The game kicked off promptly at 10.30am, Hithercroft playing from right to left as viewed from the clubhouse. After 3 minutes of play Dewayne Dublin won the ball and crossed it infield to Paul Morgan who hit a shot just over the Wycombe Marsh crossbar. In the 16th minute the referee booked Paul for pushing an opponent in the back and the resultant 40-yard free kick went safely to the Hithercroft keeper’s arms. Five minutes later Hithercroft took the lead when captain Baz David received the ball in the middle of the field, evaded a defender and found the left-hand corner of the net. In the 25th minute Marsh broke down the middle and Anthony Honeybourne went past David Blackman but hit his shot just over the crossbar. From a throw-in 18 yards from the Hithercroft goal-line the ball went to captain Steve Oxlade but his header just cleared the Hithercroft crossbar. Then Paul Morgan hit a powerful shot from about 45 yards that was just a fraction too high. On the 35th minute mark Marsh took a throw-in level with the 18-yard box and Steve Oxlade headed the ball into the Hithercroft net to put his team back on level terms. Two minutes later Hithercroft came close to retaking the lead when Tyrone Francis got his head to the ball as it came across from a corner-kick but, as the ball headed for the top right-hand corner, the keeper pushed the ball wide. In the 41st minute Hithercroft’s Frank Smith slipped the ball through a defender’s legs to Baz who took it to the right and then back-heeled it across goal and into the far side of the net to put his side 2-1 up.

No changes were made by either side at the half-time interval and the game resumed at 11.21am. Four minutes into the half Tyrone chipped the ball into the Marsh 18-yard box, the keeper stumbled as he came forward and Frank Smith ran round him to collect it and put it into the net for Hithercroft’s 3rd goal. Three minutes later Baz collected the ball on the right and crossed it into the middle for Tyrone to shoot but Wycombe Marsh’s Steve Oxlade, attempting to push it wide, sent the ball into his own net giving Hithercroft a 4-1 lead. On the 60-minute mark the visitors sent on their final two subs, Hithercroft continuing with their starting eleven. Three minutes later Baz sent the ball into the middle from the right-hand side but Dewayne Dublin hit an 18-yard shot over the crossbar. Dewayne came off four minutes later to be replaced by Jamaine Warner. Hithercroft played the ball down the centre of the pitch and two Marsh defenders got in each others way allowing the ball to run loose. Tyrone ran into the 18-yard box but hit a shot that went across the goal-mouth and rebounded out from the far post. In the 69th minute the home team increased their lead when Frank crossed the ball inside to Tyrone, he pushed it on to Paul and Paul’s on-target shot then took a deflection from a defender but spun just inside the left-hand post. Two minutes later Frank entered the 18-yard box, only to be brought down from behind and the referee awarded a penalty kick to Hithercroft which Tyrone converted. On the 74th minute mark Ashley Anderson sent the ball downfield to Frank on the left and he crossed it to Jamaine on the right. Jamaine chipped the ball into the 6-yard box but Tyrone’s header was just a fraction too high, the ball dropping onto the top of the net. Four minutes later Ashley crossed the ball to Frank on the right but his subsequent shot went just outside the near post. With just one minute remaining Hithercroft’s persistence paid off when Paul took the ball downfield, slipped it through to Baz who then fired it into the middle of the net to give his side a 7-1 victory.