The Pitmen came out on top in a clash between the division’s two in-form teams.
Despite the result it was the visitors Morecambe who started the game strongly with Elliot Newby firing over the crossbar as early as the first minute.
Morecambe continued to threaten for the opening ten minutes until Hednesford’s Aaron Jarvis and Jamie Cooke combined to create space for Dylan Mottley-Henry who produced a superb strike to give the Pitmen a 13th minute lead.
Two minutes later Mottley-Henry went on a direct run down the right-hand side, before pulling the trigger to double the home side’s advantage.
Hednesford keeper Will Murdock made a great save from Isaac Buckley-Ricketts’ header. Mottley-Henry saw a headed effort cleared off the line after Lenni Cirino crossed the ball to the far post.
A mix-up in the Morecambe defence allowed Cooke in on goal to make it 3-0 in the 37th minute. Morecambe pulled a goal back before the break when Ruben Curley went on a strong run down the left and produced a finish past Murdock.
The Pitmen had an early shout for a penalty denied in the second half when Cooke went down under a challenge in the area.
However, it would be Cooke claiming his second a minute later, finding the net after beating his defender.
Morecambe hit back in the 57th minute when Paul Lewis got on the end of Matty Daly’s through ball.
The Pitmen were forced to defend a series of corners from the visitors before Cooke slipped through the Shrimps’ defence to bag his hat trick.
Pitmen substitute Dave Abimbola found the net with a sharp strike, only to be denied by the linesman’s flag.
Jamie Morgan added to Morecambe’s woes when he got on the end of a corner and headed the ball emphatically past Myles Boney in the visitors’ goal to make it six for the Pitmen in the 79th minute.
Liam Hogan headed against the crossbar as the visitors tried to reduce the deficit. The Pitmen held strong in the closing stages to claim a statement victory at Keys Park.
After the game Hednesford Town manager Kelvin Davis said; “I don’t think we started very well, but we found our rhythm after ten minutes.
“It was a complete performance, and we reacted well when we conceded the two goals. We kept pushing and I believe we are a better team when we are on the front foot.
“The quality of our goals and the play in the final third was really high level. We will enjoy the wins when they come, but we will not get carried away and keep working hard.”
Hednesford Town; Murdock, Morgan, Williams, Cooke, Jarvis (Abimbola 57), Mottley-Henry (Maher 75), Kinsella, Cirino, Curran-Nicholls (Sharples 85), Ward, Merry (Taylor 63). Subs not used Hornby, Langston, Hayden.
Morecambe; Boney, Coxe (Davis 77), Hogan, Baines, Daly, Newby (Neill 53), Buckley-Ricketts (Collis 69), Lewis (Blois 77), O’Kane, Cain (Dobson 89), Curley. Subs not used; Garner, Tonge.
Attendance: 2,447
