JAYDEN Stockley and Harry Cornick both bagged hat-tricks as Cherries’ development side steamrollered through the stubborn challenge of their Cambridge United counterparts.

Stephen Purches’s charges triumphed 8-3 on the 3G surface at Canford Arena despite a couple of defensive aberrations amid torrential downpours.

First-team midfielder Shaun MacDonald grabbed a useful 90 minutes, Sam Matthews played following recent injury while Stockley took to the field after his loan at Cambridge came to a premature end last month.

Stockley spurned a presentable chance after five minutes by rifling over the bar when well placed but Cherries led 60 seconds later  as MacDonald threaded through Cornick to calmly roll home.

Cherries continued to swarm their opponents with Matthews wasting a good opening before Cornick skewed over the crossbar when one-on-one with United keeper Josh Banthorpe.

The hosts briefly paid for their profligacy when Bobby-Joe Taylor’s inswinging free kick deceived everybody and bounced inside the far post with 20 minutes on the clock.

But Cherries soon stamped their authority on proceedings with two goals in two minutes arriving in very different circumstances.

The first was an incisive move which saw Cornick and Stockley combine to tee up Josh Wakefield's effort before Cornick latched on to Banthorpe’s mishap to tuck into the unguarded net on the half hour.

A simple ball down the side found James Akintunde to reduce the arrears for Cambridge on 35 minutes but Cherries kept pressing and could have extended their lead further through Cornick and Stockley before the break.

Stockley saw two more chances go begging within five minutes of the restart before scoring a goal of real quality, taking in his stride a well-weighted pass from Matthews and lofting a deft effort over the advancing Banthorpe.

Cherries were now in complete control and Stockley bagged his second on 57 minutes, thumping home Callum Buckley’s swinging centre to net his side’s fifth.

United's Liam Hurst took full advantage of the confusion surrounding a free kick on the half-way line to send a quickly-taken lob sailing into the net from some 50 yards but Cherries maintained their dominance and added deserved gloss to the scoreline during the final 15 minutes.

A short corner was played to full-back Jon Muleba with substitute Aly Coulibaly flicking home a header for number six.

Stockley then sealed his treble by steering home a header from Cornick’s centre with 13 minutes to play and Cornick completed his hat-trick by calmly tucking away Wakefield’s precision pass during the dying embers.

Cherries: Holmes, Muleba, Buckley, McCarthy, Kaye, Wakefield, Cornick, MacDonald, Stockley (Quigley, 82), Whitfield (A Coulibaly, 67), Matthews (Butcher, 85). Unused sub: Lee.