Hartlepool United 0 Wycombe Wanderers 2: Match ratings/ stats

Nicky Featherstone on the attack. Picture by TOM BANKS

Joe Fryer: The saves he made you'd expect him to make, but some great saves nontheless. 8

Kenton Richardson: Difficult opening exchanges against Myles Weston but, like always, improved quickly. 6

Scott Harrison: With the exception of his daft wrestle at the end with Cowan-Hall, he had a great game and went closest to scoring. 8

Brad Walker: Running out of nice new things to say about this fella. Imperious at the centre of defence and looked fabulous bringing the ball out. 8

Nicky Deverdics: Asked (ordered in fact) to fill in at left-back and had a great game in a position he'd probably not like to be in. 7

NIcky Featherstone: Busy as ever in the midfield, usual good shift. 6

Michael Woods: Burst into the box a la Cambridge but on this occasion got in the way of Amond. Unfortunate, otherwise canny. 6

Lewis Hawkins: One of those days when stuff he tried did not come off. Subbed. 5

Lewis Alessandra: Bright, inventive, enthusiastic, if anyone was going to pull out a goal/ pass it looked like being him. Alas no. 8

Nathan Thomas: Got past his man a time or two, but there was no end product sadly. 6

Padraig Amond: Did not receive much of a service unfortunately and the time he looked 'in' Woods got in his way. 6

SUB

Louis Rooney (for Hawkins 72) Would have been nice to see him on a bit earlier. 6

Unused subs: Bartlett, Martin, Bates, Hawkes, Orrell, Rodney.

Booked: Harrison 90

Wycombe: Blackman, Harriman, Pierre (Muller 32), De Havilland, Jacobson, O'Nien, Gape, Saunders, Weston, Akinfenwa (Cowan-Hall 55), Southwell (Thompson 84)

Unused Subs: Jombati, Jakubiak, Saunders, Freeman

Goal: Akinfenwa 24, Cowan-Hall 90

Booked: O'Nien 29, Cowan-Hall 82, 90

Sent off: Cowan-Hall 90

Referee: Dave Webb (Co Durham). Poor first half, better second. Did well at the end after the bout of handbags. 6

Att: 3,356 (away 159)