Adam Griffiths opened his Cherries account on his first start for the club to earn Cherries a point against high flying Barnsley.</p> Team news and stats</p> Att: 5,191Aaron Brown started up front after his successful last ten minutes at Bristol City on Saturday and was nearly on the end of a chance after just one minute when Callum Hart's looping header was just too far in front of the Reading loanee.Hart was getting forward early on, relishing playing as a left wingback. His venomous cross earned a corner after four minutes, by which time Barnsley had to withdraw their captain Bobby Hassell through injury and replace him with Paul Reid.</p> On sixteen minutes Paul Hayes tried to battle his way through a wall of Cherries players and won a free kick when the ball struck Young's arm. Hayes took the kick from nearly thirty yards himself and found the North Stand with his effort.Shortly afterwards Barnsley took the lead in bizarre circumstances. An incident in the box caused players on both sides to momentarily stop play before Stephen McPhail put the ball into the net. A number of Barnsley players even thought the goal hadn't stood for a short time.</p> Cherries pressed straight away and won a corner from which Hart and Purches both had efforts blocked. Hayter's one-two with Browning then saw the midfielder shoot wide with his weaker left foot.A counter attack involving Paul Hayes gave Barnsley a chance on twenty-eight minutes. Neil Young kept him at bay, but Daveney offered support and when picked out put in a shot that Stewart kept out.</p> James Hayter was feeding off any half chance he could get up front and had a shot blocked as well as a header over from Purches' flighted ball in quick succession before the half hour mark.An Adam Griffiths header won Cherries a corner thanks to Foley's free kick on thirty-seven minutes. Cooke's ball into the box won another corner and from the second Eddie Howe arrived at the back post only to find yet more resilient defending from Barnsley.Half time: AFC Bournemouth 0-1 Barnsley</p> Cherries won three corners in the first five minutes of the second half and lifted the crowd with a strong start that continued for most of the half. Purches and Foley both had shots fall wide of goal as Cherries kept pressing at every opportunity.Barnsley were always quick on the counter attack and moved the ball forward well to pose a threat on a new look Cherries back line with Griffiths and Howe both returning from injury to start.</p> On sixty-four minutes Stephen Foley drew a good save from Colgan with a run and drive from the edge of the box.Four minutes later Eddie Howe was involved in a scramble in the area when again meeting the ball at the back post. It won Cherries a tenth corner of the game and Griffiths rose highest to head in the top corner from Foley's kick.</p> McPhail then nearly scored his second of the match with a snap shot from the edge of the area that went over. Griffiths was coping well in his first start for the club and was spurred on by his goal to produce a quality end to the game.Aaron Brown was winning his fair share of aerial balls up front and a flick missed by a Barnsley defender gave Cooke a chance to test an increasingly busier Colgan.</p> Cherries had Barnsley on the back foot late into the game and introduced Brett Pitman to provide a fresh option up front in the closing stages. His movement created a different problem for the Barnsley defence and on more than one occasion Brett found himself free from close attention.</p> Despite the late pressure from the home side substitute Tommy Wright nearly won it for the visitors in stoppage time though when he beat Stewart to a high ball and headed narrowly beyond the post.</p> Final Score: AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Barnsley </p>
