Hamilton battled their strategy to 1-0 away success at Morton throughout a hard-fought Championship efficiency.
David Moyo put Accies forward contained in the opening 10 minutes and Andy Winter ought to have made it two quickly after with an effort that cracked the bar.
Dougie Imrie's Morton then hit the bar twice inside a minute as a dramatic first half of close to misses and sitters got here to an in depth.
Mihai Popescu clipped the submit after half-time for Stuart Taylor's Accies facet, who absolutely confirmed their security within the division at Cappielow.
They sit sixth within the division and 4 factors behind Raith Rovers in fifth with two video games to go, forward of dealing with the Kirkcaldy facet subsequent Saturday. Morton are seventh.
Accies made one alteration to the facet that misplaced 1-0 to Arbroath final week, skilled defender Brian Easton in for winger Josh Mullin.
Taylor's facet have been competing for a most of fifth place however with an ambition of pushing in the direction of the highest half, and absolutely eliminating relegation potential, motivation to carry out was excessive.
They have been lucky to be degree when Robbie Muirhead skied over goalkeeper Ryan Fulton's purpose from round 5 yards out on 5 minutes.
Andy Ryan obtained the ball on the reverse finish of the park a minute later, and his shot wasn't handled by Ton goalkeeper Jack Hamilton. Strike associate Moyo was readily available to put a sixth-minute shot into the empty web.
Imrie was left head in palms once more on 10 minutes as his group by some means managed to not draw degree after Fulton misjudged a ball into his field, Gavin Reilly dragging an effort contained in the penalty space huge with no one within the web.
It was a backwards and forwards recreation with obtrusive misses the important thing narrative. Morton's defence was being opened up time and time once more, Winter racing in behind on 22 minutes.
With solely the keeper to beat he cracked the crossbar, and 4 minutes later, he obtained into the very same scenario and rolled a tame effort into Hamilton's arms.
Reilly obtained in once more on 37 minutes after a scramble within the field, denied by Fulton's legs after a scramble within the away penalty space. Someway, they weren't drawing degree.
It appeared as if it wasn't going to be Morton's day. A number of deflections took a Muirhead effort onto the bar on 38 minutes and Gozie Ugwu then clipped the bar a minute later as Hamilton rode their luck.
Cappielow quantity 9 Muirhead then had it within the web however a foul on Brian Easton prompted referee Willie Collum to provide an Accies foul, a lot to the bemusement of the house crowd and Imrie.
The striker's free-kick on 43 minutes was the much less of a half stuffed with clear possibilities, a shot from 25 yards crusing over the bar.
He was a person on a mission and solely a powerful hand from Fulton denied the previous MK Dons frontman scoring a wonderful half-volley two minutes into the second half.
For a way frantic the primary 45 minutes have been, the second providing of them had the dial turned down.
Either side regarded to have spent their total packet of huge possibilities within the first half, Steve Lawson going considerably shut with a long-range Hamilton free-kick on 67 minutes.
Cameron Blues tried his luck on the different finish on 71 minutes earlier than Gary Oliver tried his luck a couple of minutes later, to no avail.
Popescu's effort was the closest of the second half possibilities as proceedings entered the ultimate section. The Hearts loanee glanced a header onto the submit and his follow-up was cleaned up in a pile of our bodies.
Blues nearly caught onto a lob excessive of Hamilton's defence on 89 minutes, however he could not apply a controlling contact as he regarded destined for an enormous likelihood.
Hamilton broke off some good work by Lawson however it will definitely got here to nothing, and the away facet did sufficient to grind out three factors.
Morton XI: Hamilton, McLean, McEntee, Blues, Muirhead, Ugwu, Brandon, Reilly (Oliver, 72), Russell (McGrattan, 82), Wilson, Ledger (King, 82).
Subs: Bysouth, McGregor, Jacobs, Lyon, Hynes, Easdale.
Booked: King, Ugwu, McGrattan.
Hamilton XI: Fulton, Hamilton (76, Mullin), Popescu, Easton, O'Reilly, Lawson, Spence, MacDonald (Shiels, 90), Ryan (Martin, 45, Mimnaugh, 88), Moyo, Winter.
Subs: Hilton, Smith, Brown, McGowan, Nicolson.
Booked: Martin, O'Reilly.
Referee: Willie Collum
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