BURY TOWN 3 HORNCHURCH 1

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Saturday 04-August-2018

BURY TOWN 3  HORNCHURCH 1

 

BTFC - Tibbles, Kerings, Stafford, Kennedy (Fenn 78), White, Clements (Call 88), Chambers-Shaw, Jolland, Hughes (Yallop 76), Horne (Robinson 76), Gibbs (Barber 54)

 

Hornchurch line-up Chafer, Porter, Bentley (Coker 52), Lee (Hursit 52), Cooper ©, Clark (Hogan 70), McKenzie (Purcell 77), Spence, Marks, Saunders, Livings (Fairweather-Johnson 73).

 

Officials - Ollie Morris-Sanders with Shane Price and Julian Gibbons

 

Scorers - Saunders 16 (H) - Stafford 38 (BT) - Jolland 61p (BT) - Barber 89 (BT)

Booking - Cooper 60 (H)

 

H - all yellow

BT - all blue

 

Attendance 125

 

BURY TOWN 3  HORNCHURCH 1

 

 

Hornchurch concluded their pre-season build-up with a disappointing defeat at Bury St Edmunds, where the temperature was again edging towards heat wave proportions, with the thermometer showing 26 degrees, and rising, at kick off.

 

Hornchurch looked confident as they came forward, with George Saunders particularly impressive. It was Saunders who almost created the opening goal with a cross from the wing that just eluded Sean Marks.

 

Bury did not threaten the Hornchurch defence, the closest being a shot from Ryan Gibbs which did not trouble Callum Chafer.

 

Hornchurch took the lead on 16 minutes, when George Saunders gained possession close to the touchline on the left, cut inside and sent in an incredible shot that curled over Luis Tibbles and into the net.

 

Saunders continued to taunt the home defence, with a hard volley that skimmed the post, and then force a fine save from Tibbles, after Marks had laid the ball back.

 

Bury came more into the match and a fine run by Ryan Gibbs ended with his cross cum shot going across the face of the goal, and shortly afterwards Chafer did well to punch away a dangerous free kick by Jake Chambers-Shaw.

 

Back at the other end, a Saunders shot went narrowly over, but, as half time approached, Ryan Jolland was allowed too much room in midfield and the ball was eventually floated into the goalmouth, where Ryan Stafford provided the finishing touch.

 

Hornchurch continued to press at the start of the second half, a Saunders free kick finding Kenzer Lee, whose shot was well saved, and a Jay Porter shot from long range being deflected for a corner.

 

Then it was time for changes, as substitutes came on at regular intervals, and the pattern of the game began to change, with Bury having much more of the play.

 

Tibbles was in action, saving a Marks shot from close range, and then saving from Tobi Coker, but the pattern of play changed on 59 minutes when Nathan Cooper handled, and referee Ollie Morris-Sanders pointed the spot. After a short delay when Cooper was booked for disputing the decision, Ryan Jolland put Bury ahead with the penalty.

 

Bury now had the better of the play, but with neither side really threatening. The closest Hornchurch came to drawing level was a shot by George Purcell that Tibbles saved comfortably, and four minutes from time came a second penalty, this time conceded by Lewwis Spence. Jolland again stepped up, but his shot came back off the post.

 

Hornchurch rallied briefly, with Theo Fairweather-Johnson going close, but in the final minute Bury went further ahead with a long range shot from Ryan Yallop that seemed to deceive Chafer, the ball curling in flight and thence into the net.