Truro City 1 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1 (07.10.2017)

THE WHITE Tigers’ winning run came to an end as we were held to a 1-1 home draw with Hampton & Richmond Borough in the wind and rain at Treyew Road.
In tricky conditions, it was pretty evenly matched in the opening exchanges with genuine chances at a premium at either end, although Hudson-Odoi went close for the visitors
It was City who created the best of what few chances there were as the opening period went on with Noah Keats causing problems and Tyler Harvey bringing a smart save out of the visiting ‘keeper.
With the scoreline locked at 0-0 going into the break, it was City who were looking the most likely side, however, our visitors had showed that they could be a threat on the break on a few occasions.
As the rain continued to lash down, some neat skill from Napa ended with his strike well kept out by Tom McHale.
The visitors went on to take the lead when a short corner saw Josh Casey get the ball into the area where Jack Cook was on hand to head the ball home.
After making a couple of changes with Rocky Neal and Niall Thompson brought on, City started to up the pressure and River Allen went close with a strike from distance as the ‘keeper was alert to push his effort away.
It looked like being one of those days for City until we were handed a lifeline when Neal was brought down following a goalmouth scramble and the referee pointed to the spot.
Connor Riley-Lowe stepped up and made no mistake to level the scores.
As the clock ticked down, Aaron Lamont, hit the side-netting from a free-kick as draw specialists, Hampton & Richmond Borough, held on to their point.

WHITE TIGERS: McHale, Palfrey, Riley-Lowe, Richards, Gerring, Hartridge, Lamont, Keats (Yetton), Harvey (Neal), Cooke (Thompson), Allen. Subs not used: Todd, Copp.
BOOKING: Gerring.

ATTENDANCE: 531.