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Match Report

Penicuik vs Hill of Beath 17.2.18

League

Penicuik 1 Hill of Beath 1 Penicuik:  Allison, Forbes, Williams, Hume (c), Hamilton, Connolly, MacDonald, Jones, Jamieson, Kateleza, Ponton Subs Baptie, Young, Sampson, Mendes, Somerville Hill of Beath: Hall, Leishman, Grierson, Conners, Wright, Patrick, Adamson, Allan, Watt, Denton, Smith Subs: Kellichan, . Mitchell, M Allan, Schiavone, Elder Again, after another herculean effort by committee and supporters, the game went ahead following an early pitch inspection. Both sides used the opening minutes to get used to the soft underfoot conditions and in the 8th minute Jamieson saw his overhead kick go straight into the hands of keeper Hall. Then a MacDonald pass set up Jones but Hall rushed from goal to smother the ball. On the quarter hour, a mistake by Ponton saw him lose possession and Allison had to be at his best to beat away a powerful strike from the edge of the box. From the corner, Conners rose above the Penicuik defence, but his header flashed inches wide of the target. Two minutes later, a Smith shot was comfortably saved by Allison. In the 25th minute, clever footwork by Kateleza saw his testing cross chested into the hands of Hall at the front post. Then a great chance for Penicuik when Jones broke through the defence, but a superb last gasp tackle Wright blocked the midfielder’s shot. On the half hour, a strong run and cross by Jones was met by Kateleza but his glancing header was gathered comfortably by Hall. Seconds later, a powerful strike by Jamieson beat keeper Hall but the ball crashed back off the cross bar and cleared. Just before half time, Hall pulled off an instinctive one handed save to deny Jamieson. Then Ponton was inches away from putting the final touch to a Kateleza cross. Half Time: Penicuik 0 Hill of Beath 0 Minutes into the second half and Allison had to rush from goal to block an Adamson strike. Immediately afterwards, it was keeper Hall who came to the rescue for the visitors when he did exceptionally well to cut out a dangerous MacDonald cross. In the 54th minute, Allan got round the back of the Penicuik defence and again Allison was on the spot to block the shot for a throw in to the Haws. Minutes later, with Hill of Beath exerting pressure, a shot from the left of the penalty box flashed across the goal and narrowly wide of the far post. Penicuik took the lead in the 61st minute when a fine passing move was finished off by JONES when he drilled the ball low into the bottom corner of the net. However, Penicuik’s joy was short lived when an excellent pass from midfield set Adamson free on the right and his low cross along the six yard box was slotted home by WATT. In the 85th minute a Baptie corner kick was cleared to the edge of the box, driven back in, blocked and fell to Kateleza but his effort clipped the top of the bar to no avail as a free kick had been awarded. Final Score: Penicuik 1 Hill of Beath 1

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