{"id":1050,"date":"2013-10-28T16:37:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T16:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northdownhc.co.uk\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2013-10-31T21:26:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T21:26:17","slug":"finishing-power-lacking-for-sixths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/28\/finishing-power-lacking-for-sixths\/","title":{"rendered":"Finishing power lacking for Sixths"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1051\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/northdownhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Copy-of-Neil-Dickson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1051\" title=\"Neil Dickson\" src=\"http:\/\/northdownhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Copy-of-Neil-Dickson-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Copy-of-Neil-Dickson-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Copy-of-Neil-Dickson-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/northdownhc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Copy-of-Neil-Dickson.jpg 1856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neil Dickson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>North Down sixths were confident going into the game at Nendrum College last Saturday following their previous weeks\u2019 win over Campbellians.\u00a0 Their opponents were the newly re-formed fourth string from Harlequins.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Purvis was a welcome returnee from injury and he provided stability at the back playing as sweeper whilst young Jack Bond made his senior debut in midfield and Chris McSherry, home from uni, was a more than useful stand in keeper.<\/p>\n<p>There was little to choose between the two sides during the first exchanges with North Down looking comfortable on the ball and trying to play skilfully out of defence however they were let down in the final third of the pitch where they rarely threatened Moore, the visitors\u2019 keeper.\u00a0 Harlequins then struck with two hammer blows in the 16<sup>th<\/sup> and 17<sup>th<\/sup> minutes to put the visitors two ahead.\u00a0 With one minute remaining in the first half they added another to effectively put the game beyond North Down\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n<p>Six minutes into the second half a strike by Nathan Grimshaw from mid circle gave the sixths a glimmer of hope with a goal back but they were then hampered by injuries to Paul McLaughlin \u2013 hamstring and skipper George Rutherford \u2013 hand injury which upset their rhythm.\u00a0 Prompted by Purvis and excellent work on the left from Neil Dickson, North Down tested the Harlequins midfield but they were resolute and gave little away.\u00a0 In the final fifteen minutes they added two further goals which gave the scoreline an unfair reflection of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Man of the Match:\u00a0 Neil Dickson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Down sixths were confident going into the game at Nendrum College last Saturday following their previous weeks\u2019 win over Campbellians.\u00a0 Their opponents were the newly re-formed fourth string from Harlequins. 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