from 25 yards he unleashed a shot that went over the GK and straight down the middle of the goal, just underneath the crossbar, 1-2.

HT 1-2

The second half started with Rec looking to get the scores level quickly and build some momentum now playing with the wind behind them, the home side a number of opportunities to put pressure on the visitor’s defence and GK but poor delivery let them off the hook. It was Wimborne who had the better of the chance in the 2nd half, even playing against the wind they still managed to get the ball forward quickly, only being denied by the centre back pairing of Rec who managed to get their heads to every cross and allowing the Rec side to clear their lines. Midway through the second half Rec made a raft of attacking changes to for broke, 1-2 down the new approach was, attack. The subs made an impact but still had very little impact on the visitor’s goal, it was the visitors who would get the next goal and finish the game off, in the 85th min took advantage of a rare attack but they were able to convert their opportunity, 1-3.

Full Time 1-3