Carlsberg South West Peninsula premier

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Tavistock 4

WITH keeper Josh Oak and defender Josh Robbins and Warren Daw unavailable and Lewis Daw, Dave Hallett and Afet Tougani injured, it was inevitable that there would be many changes to the Tavistock starting line up.

Manager Stuart Henderson secured the services of former Plymouth Parkway custodian Neil Osborne and full back Calum Hall from Tiverton to come into the line-up with central defender Dan Evans returning from injury.

Both sides started lively with the visitors soon getting into their passing game.

Early on Kenny went close for the home side before the Lambs opened the scoring on 15 minutes.

Glynn Hobbs, Reece Shanley and Luke Brown combined for the latter to get his shot away; former Lambs’ keeper Jamie Blatchford managed to parry it but Josh Grant stabbed home from close range.

Jack Crago then saw two headers flash wide from crosses by Mason Hughes before the Lambs increased their lead 10 minutes prior to the interval when Grant’s shot was parried by Blatchford but there was Hughes, who had come from deep in his own half, to be on the spot and lash home from an acute angle.

It was almost three on the stroke of half time but Blatchford tipped over Crago’s header after being set up by Hobbs and Hughes.

The second half was just four minutes old when the visitors increased their lead after a defensive mix up allowed Brown to stride forward and slot home.

Moments later Brown had the chance to add to his total but from a Crago cross somehow allowed the ball to run past him.

Shanley then shot wide after a good team move.

The home side offered little in attack but Roseveor went close with a header.

Tavistock were in total control of this game and with a little more clinical finishing could have built up a big score but they were to just add one more and had to wait until the 83rd minute.

A well rehearsed free kick bore fruit when after a couple of touches from Crago, substitute Tallan Burns gave Grant the space to fire home to complete the scoring.

A 4-0 victory away from home would appear to be a good afternoon’s work but the feeling at the end was that it could have been more but the Lambs were not complaining.

A stiffer test awaits the Lambs when they face the early pace setters and top of the table St Austell at Langsford Park.

Lambs: Neil Osborne, Mason Hughes, Calum Hall, Dan Evans, Corey Burns, Luke Brown (substituted by Tallon Burns 60mins), Reece Shanley, Tyler Elliott (Alex Cairo 73m), Jack Crago, Josh Grant, Glynn Hobbs (Liam Prynn 60mins).