Gloucester 16 Bath 10: match report But just a few minutes later in the second half Gloucester did at last score through impressive full-back Rob Cook after he was put away on the left by James Simpson-Daniel. Freddie Burns converted from the touchline to make it 13-10 and then a full 20 minutes later dropped a drunken but effective goal to finish it off. But, oh Gloucester had been so poor at the start. They conceded a try after just 33 seconds of the match and it had just seemed too easy for Bath. There had been powerful surges from both props James and David Wilson, and then the ball had been passed to Bath fly-half Stephen Donald. It was front-foot ball, and Donald cleverly spotted that a prop, Nick Wood, was in the defensive line opposite him. Still, all it took was for Donald to run straight. There may have been the hint of a dummy, but it was hardly the height of deception. Through Donald went for a stunning Shed-silencing score. The pace at this stage was astonishing. And Bath might have scored again. However, it was rightly adjudged that Kyle Eastmond had put a foot in touch before flinging the ball infield for Nick Abendanon to pick up and "score." But Gloucester somehow resisted, and eventually were able to secure enough possession and territory, mainly through some good work from hooker Huia Edmonds, with Monahan prominent too, so that Burns could kick two penalties. With Donald having also added a penalty to the conversion of his own try, it was 10-6 at half-time. Bath's second half began badly with Abendanon making a couple of elementary errors, and suddenly there was a new snap and width to Gloucester's play. Morgan was making yards, and one sublime piece of skill - a reverse flick out of the tackle to skipper Jim Hamilton - will linger long in the memory. There was a first appearance for All Black scrum-half Jimmy Cowan, who looked rusty as replacement and, in a chaotic finale, threw a pass to Bath's Carl Fearns when time was up. No matter, though, because soon the ball found its way to Cook. He knew what to do with it. He kicked it into the Shed, and the victory was Gloucester's. Scoring sequence: 0-5 Donald try, 0-7 Donald con, 0-10 Donald pen, 3-10 Burns pen, 6-10 Burns pen, 11-10 Cook try, 13-10 Burns con, 16-10 Burns drop goal. Gloucester: R Cook; S Monahan, H Trinder, B Twelvetrees, J Simpson-Daniel; F Burns, D Robson (J Cowan 59); N Wood, (D Murphy 63) H Edmonds (K Britton 63), R Harden (S Knight 59), T Savage (W James 45), J Hamilton (capt), S Kalamafoni, A Qera, B Morgan. Bath: N Abendanon; K Eastmond, D Hipkiss (J Cuthbert 70), S Vesty, T Biggs; S Donald (O Devoto 78), M Claassens (M McMillan 53-56, 70); P James (N Catt 70), L Mears (capt, R Batty 64), D Wilson (A Perenise 64), D Day (W Spencer 61), D Attwood, B Skirving, C Fearns, S Taylor (W Skuse 53). Referee: D Pearson (Northumberland) Attendance: 15, 677