League Cup Match

Bude  2     Launceston 2

On quite a hot day both teams played at a high tempo and home side took the lead midway through the half when a Steve Box cross from the left saw midfielder Chris Ward get beyond the Lanson defence and volley in.  Launceston reacted well and were soon level, a good move down the right ended with the ball chipped back to Andrew House who buried his header from 10 yards out.  The visitors took the lead just before half time when awarded a free kick just outside the Bude box, wing back Paul Banks bent his shot around the wall off the near post and in.  Happy that the interval soon came Bude came out in the second half with much more purpose and started to cause more problems for the Lanson side than they did for the latter part of the first.  Bude equalised with 20 mins remaining when Budes' Ward struck a quickly taken free kick at goal just outside the visitors box, the keeper scrambled across but couldn't keep the effort out.   Bude had chances to win the game in the final 10 mins with Billy Hopcroft hitting the cross bar with a volley  from a corner, but Lanson were resolute in their defending to earn themselves a deserved point.