Cavalier defeated Harbour View 2-1 in a crucial Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) game at the Compound on Sunday.

Second-half substitute Donovan Edwards popped up in the final minute of time added to force the win after Girvon Brown had brought the teams level in minute 79 following a goal-mouth tangle.

Defender Christopher Harvey had given home team Harbour View a first-half lead from the penalty spot in minute 37. This was after Jeffery Grant had handled the ball in the area.

Cavalier were winning their second successive game, which moved them to 30 points, while Harbour View were losing their second-consecutive game that knocked them out of a top four on 34 points.

In their last five matches, Harbour View plunged to three defeats and two draws.

In an affair that was exciting throughout, Harbour View completely dominated the first-half and should have left the grounds for the first half break, leading by at least two goals.

When the teams turned around for the second half, for the first 20 minutes or so it was all Harbour View. However, the eagerness to extend the lead apparently got the better of their strikers, especially McKauly Tulloch, who was atrociously wasteful with his shooting.


Teams: Harbour View — Levor Williams, Kemar Lawrence, Christopher Harvey, Rosario Harriott, Joel Senior, Nicholas Beckett, John-Ross Edwards, Anthony Greenland (Kevaughn Frater 63rd), McKaully Tulloch, Steve Broderick (Ranique Muir 78th), Mark Miller

Subs not used: Michaud Barrett, Jermaine Hue, Anthony Marks, Daminian Anderson, Rejanni Isaacs

Booked: None

Cavalier — Devon Haughton, Oshane Jenkins, Al Nesbeth, Jeffery Grant, Raheem Ellis, Norman Bailey (Davion Alves 88th), Donovan Alvaranga, Jeffery Henry, Claudius Blackburn, Jerome Smith, Girvan Brown

Subs not used: Jerald Eastwood, Kimorlie Brissett, Alex Bennett, Shamar Smith, and Nicholas Hamilton

Booked: Grant (37th), Henry (56th), Alvaranga (72nd)

Referee: Kevin Morrison

Assistant Referees: Keble Williams, Terrence McKenzie

Fourth Official: Karl Tyrell

Match Commissary: Martin Lyn

 

Source: The Jamaica Observer