well done SWFC-a very fair report of the game

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An unfamiliar Owls side reduced to ten men went down to local rivals Barnsley in a tense clash at Oakwell on Tuesday night.</p>

Iain Hume's first half goal and a penalty from Jamal Campbell-Ryce after the interval put the hosts in the driving seat but Leon Clarke's spot-kick made for a nervy ending. Barnsley held on, though, to run out winners against a Wednesday side forced into five changes from the side that beat Sheffield United at Hillsborough on Sunday.</p>

Tony McMahon was the fall guy for the visitors, dismissed 12 minutes before half time for a lunging challenge on Rob Kozluk punished by a straight red card.</p>

It was all-change for the Owls just two days after the Steel City derby. New loan recruit Lewis Buxton came into central defence, while Peter Gilbert started on the left side of midfield. Wade Small took the right wing berth, Jimmy Smith made his second league start in the engine room and Francis Jeffers kicked off a game for the first time since January.</p>

Richard Wood, James O'Connor and Jermaine Johnson stepped out of the 16, leaving Deon Burton and Steve Watson from the weekend team to drop to the bench. Tommy Spurr took captain duties in the absence of Wood.</p>

The new-look Owls got off to the worst possible start with a concession inside four minutes. From the first serious attack of the contest, Jon Macken's shot from the left was deflected into the path of Hume and the one-time Wednesday target buried a rasping drive past Lee Grant from 12 yards.</p>

Martin Delaney fired a long ranger wide asBarnsley showed more guile in the final third, with Wednesday struggling to pierce the hosts' backline. Campbell-Ryce tried his luck from the right side of the penalty area but the winger's shot failed to trouble Grant.</p>

Buxton's last-ditch intervention halted Macken in his tracks as the Tykes stamped real authority on the game, particularly in midfield, where Wednesday were outrun. Buxton and Macken tangled again minutes later and the Owls fans behind Grant's goal were relieved to see their man produce a perfectly timed tackle.</p>

The 4,500+ following from Sheffield had to wait 25 minutes to see their side muster an effort on goal as Marcus Tudgay's tame header was comfortably caught by Heinz Muller.</p>

Barnsley responded at the other end with Hume's strike ruled out for offside following good work by Macken, who span two defenders but released his sidekick a fraction too late. </p>

Delaney found himself bearing down on goal and Grant came to the Owls' rescue with a smart diving save as the one-way traffic continued. Hume was then presented with the perfect chance to double the advantage but planted a clear header wide from Campbell-Ryce's teasing cross.</p>

Things went from bad to worse for Wednesday 12 minutes before half time when McMahon saw red. The on-loan defender launched into a challenge on Kozluk that was deemed as dangerous play by referee Phil Crossley, who dismissed McMahon after consulting with his assistant.</p>

Boosted by their numerical advantage, the Tykes turned the screw and only another impressive save by Grant - this time from Hugo Colace - prevented Wednesday facing an almost impossible task after the break.</p>

The Owls introduced Watson for the second period, with Jeffers making way for the veteran midfielder. And SWFC certainly looked more effective as a unit with the club captain on the pitch; Watson proving an influence as Wednesday won two early corners after the resumption.</p>

But Barnsley were in no mood to release their grip on the game, as was evidenced by a blistering Campbell-Ryce drive gratefully smothered by Grant.</p>

And the Tykes duly extended their lead on the hour following their next attack. Mark Beevers was adjudged to have dragged Macken to the floor from Hume's inswinging corner and Campbell-Ryce stepped up to send Grant the wrong way from the spot.</p>

But just as the Owls looked dead and buried, they were handed a lifeline midway through the half. Substitute Clarke, on for Small, was pulled back in the area by Dennis Souza and Clarke himself slammed the spot-kick past Muller to halve the arrears.</p>

Smith fired a shot on the turn into Muller's midriff as the pendulum began to swing in the favour of the revitalised Owls, before Buxton volleyed wide with 15 minutes left on the clock.</p>

Burton also saw a volley flash wide after Clarke's clever feed and Watson almost got on the end of Buxton's long ball but Wednesday just fell short of what would have proved the most unlikely of derby comebacks.</p>

Barnsley: Muller, Foster, Moore, Souza, Kozluk, Campbell-Ryce, Colace, de Silva, Devaney, Hume (Rigters 90), Macken (Odejayi 82)</p>

Unused substitutes: Steele, Hassell, Leon</p>

Owls: Grant, McMahon, Buxton, Beevers, Spurr, Small (Clarke 65), McAllister, Smith, Gilbert, Tudgay (Burton 37), Jeffers (Watson 46)</p>

Unused substitutes: Boden, Esajas</p>

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