Huddersfield Town suffered an opening-day nightmare as Bournemouth scored inside the first 30 seconds - then eased to victory by bagging three more goals.

Marc Pugh was the man to give the visitors a flying start, latching onto winger Matt Ritchie's pass and slotting the ball past the helpless Alex Smithies to stun the home fans.

Town, with Matt Crooks on debut in central defence, were at sixes and sevens, and Ritchie had a low shot held before curling another just wide.

It wasn't until the 15th minute that Mark Robins' side created their first real chance, right wing-back Adam Hammill cutting in to test Lee Camp with a drive.

While far from fluent, the home side were at least starting to find their feet, before being rocked by a second Bournemouth goal in the 32nd minute.

Defender Joel Lynch claimed he was fouled by Callum Wilson in the build-up, but there was no whistle as the £3m summer signing from Coventry romped in to slide a shot past Smithies.

Town's best opportunity of the opening period came in the 39th minute, when Ollie Norwood whistled a long-range shot against the bar.

Any hopes of a comeback by Town, who replaced Hammill with Sean Scannell at the break, were ended when Bournemouth claimed a third goal five minutes into the second half.

Smithies parried Pugh's header from Eunan O'Kane's inviting cross, but Yann Kermorgant was handily placed to tuck away the rebound.

Little was seen of Town's other debutant, on-loan Nottingham Forest man Radi Majewski, who was replaced by Joe Lolley before the visitors' fourth in the 63rd minute.

Wilson, who played under Robins at Coventry, met Richie's cross and his shot squirmed past Smithies and over the line.

Conor Coady, Town's new £375,000 midfield signing from Sheffield United, replaced Jonathan Hogg after 68 minutes.

Wilson had a chance to compete his hat trick after being brought down by Smithies in the 76th minute, but his penalty was saved by the keeper, who escaped with a yellow rather than red card.

The game was seen by 12,371, including 550 visiting fans, a number of the home supporters leaving well before the end.