Plymouth and West Devon division three

Staddiscombe Colts 0

Tavistock Hire 1

ON a bobbly football pitch and playing against the wind the first half was an even affair with the only real chance falling to Tavistock Hire's Will Pike.

Hire had the incentive that a win would put them back to the top and dominated the second half and opened the scoring when new signing Ryan Smale squeezed the ball home from 18 yards.

Dave Wilkinson had three clear cut chances to wrap it up but could not find the net.

Hire nearly threw it away when Staddiscombe broke with five minutes left; the ball was crossed in and their striker headed over from six yards.