St@tto's Match Report - Lincoln City v Kidderminster Harriers 20 November 2001

Lincoln City 0(0) v (0)1 Kidderminster Harriers

Football League Division 3 - Sincil Bank - 20 November 2001

Attendance: 2249

Individual Stats
Lincoln	Shots		Fouls		Off.	v	Kidderminster	Shots		Fouls		Off.
	On	Off	For	Ag				On	Off	For	Ag
Alan Marriott 6	0(4)	0	0	0	0	[1]	Stuart Brock 8	0(5)	0	0	0	0
Mark Bailey 5	0	1	1	2	0	[22/12]	Ian Clarkson 6	0	0	0	0	0
Stuart Bimson 5	0	1	2	0	0	[3]	Scott Stamps 6	0	0	0	1	0
Ian Hamilton 6	1(1)	1	0	2	0	[24]	Mark Blake 6	0	0	3	2	0
Steve Holmes 5	1(1)	1	0	1	1	[5]	Craig Hinton 6	0	0	3	1	0
Grant Brown 5	0	0	1	3	0	[15/26]	Abdou Sall 6	0	1	3	2	0
Kingsley Black 6	2(2)	1	0	0	0	[7/27]	Colin Larkin 6	0	2	1	0	0
Ben Sedgemore 6	0	1	0	0	0	[14/8]	Danny Williams 5	0	0	1	2	0
Tony Battersby 5	0	4	3	5	1	[9/30]	Bo Henriksen 5	1(1)	1	2	0	0
Dave Cameron 5	2(1)	0	3	3	3	[19/20]	Dean Bennett 8	3(2)	0	1	2	2
Adam Buckley 6	0	0	1	0	0	[18/29]	Richie Appleby 6	1(1)	2	1	2	0
Justin Walker 5	0	1	1	0	0	[4/6]	Adie Smith
Peter Gain 5	0	1	0	0	0	[11]	Sam Shilton 6	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Camm 5	0	0	0	0	0	[20/14]	Andy Ducros 5	0	0	1	0	0
Chris McConville						[25/19]	Tony Bird 5	0	0	0	0	1
Darren Horrigan						[13]	Brendan Murphy

Team Stats
	Fouls Conceded	Offside	Corners	Shots On	Shots off
Lincoln	16	5	3	6	12
Kidderminster	12	3	4	5	6

GOALS
Lincoln	Kidderminster
	85	Dean Bennett	Ran from near half-way, through the inside right channel, holding off his marker before planting a shot inside the near post.

FORMATIONS
Lincoln: (Red & White/Black/Red) 1 22-5-15-3 7-14-24-18 9-19	Kidderminster: (Silver/Silver/Black) 1 12-26-5-3 29-8-24 20-30-27

SUBSTITUTIONS
Lincoln				Kidderminster
64	Walker	Black	Walker to right midfield.	69	Shilton	Larkin	Shilton to forward.
64	Gain	Buckley	Gain to left midfield.	72	Ducros	Appleby	Ducros to forward, Bennett to right midfield.
83	Camm	Sedgemore	Camm to right central midfield.	83	Bird	Henriksen	Bird to striker.

BOOKINGS
Lincoln		Kidderminster
Battersby 88 Foul		Appleby 51 Foul
Referee: T.A.Parkes

Match Report

Harriers record a third consecutive win in the league for the first time since they joined the professional ranks, courtesy of Dean Bennett's third goal in four games.

The visitors began the game in determined mood after the disappointing cup exit in the previous game, and were soon laying seige to the Lincoln goal. Harriers dominated possession in the opening period without ever looking really dangerous, Dean Bennett forced a save from Marriott as did Richie Appleby, but neither caused him too many difficulties.

It was not until the half was nearly over that Harriers started to look really threatening. Good work by Larkin on the right created an opening for Henriksen, but his snap shot was straight at the keeper, and then a great run by Bennett on the right wing set up Larkin but he shot well over the bar from close range.

The home team continually created more chances with their possession, but were wasteful in the opening period, and only once came close to scoring when Cameron's effort was cleared off the line. Early in the second period Kingsley Black broke free into the Harriers penalty area but shot straight at Brock.

Brock was to prove a key figure in the second half, also saving from Hamilton, Black again, and Cameron. As the half wore on it began to look as if the profligacy of both teams was going to end in a goalless draw, Harriers again had most of the possession without threatening and Lincoln created more but wasted the chances.

With time running out, Dean Bennett broke clear of the home defence which had been pressed right up to the half way line, and used his pace to get into scoring position before tucking a shot past the advancing Marriott. Harriers then had to weather s last onslaught as the home team pressed for an equaliser, but the defence stood firm for a deserved victory.