Harthill Royal 2-4 Newburgh

Newburgh faced a Super League side away for the second time in the competition having beaten Armadale Thistle in the previous round.

Newburgh opened the scoring in the 18th minute from the penalty spot when Scott Sutherland converted.

The job was made more difficult for Harthill just after the re-start with the linesman signalling to the referee to attract his attention. The referee spoke with the linesman before issuing a straight red card to Thomson the Harthill goalkeeper for foul and abusive language.

Newburgh’s second came when Gordon Clark’s drive to a deflection off a defender’s shin, diverting the ball past the keeper into the net.

The second half was a similar affair to the first with both team struggling to create any clear chances in the slippy conditions.

The home side were reduced to nine men in the 56th minute with Johnston shown a red card for retaliation.

The third goal of the game came just past the hour when Sutherland found space to drive a shot across the Harthill keeper into the net.

Jamie Gay replaced Dell Newlands who had played well in his first start for Newburgh.

With 20 minutes remaining on the clock Johnston grabbed a goal for the home side when Newburgh’s defence failed to deal properly with a corner.

Harthill took the game to Newburgh, having gained some momentum.

A second goal came in the 76th minute when some excellent play on the right by Barclay allowed space for the Harthill midfielder to score.

Sutherland grabbed his third and Newburgh’s fourth goal of the game in the closing minutes.

Newburgh: C Sutherland, Wight, Clark, Cameron, Scarborough, Edwards, Hutchison (Annandale 76), Kinnes, Fraser, S Sutherland, Newlands (Gay 65).