CHERRIES legend Marc Pugh found the net for the club’s under-21s in a 3-1 friendly victory over Queens Park Rangers.

The experienced winger, who spent most of last season with the Rs, featured in the contest for Shaun Cooper’s side, as he continues to train with the Dorset club as a free agent.

Striker Jake Scrimshaw netted twice for the hosts at Canford Arena, who also gave minutes to Charlie Daniels as he continues to gain match fitness following a serious knee injury.

Manager Cooper told the club website: “I was very pleased overall with the performance, QPR were very good and they pressed us aggressively.

"The times we were able to handle the ball or break that press we caused them real problems. In the first half it took us some time to get to grips with that, retaining the ball beyond two or three passes once we regained possession, and there were a couple of our issues with our pressing system because we played a back three.

"Thankfully, Calum Ward made a couple of really good saves in the first half when the game was in the balance.

"Then at half-time I walked in and the experienced players that they are, Pugh and Daniels were already talking the lads through the solution.

"We went with that and the boys applied it really well in the second half and it worked much better.

"On top of that I thought we were just better on the ball. We controlled it better, passed it better and provided better options, we were by far the dominant team in the second half and thoroughly deserved the win.”

Speaking about goalscorer Scrimshaw, who also had another strike ruled out, Cooper added: "He's been a goal threat in all the games we've played so far, it just hasn't dropped for him.

"I was really pleased for him, he worked his socks off. He caused them problems all afternoon.

"It was a well-taken penalty for his first, great movement for his second and he was very unfortunate to have his hat-trick goal disallowed because it was a fantastic team move and a shame that it didn't stand."