In the 10th minute Malvern were awarded a penalty after Dan Herbert was brought down in the box.

Bryan Craven stepped up but tamely hit it to the right of Steve Booth, the Casuals keeper, who pushed it away.

Two minutes later Dan Bracewell broke down the left and shot just over the bar.

In the 14th minute Casuals again ran from the left and chipped Neil Hackling. The shot hit the crossbar and bounced out.

In the 19th minute Reece King played the ball to Matthew Turner who crossed it to Herbert and his glancing header went wide of the back post. A minute later the ball was again crossed to Herbert for another glancing header to go wide.

Malvern took the lead in the 24th minute. Lee Hooper took a free kick just outside the area into the box Booth dropped the ball and Craven nipped in quickly to fire the ball home.

In the 28th minute the ball was played to Sam Rathbone who ran into the box and crossed the ball to Herbert but he managed to fire over the bar from 10 yards out.

In the 40th minute Casuals scored an unlikely equaliser. Steve Douglas went up the left and sent in a cross which beat Hacking at the near post.

A minute later Rathbone ran to the byline and sent in a cross along the goal-line but no-one could get on the end of it.

In the 60th minute Ben Hayes ran down the right and sent in a wonderful cross but none reached it.

In the 70th minute the ball broke out to Andre Brown who ran into the box but Hacking came out and blocked the shot.

Three minutes later Rathbone played the ball to Craven who knocked it onto Hooper who screwed the ball and it went wide.

In the 85th minute Hayes sent in another lovely cross and he fell to Hooper to tap the ball in, but it wasn’t hit hard enough and the keeper saved the ball off the line.