Bournemouth 3-1 Darlington

Jimmy Quinn's honeymoon period as Bournemouth manager continued as his side recorded a plucky 3-1 victory over Darlington at Dean Court.

The Cherries even though they were pegged back for long period went ahead early on through Marvin Bartley but Liam Hatch deservedly equalized after a looping header.

The game was level for just two minutes however as Bournemouth re-took the lead through Neil Austin's own goal and confirmed the win in stoppage time with Brett Pitman hammering home after a sweeping move.

After such a good start to the season Darlington will have been disappointed by the defeat in a game they dominated for large parts of the game.

With loan pairing Billy Clarke and Hatch up-front the Quakers started well.

Hatch could have opened the scoring inside 10 minutes but was denied by the bar after a David Poole cross.

A goal would have in-keeping with the start of the game but Bournemouth held off the early storm and went ahead after an individual mistake at the heart of the Darlington defense.

Rob Pudie's back pass towards his back four was hugely over hit and fell to Jeff Goulding who slid past Steve Foster before forcing a god low save out of Simon Brown only for it for fall to Bartly who slid home.

The away side went back on the offensive after the goal and it was no surprise to see them level up the scoreline with 10 minutes of the second half remaining.

Hatch won a free kick 30 yards out from the Bournemouth goal and then met a hanging miss-clearance to make it 1-1.

But his side couldn't hold out till half time as the home team re-gained the lead with similar softness at which they conceded the first.

Sammy Igoe was allowed in-behind the midfield and his shot, 25 yards out took a wicked deflection off Austin and left goalkeeper Brown completely stranded.

Darlington certainly felt hard done by and were keen to make up for it in the second half.

However Jimmy Quinn's side weren't going to give them a route back into the game and the Quakers were left frustrated for most of the second half.

Both Greg Blundell and Adam Proudlock were introduced to put some impertinence into the away sides attack but ironically it was Bournemouth who were having the more luc and could have closed the game out on many occasions.

Pitman should have sealed the win when he went clear through but fired wide, before he ended the game as a contest when he smashed the ball home from the edge of the area.