Wealdstone 1, Wanderers 3,

Wycombe eased to their first win of pre-season after seeing off Wealdstone at The Vale on Tuesday evening.

The visitors fell behind in the first half to a splendid 30-yard volley from Elliot Godfrey as they struggled to find their attacking rhythm early on.

An equaliser arrived in the form of trialist Luke O’Nien minutes after conceding, as he turned home Aaron Pierre’s header to the back post.

A seven-minute double salvo in the second half via a second trilaist and Garry Thompson put the game to bed as Wanderers completed a competitive run out against the National League South side.

After taking three trialists with them across the channel on their pre-season tour to France, Blues pitched up for their first friendly back in the UK with just the same number albeit two new faces.

Former Watford midfielder O’Nien travelled with the squad and was rewarded with a start while Sean Maguire and Luke Woodland, who also went to France, weren’t with Gareth Ainsworth’s squad.

Matt Ingram was in attendance but only in a spectating capacity and he was on the bench looking on as Michael Corcoron fired a warning shot just over the bar with nine minutes played.

After a combative opening spell, Wanderers began to stamp their mark on the match and were only denied the opening goal by two fantastic blocks from Oliver Duffy.

After the right-back had turned Michael Harriman’s dangerous cross behind, he then got in the way of Anthony Stewart’s effort from the resulting corner and then threw himself in the way of Pierre’s goalbound follow up.

A match short on action sprang to life after 32 minutes when Stones midfielder Godfrey latched onto Pierre’s headed clearance and sent a volley spearing into the top corner from 30 yards.

Wanderers response was less spectatcular but equally as effective as O’Nien tapped home Pierre’s header to the back post from Jacobson’s corner just three minutes after they’d fallen behind.

Three changes at the break brought about a reshuffle for Wanderers and they were perhaps still coming to terms with that as Binns went clean through three minutes after the restart.

The winger beat the offside trap, bore down on goal and settled himself before passing the ball wide of the far post with only Lynch to beat.

Once again Blues issued a swift response, taking the lead for the first time on 52 minutes when the trialist, who was introduced at half-time, tucked the ball home at the back post after Tim Brown flapped at Jacobson’s cross.

Seven minutes later another superb delivery from the left-foot of Jacobson created Blues’ third, Thompson getting on the end of a superb out-swinging cross and planting a header into the bottom corner.

Ainsworth used the rest of his bench, including another trialist, in the remainder of the match as Blues held out for a comfortable victory.

Wanderers: Lynch, Jombati, Jacobson (Bean), Stewart (Sellers), Pierre, Harriman (Rowe), Bloomfield (trialist), O’Nien (trialist), Wood (Kretzschmar), Hayes (Holloway), Thompson (Banton)

Subs not used: Richardson, Ingram

Attendance 390