Elgin City defeat Bonnyrigg Rose to boost William Hill League Two title push as new striker Kane Hester gets off mark with a double
Two Kane Hester goals fired Elgin City towards a 3-0 victory over Bonnyrigg Rose on Tuesday night.
It was a nervy start by the Moray men with Bonnyrigg enjoying the lion’s share of possession and territory in the opening 15 minutes.
Chances were limited, and Elgin were taking time to grow into the contest so it was against the grain of the game when they took the lead with their first telling attack.
Kane Hester picked a good time to score the first goal of his second spell at City, racing on to a precise Russell Dingwall through pass to lash past Paddy Martin from 12 yards.
That goal settled City down and only poor touches in the final third prevented them from creating more opportunities in the rest of the first half.
The doubled their lead on 56 minutes from a corner on the left, flighted in by Mark Gallagher and powered home by the head of centre back Jake Dolzanski.
Elgin keeper Tom McHale did have to make a fine diving save on 64 minutes to deny Cammy Ross with a curling effort.
But victory was sealed 11 minutes from time with a superb goal.
Play began deep in Elgin’s own half and a flowing move took the ball to halfway, where Gallagher threaded a perfect pass through to Hester to clinically slot home his second.
New loan signing Jack MacIver was part of a quadruple home substitution late on and he impressed with his runs down the left, prompting one move which ended with fellow sub Olly McDonald slipping a shot past.
It was Elgin’s most convincing league win of the season and took them to within a point of Peterhead in second place with a game in hand.
Elgin: McHale, Girvan (Cairns 82), Cameron, Dolzanski, Booth, Hyde (Draper 82), Gallagher, Dingwall (MacIver 82), Golding, Hester (McDonald 82), Sargent (Leslie 61)
Bonnyrigg: Martin, Mailer, Young, Martyniuk, Murphy (Arnott 61), Currie, Ferrie (Stenhouse 66), Porterous (Connolly 61), Barrett (Watson 66), Ross (McGachie 73).
Ref: G Soutar
Att: 610
