WES Thomas broke his Seward Stadium goal duck as Cherries finally put an end to their miserable run of home league results.
Thomas grabbed his seventh goal of the season – and his first in front of the home supporters – as Lee Bradbury’s men saw off sorry Scunthorpe.
The striker, on loan from Crawley, profited following a defensive mix up to double Cherries’ lead in the 73rd minute.
His goal added to Scott Malone’s 20th-minute opener, the Wolves loan man scoring with a clinical low drive to register his second goal in as many games.
Victory earned Cherries their second home win of the season and ended a six-match winless league run at the Seward Stadium.
Thomas almost scored inside the first minute when his glancing header drifted wide following a Marc Pugh cross.
Cherries goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan saved from Bobby Grant after the Scunny striker’s shot had taken a deflection off Adam Barrett.
Barrett’s clearing header denied Chris Dagnall a scent of goal before the frontman poked wide following a cross from Grant.
Paul Reid’s timely tackle stopped Thomas in his tracks as the striker looked to go clear before Flahavan gathered a low drive from Grant.
Cherries took the lead in the 20th minute when Malone despatched a left-foot drive into the bottom corner following a surging run from the halfway line.
The Wolves loan star, who netted his first goal for the club in the 3-1 win at Preston, gave Iron goalkeeper Sam Slocombe no chance, doubling his tally with a fine strike.
Dagnall went close to firing the Iron back on level terms when his angled drive crept past the upright before a first half of few chances drew to a close.
Wayward shots from Garry Thompson and Oli Norwood both found the King’s Park lorry park before an unmarked Mark Duffy failed to make good contact with a cross at the far post.
As the visitors went in search of an equaliser, a swift counter-attack ended with Michael O’Connor finding the side netting.
Cherries doubled their lead when Thomas seized on a defensive mix up and fired an unstoppable left-foot shot into the roof of the net after 73 minutes.
Cherries: Flahavan, Peters, Cook, Barrett, Cummings, Pugh, Arter, Purches (Molesley, 90), Malone, Fogden (Sheringham, 86), Thomas (Symes, 86).
Unused subs: Zubar, Jalal (g/k).
Iron: Slocombe, Togwell, Reid (Nelson, 58), S Duffy, Nolan, Thompson (Ajose, 58), O’Connor, Norwood, M Duffy, Grant, Dagnall. Unused subs: Wright, Byrne, Canavan.
Booked: O’Connor.
Referee: Graham Scott (Bedfordshire).
Attendance: 5,478 (including 227 away supporters).
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