Liam Farrugia stars as Weymouth draw with Hamworthy United
Aidan Williams
MARK Molesley praised his side for the competition within it as he saw Weymouth draw 2-2 away at Hamworthy United, earned with a superb late strike from Liam Farrugia.
Farrugia’s strike came at the end of a difficult battle upon the sun-kissed astroturf at Hamworthy to cap a fine second half from Weymouth.
Molesley said: “Competition is high here, there is still a lot of rustiness about us but there are also plenty of positives to come away with and plenty of bits to work on.”
Hamworthy initially took the lead through a trialist as they capitalised upon the counter-attack early in the first half.
Weymouth battled through and had chances but could not fashion an equaliser however.
The second half, following a raft of changes, saw Weymouth dominate their opponents displaying flair and confidence on the attack.
The deserved equaliser came through Brandon Goodship, who curled in following a run down the left by one of the trialists.
Weymouth had numerous chances to extend their lead as the half became somewhat one-sided for the Terras.
However, despite their torrent they were caught out by River Smith who fired in from inside the box to hand the Hammers a lead mid-way through the second half.
It seemed Weymouth were heading to defeat before Abdulai Baggie swung in a corner which was headed away.
However, it was headed only as far as Farrugia who from 25-yards out lashed the ball into the top corner to earn the draw for the Terras.
Molesley praised the Terras’ opponents for their display, saying: “The boys worked hard, we were frustrated at times but it was a hot and sticky day. But then no complaints on our part, Hamworthy gave us a really good challenge – we got a lot out of it.”
Terras: Thomas, Lee, Sa, Carmichael (Farrugia 46), Trialist (Zubar 46), Buckley (Wells 46), Davis (Trialist), Wakefield (McCarthy 46), Thomson (Baggie 46) Bentley (Trialist 46), Trialist (Goodship 46) Subs not used: Bruton, Ngalo
Hamworthy: Rees, Runouz, Watkins, Wright (Smith 46), Walker, Costello, Davis (Trialist 46), Filkins (Watts 46), Trialist (Cann 46), Hodge (Rowe 46), Byston. Subs not used: Cooper, Nicholson, Patrick.
