Wanderers progress in North Mids Vase

The match was due to be played away from home but water-logged pitches at Dixonians meant it was switched to Sixways.

And Wanderers made the most of home advantage despite going behind to an early penalty from centre Dicken Best.

Worcester stepped up a gear and, after 12 minutes, stand-off Gareth Hughes' quick penalty started the move which led to the first try.

Centres Joph Young and Sam Jones combined before presenting the ball to number eight John Friend, who made five metres before slipping the ball to full-back Jim Callow for winger Chris Jenkinson to go over in the corner. Young's conversion slipped just wide of the upright.

Within five minutes, Hughes' class showed with an exquisite chip past the Dixonians defender, deftly caught and passed to Young, who jinked past an opponent before off-loading the ball in the tackle to wing Christ Fawcett.

He took the ball into a maul, from where scrum-half Lee Watson supplied Hughes and his delayed pass drew the defender and allowed Callow to score in the corner.

The third try came from a five-metre scrum after Watson spotted that Dixonians were stretched.

His accurate pass to Hughes allowed him to capitalize on the gap and pass to Jones to score under the posts. Young made no mistake with the conversion.

Wanderers had their first lapse of concentration from the re-start when Dixonians caught them flat-footed and centre Webb ran in an unconverted try from the Wanderers' '22'.

Shortly afterwards, their French scrum-half sprinted to the Wanderers goal-line and only a brave tackle from the defender prevented another try.

Wanderers put another unconverted try on the board after five minutes of the second-half when Fawcett managed to force his way over in the corner.

And Worcester's final try of the match came following pressure on the left wing. Prop Dave White got the score despite the attention of two defenders.

Wanderers resume their league duties with a trip to Old Hales on Saturday.