A FREE KICK IN THE 1ST MINUTE TAKEN BY BEACON RANGERS CHEYNE FOUND NO TAKERS IN THE KINCORTH BOX AND THE BALL WENT BEHIND FOR A GOAL KICK.KINCORTH GAINED THEIR FIRST CORNER IN 3 MINUTES AND MCDONALD’S LOW CROSS WAS CLEARED BY CHEYNE. IN THE 11TH MINUTE A THROUGH BALL FROM BUCHAN FOUND HUTCHINS WHO ROUNDED BEACONS TAYLOR AND SQUARED THE BALL TO HARRIS WHOSE FIRST EFFORT WAS WELL SAVED BY THE BEACON KEEPER BUT HARRIS MANAGED TO DRIVE THE REBOUND  AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BAR INTO THE NET. 0-1. AT THE OTHER END A LONG THROW BY SMART WAS HEADED CLEAR BY SMITH. A FREE KICK BY SCOTT OF BEACON NEEDED VALENTINE TO COME SHARPLY OFF HIS LINE TO PICK UP THE LOOSE BALL. IN THE 18TH MINUTE C STEWART BROKE DOWN THE WING AND HIS DELIGHTFUL CROSS WAS CLEANLY HEADED BY HUTCHINS BUT THE BEACON KEEPER PULLED OFF A GREAT SAVE.KINCORTH HAD THREE CORNERS WITHIN A MINUTE BUT BEACON DEFENDED STRONGLY.A GOOD MOVE BY BEACON SAW BUCHANS EFFORT PARRIED AWAY FOR A CORNER BY VALENTINE. A CROSS FROM TAYLOR WAS CLEARED BY KEMP FOR A CORNER . A ONE -TWO BETWEEN BUCHAN AND C STEWART RESULTED IN HIM DRIVING A LOW SHOT THAT WAS WELL SAVED BY THE BEACON KEEPER SUSMARSKI HUTCHINS CONTROLLED A THROUGH BALL FROM McCOLL AND HIS EFFORT WENT JUST PAST THE POST. A FREE KICK BY BEACONS SMART WAS HEADED CLEAR BY McCOLL . IN THE 39TH MINUTE HARRIS WAS BROUGHT DOWN AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX. HUTCHINS FREE KICK REQUIRED THE KEEPER TO PULL OFF ANOTHER FINE SAVE BUT THE BALL BROKE TO THE INCOMING BUCHAN WHO SCORED FROM CLOSE RANGE. 0-2. WITHIN MINUTES MCDONALD WAS BROUGHT DOWN BY THE BEACONS TAYLOR .HUTCHINS SPOT KICK FAILED TO HIT THE TARGET WITH THE BALL GOING WIDE OF THE KEEPERS RIGHT HAND POST. IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE FIRST HALF A DRIVE BY BEACONS CHEYNE WENT JUST OVER THE KINCORTH BAR.                   HALF-TIME 0-2.
IN THE 49TH MINUTE BOYLE OF BEACON WAS BROUGHT DOWN BY SMITH IN THE KINCORTH BOX. THE RESULTING PENALTY SAW SMART SENT VALENTINE THE WRONG WAY . 1-2. WITHIN THREE MINUTES BEACON WERE LEVEL WHEN BOYLE OF BEACON BROKE CLEAR AND HIS CROSS FOUND BOWMAN WHO DID WELL TO PLACE THE BALL INTO THE KINCORTH NET DESPITE BEING UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE KINCORTH DEFENDERS.2-2. KNOX AND TAIT CAME ON FOR MCDONALD AND HARRIS DURING THE SECOND HALF. A CROSS BY HUTCHINS WAS MISSED BY TAIT WHOSE CLAIM TO THE REFEREE THAT HE HAD BEEN FOULED WAS IGNORED. HUTCHINS BEAT TWO DEFENDERS ONLY TO SEE HIS LOW DRIVE PRODUCE A GOOD SAVE BY THE BEACON KEEPER SUSMARSKI IN THE 79TH MINUTE BEACON ALMOST WENT AHEAD WHEN A CROSS FOUND BUCHAN WHO HEADED JUST OVER THE BAR. IN ANOTHER BEACON ATTACK THE BALL BROKE TO MCKAY WHO SHOT WIDE OF THE KINCORTH POST FROM A GOOD POSITION. AT THE OTHER END BARRACK FOUND SOME SPACE BUT HIS SHOT ALSO WENT WIDE OF THE BEACON POST. IN THE 82 MINUTE BUCHAN TOOK CONTROL OF A BALL IN THE CENTRE OF MIDFIELD ,BEAT TWO DEFENDERS AND PLACED THE BALL OUT OF REACH OF THE BEACON KEEPER INTO THE CORNER OF THE NET. 2-3, BEACON WERE PUSHING FOR AN EQUALISER AND A FREE KICK BY BOYLE AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX WAS DRIVEN AGAINST A KINCORTH DEFENSIVE WALL. IN THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES BUCHAN HAD A HEADER FROM TWO YARDS OUT THAT VALENTINE BRILLIANTLY FLICKED THE BALL ONTO THE BAR FOR THE SAVE OF THE GAME. CREDIT TO BEACON FOR THEIR SECOND HALF PERFORMANCE BUT KINCORTH CAME OUT OF THE GAME WITH A WELL FOUGHT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY 3 VITAL LEAGUE POINTS. FULL-TIME 2-3.