Cradley started the match lively with some good passing and movement and had a couple of early chances denied.

Droitwich attacked well but their efforts were closed down and well dealt with by Piers Kirk-Patrick Jones whose defending throughout was superb.

Following some good efforts on goal and battling work in midfield, Ben Finch was awarded a corner and from delivering a pin point ball in Thomas Fairclough powered a cracking header into the back of the net.

Cradley were unlucky not to increase the scoreline further by half time with further efforts from Thomas Fairclough and Ben Finch.

The second half saw Droitwich press for a goal with some powerful long range shots which were saved well by Kurt Poppleton. Cradley also maintained their good play with some close chances coming from corners and some good work up front by Thomas Fairclough. However the scoreline remained Cradley 1- Droitwich 0.