A young Town U18 side fell to a 3-2 defeat to their Leyton Orient counterparts this afternoon afternoon at Playford Road. A hat-trick from Harrison Georgiou cancelled out strikes from Town's Jack Marriott and Omar Sowunmi (pictured) in front of watching first-team staff Chris Hutchings and Sean McCarthy.

Marriott gave Town the perfect start after seven minutes when he curled home a freekick from 20 yards out which gave the keeper no chance.

However, two minutes later Georgiou equalised for the visitors with a low shot that squirmed under keeper Michael Crowe after the ball had been given away in defence.

Shaun Meikle's effort was comfortably gathered, before Matt Clarke's header from a Jack Willbye corner was hacked off the line.

On 27 Orient took the lead when Sowunmi gave the ball straight to Georgiou, who coolly cut inside and stroked the ball into the net.

Crowe denied Georgiou a first-half hat-trick when the Norweigan keeper blocked at the diminutive striker's feet.

Three minutes before the interval Town equalised. The visitors' defence failed to clear Tom Winter's cross and Sowunmi rose highest to head the ball in.

Two minutes after the break, Clarke should have given Town the lead when he met Winter's corner, but his header went over from a good position.

Elyon Egbeku flashed a shot just wide for the Londoners in a second half which was disrupted due to numerous substitutions from both sides.

The final action of the match came in the last minute when Clarke's tackle in the box saw the ball fall kindly to Georgiou, who passed the ball into the net for his hat-trick.

Winter again looked impressive up front, while Sowunmi made some good tackles at the back, alongside young schoolboy George Fowler who also stood out.

U18s: Crowe, Robinson (Emanuel 73), Clarke, Acott (Benyu 37), Fowler, Sowunmi, Meikle, Bishop (Galvin 46), Winter (Ramadan 61), Marriott (Ellis 46), Willbye.

Report and photo: James Ager

Photo: Action Images

Jimmys_Law added 17:21 - Aug 1 Good effort lads. Keep on working hard and push for the first team like Byron Lawrence has done and the new Michael Crowe might well be doing soon.
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irishtim added 18:31 - Aug 1 Keep up the effort lads. Chins up.
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jonwillpott added 19:36 - Aug 1 Sowunmi looks a prospect for the future to me....apart from his slip that let in their second goal he looked cool and assured at the back and his passing out of defence was excellent for a defender - already he is better than Delaney in this aspect of his game!! He is a really good height for a defender but I feel he needs to beef up a bit before coming up against championship defenders. One for the future hopefully....watch this space!! Also impressed with the little No.12 (think it was Ellis??) in the second half - he looks like another Byron in the making with good energy and tackling and all over the field creating things. Definately some positives there for Bryan and his team to work on!!

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