WASTEFUL Corsham Town bowed out of the Wiltshire Senior Cup at the quarter finals stage after a disappointing defeat at the Southbank tonight.

The Toolstation League Premier Division strugglers were dumped out of the competition by Wessex League Bemerton Heath Harlequins, after failing to make the most of their numerous chances.

Extra-time goals from Graham Mankin and Harlequins' reserve goalkeeper Stuart Parsons proved decisive for the visitors booked a last-four place.

But Corsham will be wondering how they failed to progress after creating enough opportunities to have gone through comfortably.

The hosts dominated the opening 20 minutes, with Simon Gray causing frequent problems down the right flank.

Gray himself should have opened the scoring when he rounded keeper Grant Porter, only for Dan Metcalf to clear off the line.

Another Gray cross caused more flutters in the Bemerton defence and Porter had to beat out Matt Jekins' follow-up drive.

Ben Moore then clipped the bar with a rising drive, but Corsham escaped themselves when keeper Liam Bell got nowhere near a Steven Hughes' cross and Dean Ranger cleared Jack Slade's header acrobatically off his own line, despite protests that it had crossed.

At the other end Porter clawed away a curling Moore effort, but Bemerton seized the lead in the dying seconds of the first half when Jack Eaves rose above a statuesque defence to head home.

The hosts were level within two minutes of the restart when Gray escaped along the byline and, when his cross was headed into the air, the defence stood still and Lee Fernandez headed home.

Corsham could have won it in normal time, Jenkins and Gray failing to connect with an Adam Heat cross, then Jenkins heading wide from Dan Harvey's cross.

Liam Fullam fired over early in the extra 30 minutes, but Heath regained their lead as Craig Gingell failed to deal with a cross in his own box and Mankin volleyed home.

Chasing the game, Corsham were caught again seven minutes from time as Parsons took advantage of a defensive slip on halfway, rounded Bell and slammed home the third.

Straight from the kick-off, Town were gifted a way back into the game as Metcalf inexplicably arrowed a spectacular volley past his own keeper.

But despite pouring players forward, Corsham were unable to find the leveller to take it to penalties.

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