Falmouth Town made their higher league status count in this one-sided Cornwall Senior Cup game at Bickland Park on Tuesday night, with goals in each half from Luke Barner and Oscar Massey.

Manager John Fabby shuffled his pack by naming Andy Elcock in place of Jack Webber and playing both Jack Symons and Ollie Evans, and leaving Liam Prynn on the bench.

Bradley Leivers also started for the first time since sustaining his rib injury, in place of Malachy Davy.

Despite the changes, it was still a strong line-up against their opponents from the South West Peninsula League, where Falmouth’s reserves side currently compete, and it was evident that Fabby had sent his side out determined not to underestimate the visitors.

It was a high-tempo start from Falmouth and Wadebridge were struggling to get a touch of the ball, but they settled into their defensive shape straightaway in a plan to frustrate Falmouth and possibly nick a goal on the break, with Wadebridge’s Leo Orford looking lively as he tried to press the Falmouth defence into making a mistake.

It turned into passing practice for Falmouth throughout the half, but Wadebridge were proving difficult to break down, and they looked very organised defensively.

After dominating possession, Falmouth made the breakthrough in the 23rd minute.

Jack Symons hits a well-weighted ball from deep at the penalty spot, and Luke Barner nipped in front of his defender to toe-end the ball into the net past Wadebridge keeper Ollie Sidey.

The half ended at 1-0 to Falmouth and the second half followed the same pattern with Falmouth on top.

Their next big chance came 9 minutes in.

A fine passage of play started with the ball being switched from the left flank to the right, finding Sam Cook.

Cook then picked out Barner, who pulled the ball back to Ollie Evans, who hit the bar with a powerful effort, but the ball rebounded to safety.

Wadebridge soon introduced fresh legs and had their best period of the game, and with the score remaining at 1-0, one defensive error could have led to the lottery of penalties!

However, Wadebridge carried little threat, and Falmouth managed to put the game out of their reach in the 28th minute with a goal from top-scorer Oscar Massey.

A through ball from Evans found Barner, who crossed for Massey, who took a touch and fired a trademark powerful shot past Sidey and inside the far post.

Massey then had the best chance of the game, having been played through with only the keeper to beat; his left-foot shot hit the side netting and the game remained at 2-0.

Falmouth are now through to the next round of the Cornwall Senior Cup and await the draw, with most of the major Cornish teams still in the competition.

Falmouth Town: Morgan Jones, Max Cook, Bradley Leivers, Tom Annear, Harrison Jewell, Jack Symons, Ollie Evans, Andy Elcock, Luke Barner, Jared Sims, Oscar Massey.

Subs: Jack Webber, Luke Brabyn, Liam Prynn, Aaron Ibbotson, Malachy Davy.

Wadebridge Town: Ollie Sidey, Ed Bowers, Jack Clarke, Brad Rowe, James Baker, Sonny Cooper, Tom McClaughlan, Sam Wickens, Leo Orford, Jacob Rowe, Louis Taylor.

Subs: Callum Bose, Kieran Rowe, Joe Munday, Dan O-Hara, Ollie Allen.