Close win for Glory

Perth Glory claimed a hard-fought 1-0 pre-season victory over the WA state team.

Perth Glory claimed a hard-fought 1-0 pre-season victory over the WA state team.

Travis Dodd grabbed the only goal of the night, neatly volleying a Scott Jamieson cross in the second minute for his fourth goal of Glory's pre-season campaign.

Adrian Zahra missed a glorious opportunity to dd a second 20 minutes later, his shot from Liam Miller cross going wide of the left post.

At the other end of the field, Perth goalkeeper Danny Vukovic enjoyed a rather quiet night, with the strong defensive partnership of Bas van den Brink and Michael Thwaite affording little space to the state team strikers.

Billy Mehmet, van den Brink and Glory captain Jacob Burns all went close but were unable to add to the A-League club's tally.