Royal Wootton Bassett Town booked their place in the second round of the Wiltshire Senior Cup with an emphatic 4-1 victory against Cricklade Town.

Royal Wootton Bassett Town's superiority may have taken a while to become evident, but it eventually arrived as a three goal second half helped them to a 4-1 victory against Cricklade Town in the opening round of this year's Wiltshire Senior Cup.

The Wiltshire League Premier Division high-flyers would have been sensing the potential to cause an upset when they took their hosts into the break with the game tied at 1-1.

However, Bassett struck early in the second half through Adam Corcoran, with further goals from Gio Wrona and Aaron Maximen making it a routine victory in the end.

Rich Hunter's team got the fantastic start they craved when Sam Collier fired them in front after just eight minutes, shooting in off the post from ten yards after Harvey Scholes set the ball back to him.

However, Cricklade - boasting a number of players arguably good enough to be playing at Hellenic League level - equalised with the interval looming as Dan Lawrence was unable to keep out Devon Bryan's curling strike from the edgeof the area.

Bassett quickly regained the advantage after the restart though as Gio Wrona swung in a low corner, which was deflected into the path of defender Adam Corcoran, who poked home from close range.

Wrona extended the lead shortly after the hour, finishing off a fine move with a composed finish from Scholes' square pass.

The tie was then firmly put to bed when substitute Aaron Maximen delivered the fourth with eight minutes remaining. Beating the offside trap, he raced onto a free kick from the deep, rode one tackle and calmly tucked away into the nearside bottom corner.

Credit: Stuart Smedley
Last modified on Thursday 19th October 2017 at 11:16