Tony Pulis' West Bromwich Albion ended their pre-season tour of the South West without a victory, after they followed up their goalless draw with Plymouth Argyle by losing to Torquay United.
During their tour, the Baggies fielded the likes of James Chester, Jonny Evans, Gareth McAuley and James McClean who are featured for Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, as well as former England goalkeeper Ben Foster - who is also a one-time Tiverton Town loanee.
Making an appearance as a trialist for the Gulls was ex-Liverpool starlet and Paraguay international Ronald Huth, who starred in the centre of defence for United.
Although Albion had demonstrated their undoubted quality in the first half, the game was poised at 0-0 when referee Neil Bromley blew his whistle for half-time.
However, all of that changed on 51 minutes when trialist left-back Callum Hall - who entered the fray as a substitute at the interval - beat Foster from 25-yards to open the scoring.
Seven minutes later, the Gulls doubled their advantage when summer signing Brett Williams beat Baggies' defender Craig Dawson just inside the Albion half of the field and made a bursting run towards goal before firing past Foster from 15-yards.
Highly rated striker Saido Berahino nearly pulled one back for the Baggies in the 81st minute, but his effort was deflected behind for a corner by United defender Sean McGinty.
Moments later, Darren Fletcher - a Champions League winner with Manchester United in 2008 - picked out Albion substitute Matt Phillips who took a touch before beating the Gulls' Gibraltar international keeper Jamie Robba.
In the dying minutes of the game, Robba was called upon to deny Berahino and young full-back Kyle Wilson as United held firm for a morale boosting victory ahead of their opening league fixture with Macclesfield Town on Saturday in front a crowd of just over 3,000, a figure that would surely provide a timely boost to the club's finances.
