Oxford Utd 2-2 Hereford: Report

Published: 21 Jan 2012 - 18:01:03

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Duberry in afternoon to remember

Oxford centre-half Michael Duberry scored a bizarre hat-trick of sorts as he netted two own goals against Hereford before salvaging a late 2-2 draw at the other end.

The former Chelsea and Leeds defender put past U's keeper Ryan Clarke with an attempted first-half clearance, cancelling out Jon-Paul Pittman's rifled shot out of nothing from 25 yards.

Duberry then sent a header from Joe Colbeck's 86th-minute cross into his own net, but he rescued a point - and saved some of his own blushes - by turning in a low right-wing cross from Tom Craddock.

Bulls stopper Adam Bartlett twice denied U's top scorer James Constable, who had turned down a #250,000 move to Swindon in the week, and produced a superb double save early in the second half.

Although his best stop came 10 minutes from time when he pushed away a fierce Simon Heslop drive that seemed to swerve at the last moment, helping to earn away-day specialists Hereford another good result on the road.

Oxford Utd 2-2 Hereford: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.