Millington nails home five for West Ruimveldt
… Agricola sent packing by Laing Avenue
THANKS to five goals off the boot of diminutive striker Devon Millington, West Ruimveldt mauled Leopold Street/Lacytown 10-1 when the first annual Grassroots Foundation Inter-ward knockout football tournament commenced last Monday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.Millington opened his account in the 29th minute with a right-footed strike into the left-hand side and sealed his double four minutes later with another thunderous strike into the left-hand corner of his opponents’ goal.
The hat-trick was completed in the 35th minute compliments of a strike to the bottom right-hand side and then he got the helmet-trick seven minutes later, with a simple finish to the bottom of the net.
Millington’s Slingerz Football Club teammate Colin Nelson, who scored a hat-trick, added his name to the scoreline in the 62nd minute with his first, when he powered home his strike to the left-hand side, while Millington got goal number five, three minutes after Nelson’s goal making it 6-0 in favour of West Ruimveldt.
Further goals by Nelson in the 70th and 84th minute, Deron Benjamin in the 76th minute and Joshua Britton in the 80th minute sealed the win for the eventual victors, even as Marco Lawrence was on target for the losers, scoring their consolation goal in the 66th minute.
In the earlier match, Laing Avenue defeated Agricola 3-1, with Delroy Fraser leading the way with a double in the 19th and 66th minutes while an own goal in the 89th minute sealed the game for Laing Avenue, who came back after Winston Rawlins scored the opening goal of the contest in the 4th minute.