A large number of supporters for both teams travelled from Norton to Corston, for the Bath Combination Vase Quarter-Final between Stothert and Pitt and Midsomer Norton.
Having lost the toss, Norton started the game playing down the slope and scored almost immediately from the kick-off. The home side struggled to collect the kick-off and following a strong run, Joe Button crossed the line for the game's first try. Norton kept the pressure on Stothert's line through a number of driving mauls, but due to the home side's desperate defence, they were unable to cross it.
The home side scored from virtually their first opportunity, when they completed a catch and drive from a lin-eout close to the try line, the exact move that Norton had failed to complete on several occasions in the previous minutes. Fly half, Ben Taylor, and centre, Mitchard, took control of the game and gave the side some good go forward ball, with prop, Dayne Swift, also producing some strong runs. Tom Rideout eventually broke the deadlock, scoring out wide after being fed the ball by Richard Martin and soon after scored his second. Just before half-time, Denning crossed the line, for a fourth try, hanging on to the rear of a driving maul. Half-time came with the visitors in the lead, 5–24.
Now playing up the slope, Norton aimed to control the ball and deprive Stothert and Pitt of easy attacking options, but, as expected, the home side set about kicking the ball, hoping to gain easy territory advantage. Confusion between the Norton defenders, after Rideout failed to collect a high ball, allowed Stothert to score their second try of the game. Spurred on in wanting to correct this mistake, the team picked up the pace and the tries kept coming as J. Fuller and T. Moss added to the score line.
Louie Dyer, playing his first First Team game, showed both his attacking and defensive skills, running great attacking lines and being strong in the tackle. Fullback, Jack Rowles, consistently fielded the long kicks from Stothert and Pitt and always made metres up field with powerful runs before linking with his teammates. Norton now had their off-loading game working, this gave good opportunities for their runners – prop, Edgell, outstripped defenders on the wing to score near the posts.
As the half progressed, the team, aided by the replacements, Blackmore, Williams, R. Fuller, Backhurst and Church, took complete control of the game. When second row, Moss, was sin binned, the forwards just upped the work rate and it was not obvious that the side was a man down.
Having had a ten-minute rest, Moss had the last say of the afternoon, scoring a try with the last move of the game. Ben Taylor kicked the conversion, his fourth, to end the game with a scoreline of 48–12.
A pleasing aspect for the Norton Captain and Coaches was the line-out, which had been faltering but has improved in the last few weeks, with only two not producing good clean ball. The loyal Norton supporters left for home having seen their team add a cup loss to Stothert and Pitt's run of sixteen league defeats, to progress to the semi-final of the competition.