Beaver’s ace in the pack
By Nigel Biddlecombe

A SHARE of the points was no more than the Terras deserved from last night's Blue Square Premier fixture at Kingfield Stadium.

John Hollins brought keeper Richard Barnard, who missed Saturday's victory over Eastbourne Borough after the birth of his son, back into the side in place of penalty save hero Danny Knowles.

Adam Bygrave was called up for the suspended Scott Doe and Michael Malcolm was relegated to the bench in favour of Santos Gaia.

Woking had the early chances, both from free-kicks, with Giuseppe Sole firing well over the crossbar and Tom Hutchinson heading Danny Bunce's set-piece wide.

Goma Lambu benefited from a good build up by the home side as Liam Marum, Sole and Joel Ledgister combined well to find the midfielder in space, however, his effort was wide of the upright.

Marum saw an effort deflected for a corner, before the same man got on the end of a long clearance by Woking keeper Lennie Pidgeley, but his shot was scuffed and flew harmlessly into the home supporters behind the goal.

Although the Terras were playing some good football they were not quite able to fashion any real opportunities up front.

This was despite Beavon working hard to look for an opening and a tight first period ended with Kevin Sandwith producing a terrific recovering tackle to deny Ledgister after the Terras' defender had failed to control a pass from Lambu.

Once again Woking started the quickest as the second half kicked off and a superb three-man move ended disappointingly for the Cards when Delano Sam-Yorke - who came into the side only after ex-Terra Wilfried Domoraud had suffered an injury during the warm up - sent in a good cross which Marum blasted well wide.

Weymouth began to settle and Beavon did well to make ground down the right flank before firing in a cross which Sam Cutler turned towards goal - only for Bunce to deflect the young midfielder's effort out for a corner.

With 58 minutes gone Beavon broke the deadlock when Cameron Mawer's long clearance was intercepted by Hutchinson and the striker did extremely well to rob the home skipper before beating Pidgeley from an acute angle.

The goal served to open the game up with the play moving from end to end. Bradley Quamina hit a shot out of the stadium from 30 yards for Woking while the visitors appeared to be denied a penalty when a Beavon pass put Ryan Williams in on goal.

As the club skipper attempted to flick the ball over the head of Patrice Konan the Woking man seemed to swat the ball down with his hand, but referee Ford turned down Weymouth's appeals.

The equaliser came in the 80th minute when a long clearance from Konan saw Ledgister get the better of Bygrave before beating the advancing Barnard.

Within minutes Bygrave was on hand to stop the home side taking the lead as he headed a Hutchinson header off the goal-line for a corner, which Bunce delivered only for Hutchinson to head high.

For Weymouth, Pierre Joseph-Dubois did well to force a corner on the right, which Stephen Reed took. Bygrave was on hand again to fire in a header, but saw his effort go wide.

Woking might have snatched the points right at the death when Mawer was harshly penalised 25 yards from his own goal.

Bunce took the free-kick which was met by the Hutchinson who rose unchallenged only to see his powerful header cannon off the crossbar and away to safety, leaving the Terras with a deserved share of the spoils.