The Rovers front man clipped home to give Rovers a half-time lead and then sparked a second period goalfest with a glancing header in the 48th minute.

Even when Walsham were reduced to ten men with the score at 3-1, they were able to snatch another one back before Paul Stokes came off the bench to fire home three minutes from time and put this tie to bed.

Young striker Adam Ben-Saud, making his home debut, set up the first when he turned the Walsham defence easily and played in Westcott who raced away before clipping a shot over Kevin Bugg and into the net.

Haverhill continued to threaten but it wasn't until Westcott glanced home Wayne Goddard's right wing free kick three minutes after the break that they deservedly extended their advantage.

However, the Haverhill defence allowed Andrew Wood to get the wrong side of them and poke the ball across Arron Benstead and into the bottom left corner of the net.

In an end-to-end game, Rovers eased the pressure again when Palazon found Heller and the 19-year-old winger drove low into the bottom corner from 20 yards.

The game seemed as good as over when Walsham defender Dean Folkard was sent off for a clash on the edge of his own box but Stuart Logan reduced the deficit for the second time with a header from Paul Musgrove's cross.

Any thoughts of extra time vanished when substitute Stokes took advantage of some quick thinking by Marc Abbott and stabbed home at the second attempt to set up a tie at Mildenhall Town in the next round on September 15.

ROVERS (4-4-2): Benstead; Farrington (Pilcher 67), Vowden, M Hunt (c), Goddard; M Abbott, Harvey, Palazon, Heller; Ben-Saud (Salmons 88), Westcott (Stokes 73). Subs not used: Abbs, Cowling.

ECHO MAN OF THE MATCH: Andy Palazon. Showed exactly what Haverhill miss at weekends. Covered every blade of grass and rarely wasted a pass.

STATS: Shots on target ROV 8 WAL 3, shots off target ROV 3 WAL 1, corners ROV 8 WAL 1, bookings ROV 1 (Stokes) WAL (Newman, Ross), red cards ROV 0 WAL 1 (Folkard). Attendance 153.