Bournemouth 1, Huddersfield Town 1

Apr 17 2006 By Mel Booth, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Man of the Match: David Mirfin

Very accomplished display in a new defensive formation and held off the hard-working scorer Gary Taylor-Fletcher to take the award. His positional play and tackling: superb

Turning Point:

The obvious turning points were goalkeeping errors from Town's Rachubka and The Cherries' Stewart which cost the goals, but the attacking intent of left wing-back Danny Adams from the first moments of the second half said everything about Town's battling quality on the day. He eventually created the equaliser for T-Fletcher.

How they rated:

Paul Rachubka A howler gave Fletcher Bournemouth's goal but he atoned with a terrific late save from Howe. Kicked well all match Rating: 6/10

Andy Holdsworth Found acres of space on the right first half as Town attacked brightly but without a cutting edge. Defended solidly Rating: 7/10

Danny Adams Booked for celebrating after creating the equaliser for Fletch. Looked to attack much more in the second half Rating: 7/10

David Mirfin Again imperious at the back and footsure on a wet, slippery surface. One great tackle stopped Hayter scoring Rating: 8/10

Nathan Clarke Back to much more like his usual form. Saw plenty of ball as Town built patiently. Sent a header inches wide Rating: 7/10

Danny Schofield A few tricky breaks and one shot just over but found Bournemouth's massed defence hard to break down Rating: 6/10

Jon Worthington His superb last-minute tackle on Hayter saved a certain goal and Town will miss him badly in the last three matches Rating: 7/10

Mark Hudson Prevented Cooke from scoring with a perfectly timed sliding tackle on 18 minutes. Always got squeezed out on attack Rating: 7/10

Tom Clarke Played his part in a generally comfortable defensive display in his first start since January. Sacrificed in a switch Rating: 7/10

Gary T-Fletcher Now joint top scorer with his 14th of the season and was close to man-of-the-match because of his grafting Rating: 8/10

David Graham Had one shot deflected just wide and worked hard despite finding himself isolated and crowded out quite often Rating: 7/10

Spotlight on the ref:

Andy Hall from the West Midlands played his part in letting the game flow as much as possible and, considering the pitch was quite slippery, there were few flashpoints. Booked Jon Worthington for the 15th time this season and he will serve a three-game ban after tomorrow's clash with Chesterfield. Adams was also booked.

Bournemouth (3-5-2): Stewart; Purches, Cooper, Young, Howe, O'Connor; Browning, Cooke (Pitman 76), Foley (Rodrigues 76); Hayter, Fletcher. Subs not used: Hart, Rix, Broadhurst.