Jon Bickers also got on the scoresheet twice as Woodbridge ran riot after the break against a Newmarket team who were not at the races once the Woodpeckers went ahead.
Woodbridge had been the better side in the first half but their dominance had not been rewarded, but that all changed within a minute of the restart when Mark Roper's intended ball wide to Lee O'Neill on the right wing was cut out by Ibby Abutarboush, who only knocked it straight into the path of Read.

The Suffolk Under-18 player, seeing keeper Matthew Paynter out of his goal anticipating a back pass from his defender, clipped the ball into the unguarded net from fully 35 yards for a splendid opportunist goal.

Nine minutes later it was two when Read sprayed the ball wide to Paul Berry on the left and arrived in the box unmarked to flick home a low cross with the outside of his right foot past the exposed Matthew Paynter.

Read spurned a glorious opportunity to record a hat-trick when he pulled his shot wide from the penalty spot after O'Neill had been felled in the box by Lee Dixon in the 64th minute.
Woodbridge were by now in complete control and it came as no surprise when they added a third seven minutes later. Berry, who was revelling in the space he was being given on the left wing, made a surging run at the heart of the home defence, and when the ball run loose Bickers slid it into the bottom corner.

Bickers, who had missed the best chance of the first half when he lobbed wide of the post with just Matthew Paynter to beat after springing the offisde trap, went close twice more before adding his second.

Substitute Ben Garnham played the ball wide to Berry and his measured cross picked out Bickers arriving at the far post to tap home with five minutes remaining.

Nash, who had previously played Ridgeons League football for Leiston but signed for Woodbridge on Friday, had already demonstrated his class at the heart of the defence before moving forward into midfield in the closing stages and twice picking out Read with pinpoint passes, the first of which he struck against the underside of the bar and the second he tried to dribble around the keeper and a covering defender and the opportunity was wasted.

Bickers then contrived to head wide of a gaping goal from Read's cross as he, too, failed to take advantage of the chance of completing a hat-trick.

Newmarket, who by now were looking a well-beaten side, did score a consolation goal in the dying seconds when Owen Paynter got clear of the defence to shoot beyond Marcus Garnham.

If Woodbridge had taken the chances they created in the first half they would already have been a couple of goals to the good before they turned around.
A patient build-up down the left involving Paul Hart, Grant Monaghan and Berry ended with Tony Boto's loopping header being tipped over for a corner by Matthew Paynter after just five minutes.

Berry had seen two shots just off target either side of Bickers' bad miss, and Matthew Paynter had also been forced to tip Berry's viciously inswinging corner over his own crossbar.
Newmarket's only real response came via tricky left winger Stephen Bell, who full-back Aaron Churchyard kept quiet for most of the game, except for two dangerous shots that had Marcus Garnham scampering across his goal and a Ben Mhishi cross that caused some consternation before the keeper and Churchyard combined to clear.

Woodbridge: Marcus Garnham, Aaron Churchyard, Mark Roper, Gerard Nash, Grant Monaghan; Lee O'Neill (sub Arran Sheppard 72 mins), Paul Hart (sub Stefan Marsh 80 mins), Luke Read, Paul Berry, Tony Boto (sub Ben Garnham 63 mins), Jon Bickers.