Paul A. Reid, Staff ReporterWESTERN BUREAU:
CHARLES HINDS scored twice in the last 15 minutes of regulation yesterday to steer Cornwall College to a 2-0 victory over Munro College at Jarrett Park and their seventh hold on the Ben Francis Knockout trophy.
Hinds, who replaced Andre Lee in the 60th minute, scored in the 75th and three minutes into time added on as coach Dr. Dean Weatherly won his fourth Ben Francis title.
Played before a surprisingly small crowd that included president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Captain Horace Burrell, Cornwall College salvaged something from the season after a bitter loss to Frome Technical in the semi-finals of the daCosta Cup at the same venue last week.
Weatherly said after the game that the feeling was good "and while we did not get the main prize, the consolation prizes are also good. It give the boys a good feeling to see that they did not work in vain and they really regrouped after the disappointment and put it behind them with a good performance today".
He said that he was not too happy with what he saw in the first half when Munro dominated most of the play, adding that the coaching staff had to work extra hard during the halftime break "to make (the players) realise that all was not lost and we had to put hands and heart together and move ahead".
It was a bitter loss for Munro's coach, Neil Harrison, who said he expected much more from his team this season.
He blamed the loss on the team losing its composure after goalkeeper Duran Brown was sent off midway through the second half for handling the ball outside the area.
Harrison said the players became defensive, straying from the game plan and thus put pressure on themselves.
