By Andrew Finch

Following the controversial half-time abandonment of this fixture eight weeks ago with the game evenly poised at 2-2, the re-run was nowhere near as close, although Wester Young did make a crucial first-half save with the score at 1-0.

Ollie Robinson's thumping header gave the Moles an early lead, and strikes either side of half-time from Ubong Utomong on his full debut put them well in control.

17 year old Jamie Linegar further enhanced his growing reputation by scoring for the fourth consecutive game with a late header, and James McShane's first goal of 2014 put the gloss on an impressive victory.

There was a pleasing fluidity to the Moles' formation, which varied from 4-2-2-2 to 4-2-3-1, and centred around the speed, close control, workrate and skill of McShane, Linegar and Chan Quan, and the discipline of the deeper-lying Craig Lewington and Tom Windsor.

Having waited three and a half months for a win, Molesey victories are now like the proverbial bus, so it was somewhat ironic that this win owed much to a debutant who is built like one.

Utomong was instrumental in Molesey's early opener, chasing and harrying defenders into mistakes firstly by the halfway line and then by the byline to win his side a corner.

Lewington flung the set piece into the box and Robinson powered home a header from 8 yards with only three minutes on the clock.

Molesey continued to press, with Linegar and Quan having opportunities to increase their lead, although the Trams looked dangerous going forward, with Cox lobbing high and wide from a promising position.

Ross Chalke impressed in an unfamiliar right back position, but was caught in possession midway through the half which allowed Cox another run at goal, but Young was equal to his effort, making a decent reaction save to preserve the lead.

Lewington's quick thinking was behind Molesey's second, as his quick free-kick from deep was taken on the chest by Linegar, and with Francis Ameyaw and a defender blocking his path to goal, the ball fell invitingly to Utomong to roll into an empty net.

The Moles were slow to get going in the second half but were never seriously tested by the visitors. The victory was secure when a move involving Linegar and McShane resulted in another fortunate break for Utomong, and he shot calmly into the far corner to make it three.

The small pockets of space that McShane had been finding all evening developed into great vacuums of room as the game wore on and the visitors begun to tire, and in picking the ball up from deep and aiming for the smallest player on the pitch in Linegar, avoiding a backpeddling centre half and onrushing keeper, he had virtually no room for error.

As is usually the case, his radar was spot on, and Linegar bravely nipped in between opponents to glance a header into the net to make it four.

Chan very nearly got the goal his performance deserved but he was denied by Ameyaw, before McShane's effort from a corner appeared to be kept out by the glove of the keeper, only for the ball to bounce favourably and spin back into the net to round off the scoring.