St@tto's Match Report - Kidderminster Harriers v Oxford United 28 January 2003

Kidderminster Harriers 1(0) v (2)3 Oxford United

Football League Division 3 - Aggborough - 28 January 2003

Attendance: 2991

Individual Stats
Kidderminster	Shots		Fouls		Off.	v	Oxford	Shots		Fouls		Off.
	On	Off	For	Ag				On	Off	For	Ag
Stuart Brock 4	0(1)	0	0	0	0	[1]	Andy Woodman 5	0(2)	0	0	0	0
Dean Bennett 6	1(1)	1	1	1	0	[7/2]	Scott McNiven 6	0	1	1	1	0
Sam Shilton 6	0	0	2	0	1	[11]	Matt Robinson 6	0	0	1	1	0
Kenny Coleman 5	0	0	2	0	0	[26/29]	Christian Edwards 5	0	0	1	2	0
Adie Smith 5	0	0	0	1	0	[6/5]	Andy Crosby 5	0	0	1	1	0
Craig Hinton 4	0	0	3	0	0	[5/18]	Matthew Bound 5	0	2	0	0	0
Sean Flynn 5	0	0	1	2	0	[21/8]	James Hunt 5	0	0	4	2	0
Danny Williams 5	0	0	1	3	0	[4/27]	Roy Hunter 5	0	1	3	1	0
Andy Bishop 7	1(1)	1	1	2	1	[27/23]	Steve Basham 6	1	1	1	2	3
Bo Henriksen 5	0	2	0	0	0	[12/10]	Andy Scott 6	2(1)	0	0	3	0
Sean Parrish 6	1	1	2	3	0	[8/4]	Dave Savage 5	0	0	1	0	1
Drewe Broughton 5	0	0	2	1	0	[9/6]	Dave Waterman 5	0	0	0	2	0
Ian Foster 5	0	0	0	0	0	[10/9]	Lee Steele
Andy Ducros						[14/12]	Dean Whitehead
Lee Ayres 5	0	0	0	0	0	[16/17]	Jefferson Louis
John Danby						[13/22]	David Oldfield 5	0	0	0	0	0

Team Stats
	Fouls Conceded	Offside	Corners	Shots On	Shots off
Kidderminster	13	2	4	3	5
Oxford	15	4	5	3	5

GOALS
Kidderminster			Oxford
52	Sean Parrish	Bishop did well to get into the penalty area on the right and his cross-shot was turned in at the far post by Parrish.	21	Steve Basham	Was allowed to run at the heart of the Harriers defence before striking a low shot into the bottom corner of the net from the edge of the box.
			28	Craig Hinton	The ball was played into the penalty area from the left wing, Hinton's attempted cleareance was sliced goalwards and found its way into the net despite the efforts of Brock and Coleman.
			61	Andy Scott	The ball was played over the Harriers defence, Brock came out to meet it but failed to collect it leaving Scott free to volley it into the net from a narrow angle.

FORMATIONS

Kidderminster
		Brock
	Coleman	Smith	Hinton
Bennett				Shilton
	Flynn	Williams	Parrish

	Bishop		Henriksen

Oxford
		Woodman
	Edwards	Crosby	Bound
McNiven				Robinson
	Hunt	Hunter	Savage

	Basham		Scott

SUBSTITUTIONS
Kidderminster				Oxford
46	Ayres	Smith	Ayres to central defender.	72	Waterman	Savage	Waterman to central midfield, Hunter to left central midfield.
69	Foster	Bennett	Foster to striker, Shilton to left midfield, Williams to right central midfield, Flynn to right midfield. Now 3-4-3.	85	Oldfield	Scott	Oldfield to striker.
69	Broughton	Henriksen	Broughton to striker.

BOOKINGS
Kidderminster		Oxford
Williams 67 Foul Broughton 90+ Foul		Hunt 36 Foul
Referee: S.Tomlin

Match Report by St@tto

Kamikaze defending cost Kidderminster dearly again as they made an impressive Oxford side look even better allowing them a comfortable 3-1 win.

The early exchanges were fairly even, although frantic, Oxford were first to threaten a goal when Roy Hunter blazed a long shot just wide. Harriers came close after 20 minutes, Andy Bishop got into the penalty area on the left and fired the ball across the face of goal and Dean Bennett couldn't reach to turn it in.

Within a minute the visitors were ahead. Steve Basham was allowed to run at the heart of the Harriers defence who all kept backing off until he was close enough to strike a low shot into the bottom corner of the net. Eight minutes later Kidderminster needlessly gave away possession in a dangerous position and as the ball was played into the penalty area Craig Hinton's attempted clearance sliced towards the goal and despite the efforts of Stuart Brock and Kenny Coleman on the line it found its way into the back of the net.

Just before the interval Bishop came close, running through the Oxford defence but he fired weakly at Andy Woodman in the visiting goal.

After the break Harries were more fired up and looked dangerous straight away. Six minutes into the half Sean Parrish pulled a goal back, Bishop did well on the right and his cross-shot was turned in by Parrish at the far post.

Five minutes later Oxford almost restored their two goal advantage, Hunter's through ball set Andy Scott free on the left but his shot was well tipped over by Brock for a corner. On the hour Oxford scored a third, the ball was played into the penalty area and Brock inexplicably dropped it allowing Scott a clear sight of goal and the striker found the net with a sharply taken volley from a narrow angle.

Kidderminster almost reduced the arrears five minutes later, Bishop and Dean Bennett combined on the right and Bo Henriksen almost turned in Bennett's shot at the far post. Fifteen minutes from the end Sam Shilton crossed well from the right and Parrish, who had more time than he realised, headed over. Oxford's third goal had taken the sting out of the Harriers attack and the visitors were able to control the closing minutes of the game and snuff out any threat that Harriers might get themselves back into the game again.