Match reporter: JOHN LAING

At a tropical New Recreation Park it was the Hibs who, ahem, weathered the conditions better and deservedly collected all three points.

Chris Ireland put the visitors ahead from close range in the 18th minute when he was first to react after Kieran Beveridge couldn't hold on to Joe Kinninmonth's fiercely struck low cross.

Marc Scott came desperately close to equalising after beating the offside trap however his shot struck the post then went wide for a goal-kick.

Both teams fashioned more goal-scoring opportunities in the first-half, the closest thing to one counting being when Jamie McNeish looked certain to convert Dean McMillan's cross but Guy Kerr's tackle resulted in both men requiring lengthy treatment with the half-time whistle sounding before the game could re-start.

Early in the second-half, Daniel McNab came close to doubling the Hibs advantage with a 22-yard strike that took the paint off the outside of the post but it was Ireland who turned the pressure into goals with a well-struck free-kick in the 59th minute, awarded after Sean Ballard brought down McNeish just outside the big box.

By the 66th minute it was all over bar the shouting when Kinninmonth's back post header from McNab's corner-kick completed the scoring.

So a great three points on the road for Thornton with the added bonus of their first clean sheet of the season for Calum Sutherland and his defence.

GI Joinery Hibs Man of the Match: Jamie McNeish

Ormiston Primrose: Beveridge, Ballard, Korpalski, Dougan, Kerr, Hogg, Scott, Nichol, Tracey, Underhill, Hamilton. Subs: Fairnie, Gordon, Scally, Russell, Winnik, Clark, Short.

Thornton Hibs: Sutherland, Johal, McMillan, Laird, Shanks, Adam, McNeish, Coleman, Kinninmonth, Ireland, McNab. Subs: Soutar, Sharp, Ferguson (T), Daniel Meldrum, Bryce (T), Darren Meldrum.

Referee: Mr W.McAleese

Match statistics:
Attempts at goal - OP 9 TH 13
Attempts on target - OP 5 TH 9
Corners - OP 3 TH 8
Offside - OP 5 TH 1
Fouls committed - OP 7 TH 10
Yellow Cards - OP 4 TH 1
Red Cards - OP 0 TH 0

Attendance: 50

Thornton Hibs F.C.

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