The 2nd XI suffered a disappointing defeat away to Westminster Is in the Junior League Cup quarter final. Westminster proved to be a well organised and good passing side, and - particularly with a series of injuries marring the Harrow 11 - outplayed the visitors.

Harrow traveled to the Bacon Community Sports Centre with a squad of 12. During the warm up skipper Taunton-Collins urged his troops to recover the determination and energy that the side had somewhat lost in their last two fixtures (in spite of a 10 match unbeaten streak involving 9 wins).

Although the side was indeed committed throughout the encounter, the injury problems began from the 3rd minute when Charlie Bick picking up a quad strain that would see his contribution severely limited throughout the remainder of the game.

The opening half an hour of the game saw Westminster enjoy the lion's share of possesion, creating a series of chances, though none of them clear-cut, and almost all of them involving long range efforts from outside the Harrow box. Harrow soaked up the pressure well, and to their credit retained good defensive shape. However, Westminster scored soon after - a clever ball in between Sert and Taunton-Collins putting their left winger in on goal. The forward rounded Sert neatly, but looked to have created too narrow an angle for the finish, only to produce an excellent precise shot from the bye-line to his team mates' delight. Westminster continued to dominate possession for the remainder of the half, with Harrow enjoying only one clear cut chance - Giles Clarke heading Taunton-Collins's cross from deep just wide of the far post.

Harrow went into half time with hope of an improved second half showing. Soyinka, who had not started the game due to a thigh problem, came on up front, eager to add to his season's tally of 20 goals . It was also agreed that Harrow's passing would need to improve - the side had won plenty of the ball in the opening period but all too often had given it away with a sloppy pass at the first opportunity.

Sadly, the second half got off to the worst possible start for the visitors. Bick, whose quad had clearly deteriorated during the break, was unable to prevent a Westminster player from sailing past him in a crucial position on the edge of the area. Harrow were left exposed and Westminster then combined well to score their second.

Minutes later and Lalude, who had rolled his ankle in the first half, realised he would be unable to continue. This forced Taunton-Collins to bring Bick back on. Woolley now playing centre half (and doing so ably for the remainder of the encounter), and Bick doing as best he could on the left wing.

Harrow then enjoyed their best spell of the game - beginning to retain the ball a little better, and creating a series of chances. Clarke again on the receiving end of a good cross, this time from Lederman, only for a Westminster defender to poke the ball just out of his reach at the far post. Soyinka then had a chance in the box following incredible Hovey tenancity down the left. The left back sprinted the full pitch to eventually harry a Westminster player out of the ball on their bye-line. The pull back fell to Soyinka, and although the box was by then crowded the striker, given the spectacular standards he has set this season, would have expected to get the shot on target.

With Harrow pushing for a goal Westminster breaks were becomingly increasingly dangerous, and it was from one of these that Westminster scored the all important third goal 15 minutes from time. The fourth, a number of minutes later was harsh on the visitors.

Harrow will be frustrated that they lost, but perhaps even more so that they were unable to put out the same side that has proved so successful for them this season. A season's first poor week of availability (ignoring the opener against Epsom back in September) meant the side played without a number of regulars and never having 11 fully fit players on the pitch. That said, Westminster played very well on the day, and deserved their place in the semi-final.

Harrow now face Alleynians in the league this Saturday in their penultimate outing - a top of the table clash with both promotion (and a slim chance of the division title) at stake.