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Dorchester Town 1 Sturminster
Marshall 1
Paul
Maitland, Ryan Mole, Lloyd Bird, Dan Haysom, John Elliot, Sam Mason, Phil
Sweetland, Graham Duff, Rob Morley, Darrell Williams, Mark Henson, Dan Lane,
Matt Saunders, Fedja Selimovic
Stur
scorer: Darrell Williams.
Stur star
man: Darrell Williams
Stur produced
a battling display to take a point from an entertaining game at the Avenue
Stadium.
Stur had the
better of the opening exchanges and the early pressure paid off in the 15th
minute when a Dorchester defender handled a Sam Mason cross and the referee
pointed to the spot. Darrell Williams confidently slotted the penalty into the
bottom corner.
Stur continued
to have the better of things, but Dorchester had plenty of pace throughout the
side and were always dangerous on the break. The equalising goal came ten
minutes before the break when Dorchester broke quickly from defence. The ball
was cut back from the bye line and ricocheted from the shins of an attacker and
into the bottom corner of the net.
Dorchester
began to take the initiative as half time approached, but normal service was
resumed after the break. In the absence of the influential Ross Humphrey, Phil
Sweetland and Graham Duff were controlling the midfield and Stur dominated the
game for long periods. Several chances went begging. Mark Henson fired wide from
a narrow angle, Darrell Williams headed over the bar from close range and Rob
Morley shot wide from the edge of the box.
John Elliot
and Mark Henson were both forced off through injury, but the general flow of the
game was still towards the Dorchester goal. In spite of the territorial
advantage enjoyed by Stur, Dorchester passed the ball quickly and accurately
when given the chance to do so and continued to look very dangerous on the
break. The Dorchester players seemed to sense that Stur were tiring and began to
push forward towards the end of the game, but to no avail. Final score 1-1.
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