A sparkling hat-trick from Paul Ritchie earned Inverness their first win in five
games, 3-1 at home to St Mirren.
St Mirren started brightly and opened the scoring after 13 minutes through
Paul McHale`s low drive.
However, the home side hit back emphatically and after 25 minutes Ritchie equalised
when he headed home Barry Robson's cross.
After four minutes of the second half, Caley took the lead when Ritchie
converted another pinpoint Robson delivery from close range.
Six minutes later, Ritchie completed his hat-trick after good work from
impressive Stuart Golabek.
Queen of the South dented Falkirk's promotion bid with a fully-deserved 2-1 home
victory.
The
woodwork twice denied Falkirk the lead before the visitors did break the deadlock after 57 minutes when Lee Miller's
superb free-kick rifled into the top corner of the net.
Queens responded superbly and shortly afterwards, Steve Bowey was brought down
in the area and John O'Neil blasted the resulting penalty past goalkeeper Alan
Ferguson.
With two minutes remaining, a shock win was earned when Peter Weatherson swept
the ball into the bottom left-corner of the goal from close range.
A Stewart Kean double in the dying minutes of the game gave Ayr a shock 2-1 win
over Arbroath.
The Lichties had been the better side for most of the game and took a deserved
lead after 43 minutes when Eddie Forrest scored his first goal for the club with
an excellent strike.
Ayr improved in the second period and punished the home side when
Kean equalised after 89 minutes before smashing home the winner in injury time.
Paddy Connolly was St Johnstone's matchwinner as the visitors snatched a fine
2-1 win at Alloa.
Defender Darren Dods gave St Johnstone a 25th-minute lead after heading home
from Paul Hartley's excellent free kick, but three minutes later the Wasps
restored parity thanks to Ryan Sloan well-directed header.
St Johnstone dominated the early exchanges in the second half and were
rewarded after 66 minutes when goalkeeper Derek Soutar failed to hold Hartley's
free-kick, and Connollly pounced from close range.
Stephen Convery's 35th-minute header extended Clyde's unbeaten league run to
eight games after they carved out a 1-0 win at home to Ross.
A poor first half was kickstarted into life after 30 minutes when Paul Shields
brought out two superb saves from Tony Bullock before Convery grabbed the winner with an agile header from close range.
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