Five-star Draper puts TNS in seventh heaven
Greg Draper's five-goal blast took The New Saints into the quarter-finals of the Word Cup after brushing aside Holywell Town 7-1 at Park Hall.
The cup holders found themselves trailing to their Cymru Alliance visitors in the 19th minute.
Ryan Davidson pounced on a defensive slip to cross for Graeme Williams to fire home from just inside the box.
But they stormed back, with Draper opening his one-man show five minutes later from a Chris Marriott cross, before Alex Darlington made it 2-1 with a well-taken finish on 35 minutes.
Draper then notched his second right on half-time when neatly slotting past goalkeeper Mike Platt.
The New Zealand striker then completed his hat-trick with a terrific volley into the top corner in the 66th minute, before notching his fourth with a deflected low strike three minutes later.
His fifth goal, and TNS' sixth, arrived on 79 minutes from close range. Marriott hit the post, before sub Scott Quigley's powerful strike sealed a comfortable win for the Welsh Premier League leaders.
