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Smith bags brace as PHC beat Wolves

PHC 3 Wolves 1Winger Shakir Smith scored twice for PHC at Southampton Oval as Wolves suffered a setback in their bid for a top six finish for Dudley Eve qualification next season.The Wolves defenders were guilty of giving Smith too much space and in the 30th minute he made them pay when he broke free, got inside the box and calmly slotted the ball past Jahhi Shakir in the Wolves goal. Moments later Smith was put through by Kevin Lambe but this time he blasted his effort into the side netting after the goalkeeper narrowed the angle.PHC were controlling the match late in the half as Smith had another chance just before the break when captain Cecoy Robinson set him up with a pass inside the box but the goalkeeper made a good save as Smith tried to place his low shot past him.Both teams made double substitutions early in the second half as Wolves brought on brothers Troy and Tamauri Tucker and PHC introduced Khamisi Lightbourne and Tre Ming in a bid to freshen things up. Wolves scored a deserved equaliser in the 62nd minute when Lamelle Paynter headed home from a Vincent Minors corner on the right.However, the Wolves joy was short-lived as PHC reclaimed the lead four minutes later when a Robinson shot was parried by the diving Shakir and Shakir Smith followed up to plant the rebound into the back of the net.Shakir made an important save to Tre Ming in a one-on-one situation to keep Wolves in the game, but the Zebras did score an insurance goal seven minutes from time when Daz Simons deflected the ball into his own goal from a Lightbourne shot on goal following a corner from Robinson on the right.PHC: T Place, M Lambe, J Ball, M Simons, T Brown (T Ming 57min), M Waldron, D Joell (K Lightbourne 57min), J Sealey, K Lambe, S Smith (I Taylor 81min), C Robinson.Goals: Shakir Smith (30, 66min), Daz Simons (own goal, 83)Yellow card: M Lambe.Wolves: J Shakir, M Williams, H Burrows, L Paynter, D Simons, S Pearman (Tam Tucker 55min), D Usher (Troy Tucker 55min), V Minors, R Ford (J Francis 78min), D Brangman, T DavisGoal: Lamelle Paynter (62min)Yellow cards: T Tucker, D BrangmanReferee: Kuhn EvansMan of the match: Cecoy Robinson (PHC)–