Kirkwood made three changes for the start of the second half
with James More, Sam Mackay and Ross Allan coming on for Michael Gray, Stevie
Cunningham and Stuart Florence.
Mackay was immediately in the thick of things with his first
involvement when he smacked a shot from the edge of the box off the back of
defender Erik Bews for a corner.
2 minutes later Mackay fired a 40 yard pass across field
into the path of Macadie who powered into the box before squaring the ball to Geruzel
but he couldn't get any power in his shot and keeper Bain made a comfortable
save.
It took 51 minutes for the Scorries to beak the dead-lock
with a peach of a goal. It came as a long ball caught out the Orkney back-line and Mackay got onto
the end of it 20 yards from goal and with a half-volley lobbed keeper Bain who was 5 or 6 yards off his line.
1 – 0
This was followed within the space of a minute with two
attempts from Davie Allan and Geruzel both coming off the wood-work as Academy
pushed to increase their lead.
Academy's second however was not long in the making as Grant
Steven pounced on a loose ball in the middle of the Orkney penalty area and he
made no mistake in slotting home.
2 – 0
Academy were now starting to control the game and their 3rd
came in the 62nd minute. Macadie was released down the left flank
and delivered the ball to the feet of Mackay who strolled into the box,
committed keeper Bain and slotted home into the bottom corner of the net for his second goal of the game.
3 – 0
Davie Allan was substituted for Gary Weir a minute later and
within 6 minutes of being on the park Weir received the ball with back to goal
in the middle of the Orkney penalty area and turned on a dime and blasted home.
4 – 0
Geruzel set up Weir for another attempt with 4 minutes of
play left but Weir's attempt found the woodwork and rolled to safety.
Orkney's had been limited to a fairly few long range
attempts for the duration of the game but their best chance came in the last
attacking move of the match when James Pickles hit a belter of a curling shot 20
yards from goal and it looked destined for the top corner but just shaved the
outside of the post.
Full Time 4 – 0
