HALF TIME FROM OAKWELL Posted on: Tue 29 Sep 2009 BARNSLEY 2 (Hammill 14, Hume P 33) WEST BROMWICH ALBION 0 BARNSLEY - led by an outstanding performance by Iain Hume - were absolutely brilliant in the first half at Oakwell. Reds boss Mark Robins again proved he was not afraid to change things around as he made three changes to the side that lost at QPR. Admittedly he had no choice but the hand new signing Bartosz Bialkowski his debut in goal following an injury to David Preece but Darren Moore and Jon Macken also came back into the side with Andy Gray and Jacob Butterfield dropping to the bench. Barnsley started the game quickly with Anderson and Nathan Doyle combining to put Macken away down the right channel inside the first two minutes. Macken did well to hold off his marker but could not fire a shot on target from a tight angle. Adam Hammill then tested his shooting boots a minute later from 30 yards but his effort flew well wide of Scott Carson's goal. Article continues Advertisement Bialkowski had his first touch of the ball on five minutes after Roman Bednar had squeezed a low shot through a crowded area but the on loan keeper was well down to smother the ball. Anderson then had West Brom chasing shadows on eight minutes as he cut in from the right flank and beat a couple of challenges before drilling a shot past Carson. Macken was inches away from turning the ball in at the back post. It was fast, frantic and Carl Dickinson picked up the first caution on eleven minutes with a hefty challenge on Bednar that left the West Brom striker limping. Bialkowski was given another chance to show what he was made of from Chris Brunt's free kick as he turned the ball away for a corner. Carson was a very lucky man on 13 minutes as he appeared to grab the ball outside the area under pressure from Macken but the officials gave the ex-England keeper the benefit of doubt. They were probably right. Barnsley were in front just two minutes later. Macken did magnificently to break to the byline and cross but it appeared as though the chance had gone after both Hume and Hugo Colace missed the ball in the area. It bounced through to Hammill and the winger showed unnerving coolness to beat Carson with a crisp low finish. Hume's frustrating quest for a goal continued on 19 minutes as he did well to take on Macken's flick and raced past Jonas Ollson but shot straight at Carson from the edge of the area. Hume managed to get a shot away two minutes later after West Brom had struggled to deal with Colace's corner but the striker blasted the ball straight at Shelton Martins. It was all Barnsley and Hammill again had the chance to shoot after the Reds had crowded out West Brom on 27 minutes but his curler from 25 yards was straight at Carson. The closest West Brom came to a goal was on 39 minutes when Robert Koren's cross flicked off Bednar and past Bialkowski but Dickinson was able to smack the ball clear. The game turned again in Barnsley's favour when Hume - who was magnificent in the opening half - tricked his way to the byline and crossed for Macken. Macken's header was goalward but was clawed away by Carson although the referee saw an infringement and pointed to the spot. Hume stepped up and planted his penalty past Carson to cue one of the loudest cheers heard at Oakwell in many seasons. It was almost three on 35 minutes when Macken managed to get onto the end of Ryan Shotton's free kick but the striker put his effort over the bar. West Brom went close on 41 minutes as Ollson managed to get his head to Koren's corner but the ball flashed wide of the post. It was almost three just seconds later as Hammill skipped away down the left before firing in a great low cross that Macken guided goalward only for the ball to strike a defender and bounce a foot wide of the post. The only downside for Barnsley came on 43 minutes when Anderson limped out of the action after a falling awkwardly. The Brazilian was replaced by Julian Gray. Bialkowski had to work in stoppage time when Graham Dorrans let fly but the Pole got his angles spot on to turn the ball over the bar. BARNSLEY: Bialkowski, Shotton, Foster, Moore, Dickinson, Anderson (J. Gray 43), Colace, Doyle, Hammill, Macken, Hume. Subs: Rusling, A. Gray, Kozluk, Bogdanovic, Campbell-Ryce, Butterfield. WEST BROMWICH ALBION: Carson, Zuiverloon, Mattock, Ollson, Martins, Brunt, Dorrans, Molumbu, Koren, Bednar, Wood. Subs: Keily, Cox, Jara, Barnett, Meite, Teixera, Reid. Referee Scott Mathieson (Cheshire) Assistant Referee Peter Bankes (Merseyside) and Mark Brown (East Yorkshire) Fourth Official Wayne Grunnill (East Yorkshire)