Photo: Mr Piesse shows South Hobart's Andy Brennan (No.11) a second yellow card [PlessPix]
A goal by Kasper Hallam 4 minutes into stoppage
time at the end of the first half gave South Hobart a 1-0 win over Clarence
Zebras at Wentworth Park today.
An initial shot from Sam Berezansky was blocked, but Hallam
followed up to net from the rebound.
It was South Hobart’s second win from two
outings in the NPL Tasmania season, but it came at quite a cost.
New signing Andy Brennan, the former
Newcastle Jets A-League player, was sent off near the end on what was his
debut.
Brennan had replaced the injured Kobe Kemp
just before the interval and was shown a yellow card for entering the field of
play without permission.
Late in the match, he fouled Clarence Zebras
captain Jayden Hey and Mr Piesse issued a second yellow card, which meant a
red.
Photo: Kobe Kemp appears to be in some pain as he receives treatment. Reserve goalkeeper Nathan Reid (foreground) played for the Championship side after the NPL game and was taken to hospital to be checked out for concussion after being struck in the head. [PlessPix]
Kemp had been injured in a tackle with Luke
Huigsloot and suffered a shin injury. He
went to hospital during the second half to assess the damage.
Clarence Zebras did not go unscathed. Defender Noah Smithies-Sharples also suffered
a leg injury and left the field on crutches.
Clarence Zebras withstood some early pressure
from the visitors but in the 5th minute they were denied an opening
goal when South keeper Mark Moncur produced a good save to deny Ryan Cook.
In the 10th minute, Berezansky
sent a long-range shot just over the Clarence Zebras crossbar.
Photo: The drone over Wentworth Park which caused a delay in the game [PlessPix]
The game was halted by the referee for a few
minutes midway through the half when a drone was seen hovering over the
pitch. A public address system announcement
warned that the game would not continue if the drone did not depart the
scene. The operator, whoever and
wherever they were, must have heard this as the drone flew off and the game
resumed.
Five minutes before the interval, Moncur
again came to South Hobart’s rescue when he dived to save a close-range effort
from Lachie Burt.
Clarence Zebras squandered a great
opportunity to equalise 4 minutes after the resumption when Matthew Pace
rounded Moncur, but his rushed shot flew wide of an empty net.
Photo: Clarence Zebras' Kane Hatcher wins a header against South Hobart's Kasper Hallam [PlessPix]
The two sides traded blows from then on in
what was a tough, physical match, but neither could score.
Clarence Zebras coach David Smith was also
shown a yellow card for dissent.
AT KGV Park, Olympia Warriors suffered their
second defeat of the league season when they succumbed 3-1 to Glenorchy
Knights.
Tom Young fired the Knights into the lead in
the 10th minute and Olympia threw away the perfect opportunity to
draw level when Ben Hamlett had a penalty saved by Knights keeper Lachie Hart.
Photo: Knights' Jack Bowman lies injured after falling heavily [PlessPix]
Two minutes into injury time at the end of
the first half, Alex Walter made it 2-0 after running on to a pass from Alex Bellini.
Olympia threatened in the opening stages of the second half, but stout defending and excellent goalkeeping by Lachlan Hart kept the visitors at bay.
A terrible error by Olympia goalkeeper Elliot
Hoysted in the 63rd minute made it 3-0.
Hoysted appeared to have Joffrey N’Koso’s shot covered, but allowed the ball
to slip under his body and into the net.
Moments earlier, Hoysted had produced a brilliant diving save from N’Koso,
the former Olympia striker, who was making his debut for Knights.
Substitute Jack Ryan, pulled a goal back for
Olympia in the 87th minute with a powerful header from Adam Gorrie’s
right-wing cross, but that’s as close as the Warriors got.
Photo: Bowman was allowed to play on after being checked for concussion and soon resumed his no-nonsense tackling [PlessPix]
Hoysted had replaced Darby Randall in goal
for Olympia in this match, while Ryan was a surprising inclusion on the bench
after he suffered an ankle injury last week in the 1-0 loss to Clarence Zebras.
At Lightwood Park, Kingborough Lions United
drew 3-3 with Riverside Olympic.
The Lions had Davis Bryan sent off after 77
minutes with the score at 2-2.
Jack Gates, back from Queensland, put the
Lions ahead after 8 minutes, but Nils Sanz equalised in the 25th
minute.
Fletcher Fulton’s goal in the 27th
minute gave the visitors a 2-1 lead at the interval.
Photo: South Hobart's Sam Berezansky shoots as Clarence Zebras' Noah Smithies-Sharples tries to block [PlessPix]
Chris Downes levelled for the Lions in the 55th
minute, while Sanz netted his second of the game in the 84th minute to
restore Riverside’s lead.
Adam McKeown netted his first goal for his
new club 4 minutes from the end to ensure Kingborough of a point in a 3-3 draw.
Reigning champions Devonport City beat
Launceston City 2-1 at Buckby Land Rover Park in Launceston to gain revenge for
being dumped out of the Lakoseljac Cup by Launceston City.
Connor Parke put Devonport ahead in the 3rd
minute, while Kieran Mulraney made it 2-0 for the visitors 4 minutes before the
break.
Launceston City scored in the 83rd
minute through Sam Ridgard, despite having Rob Gerrard sent off in the 70th
minute after manhandling Devonport keeper Nathan Pitchford in an attempt to grab the ball, but Devonport hung on for the 3 points.
NPL Tasmania
Standings (As
at 25 July 2020)
TEAM
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
Pts
|
South
Hobart
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
Devonport
City
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
Kingborough
Lions
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
Glenorchy
Knights
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
Clarence
Zebras
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
Riverside
Olympic
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
Launceston
City
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
Olympia
Warriors
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
Photo: Olympia clear a corner against Knights [PlessPix]
