WOKINGHAM & Emmbrook retained local bragging rights after knocking Woodley United out of the Reading Senior Cup with a 1-0 victory at Lowther Road.

Sumas had overcome their neighbours 4-3 in a Hellenic League Division One East thriller earlier in the season, and they again upset the form book with a narrow success.

A decent crowd had to wait until the 12th minute for the game’s first chance; Ben Broardhurst just missed to the right after United could only half clear a corner. At the other end a Carl Prestidge shot from the right failed to test Sean Woodward in the Wokingham goal.

Twenty minutes in Woodley had the ball in the net when Charlie Oakley finished well, only to see the goal ruled out for offside. More United pressure followed; Greg Beckett shot over after a Jake Nicholls through ball.

Sumas were then denied as Joe Barley made a fine tackle on Elliot Rushforth, while Jordan Goddard also had a shot blocked for the hosts before the break.

Woodley started the second half the brighter of the two sides as right back Danny Greenwood missed to the right before Nicholls and Oakley fired free-kicks into the wall.

Five minutes after the restart there was a long delay due to a clash of heads between United captain Idris Kamara and Wokingham’s Matt Booth that resulted in the latter going off with a nasty cut.

The break in play didn’t halt Woodley’s momentum as Oakley forced Woodward into a decent save, diving to his left.

On the hour Wokingham forward Tom Williams collided with United keeper Alex Reed and went down with a serious-looking injury. This caused the game to be stopped for an hour as an ambulance was called to take Williams to hospital with a suspected dislocated shoulder.

When the game did get under way another stoppage immediately followed as Oakley hobbled off to be replaced by Abdul Kamara. This saw Matt Jones play up front with Kamara joining Nicholls and Morgan in midfield.

Twenty minutes to go saw a nice Woodley move end with Beckett testing Woodward after getting on the end of a Jones flick, but Wokingham then went ahead when Rushforth found the left corner from 12 yards after a right-wing cross.

Looking for an immediate response Prestidge just missed to the right after a corner was cleared to him outside the box, but Sumas held on to advance.

Wokingham & Emmbrook host Holyport on Saturday (3pm).