Honiton Vs Crediton, rugby action at Allhallows ground. Picture by Alex Walton. Ref mhsp 0477-03-12AW. To order your copy of this photograph, go to www.midweekherald.co.uk and click on myphotos24

Honiton 1st XV stretched their lead at the top of the Devon and Cornwall league to five points with a convincing 29-5 victory over Falmouth in Cornwall, writes Nick Guilbert.

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Although Falmouth lie in the lower half of the division, the game at Allhallows was a tight affair, this combined with the fact that Honiton have not won at Falmouth for some time, gives one some understanding of the gravitas of the result.

With a very strong wind blowing down the field, Honiton elected to play into the wind in the first half and knew that they would need to be resilient.

Guilbert and Lane combined to make a mess of the kick off, and after conceding a penalty the Lacemen found themselves on their own line defending a lineout. Falmouth over threw the lineout allowing the Lacemen to gather possession. In a bid to combat the wind, the back division span the ball out to the left where Canniford made the most of the overlap to make nearly fifty yards. He then cleverly offloaded to Barratt who raced clear to cross under the posts to give his side a 7-0 lead.

For the rest of the half it was backs against the wall for Honiton in the difficult breeze, but they were guilty of giving away penalties, essentially letting the Cornish off the hook.

As half time drew near, Selway tapped a penalty on the half way. Barratt broke through the gain line and crossed for a five pointer.

At half time Honiton began to force Falmouth into errors. A line out gave Channing the chance to dart through and cross from seven yards, Canniford adding the extras. Soon full back and skipper, Rice, jinked through to open the space for a 50 yard dash to score, Canniford converting. Cave (rep) added a penalty before a Falmouth revival. In the last quarter of an hour they scored a try

Next week they face a tough test in the form of Hayle.