A MALVERN Town team, showing a number of changes from the side that hammered seven goals past Dudley Town on Saturday, moved into the second round of the Worcester Royal Infirmary Cup with this comfortable victory against a young Bromsgrove side at the Langland Stadium on Tuesday evening.

MALVERN TOWN 3, BROMSGROVE ROVERS RESERVES 0

Malvern made most of the early running and Dean Roberts had the ball in the net after 15 minutes, but his effort was disallowed for offside.

But Town were in front just five minutes later, when Lee Hooper squared the ball to leading scorer Scott Morris, who made no mistake from just five yards out, to register his 18th strike of the season.

The second period saw Town go up another gear and immediately after the restart Garry Smith burst into the box and fired a left foot drive inside the far post to put his side in a commanding position.

After Smith's strike both Roberts and Hooper were both denied by the Rovers 'keeper in one-on-one situations and Hooper fired over in the 69th minute.

But a third goal inevitably arrived for Town and it was Rik Halion who secured Malvern's passage into round two with a drive from the edge of the area in the 76th minute.

Town boss Neil Hunt said: "Luke Willetts, Pete Roberts and Andy Chalmers all had slight knocks so we decided not to risk them, plus Adam Baldwin was suspended, so it was a chance to give Garry Smith starts and youth team player Jay Thomas starts, as well as involving the likes of young Joe Leighton, so overall it was a worthwhile exercise and keeps us involved in four cup competitions, which is a good thing considering the size of the squad we have here."

"We certainly have a selection problem for Saturday's trip to Bromyard as with the exception of Des Cox and the suspended Adam Baldwin, we expect all our injured players to be fit, but all of those that have been involved in the last two games will rightly expect to start, but I suppose this is the best sort of problem to have."