Foxhole's shocking season lurched further into the abyss after this comprehensive defeat to opponents two leagues below Peninsula One West to crash depressingly out of the Senior Cup at the first hurdle. Hopes had been raised when Rowe's great header flew past Barrett from Pinhammer's 25th minute cross but within fourteen minutes Carl Rickard's drive into a crowded box had struck a defender, caught in the wind and dropped underneath the bar for a fortuitous equaliser. Two minutes before the break, Warne tapped home Lee Rickard's centre to give the visitors a deserved lead at the break, St Dennis having weathered early Foxhole pressure to adapt better to the worsening conditions, with Warne, Brown and White all going close. The referee was strangely lenient on some challenges of doubtful legitimacy by the Saints, although quick to punish with cautions dissent by Carpenter and Bullock, but any grievances were soon forgotten after an embarrassing second-half collapse.

Lee Rickard made it 3-1 on 52, his twenty yard effort eluding Ryan Holland at the near post before he seized on Bullock's under-hit backpass to round the keeper for their fourth goal eleven minutes later, Meens then apparently being booked for a word out of turn. Continuous heavy rain caused pools of water to form which, ironically, had not happened during last week's abandonment, but the referee rightly determined to complete the game which had been decided even before the grateful Hawke slotted home the fifth after Carl Rickard's fierce shot had rebounded kindly off the bar. Barrett's wind-assisted drop-kick almost bounced over Holland, who also denied Hayhurst from the edge of the area as the Saints drove greedily forward in numbers, but Grose's push on Ansell allowed Rowe to reduce the arrears from the spot with seven minutes remaining. However, Lee Rickard, still being afforded the freedom of Goverseth, soon completed his hat-trick, before his close-range drive at the death looped over Holland off the knee of Meens.

Foxhole (4-5-1): Ryan Holland; Dexter Lawrence, Sam Kenny (sub. Kelvin Greenaway), Nick Carpenter (sub. Chris Grose), Daniel Meens; Ross Pinhammer (sub. Ian Stone), Liam Nicholls, Adam Holland, Jamie Bullock, Scott Ansell; Mark Rowe.

St Dennis (3-5-2): Michael Barrett; Dave Rickard, Nigel White, David Grose; Jason Warne (sub. Adrian Rundle), Chris Brown (sub. CJ Bird), Michael Brown, Ryan Hayhurst, Richard Hawke; Carl Rickard (sub. Scott Hill), Lee Rickard.