It was in the first half that Andy Millburn finished off a typical forward rolling maul by becoming the first - and only - Chinnor player to score a try in the Cup Final this Millennium.

For, yes folks, Chinnor RFC are the Millennium Champions - last team to hold the Cup in the 20th Century and First Millennium - and first team to hold the Cup in the 21st Century and Second Millennium. What an achievement!

We began the second half 5 - 0 up and Patrick Jobson finished Chinnor's scoring with a penalty to put us 8 - 0 in the lead. Banbury scored a consolation try, which they could not convert, to make it 8 - 5, the final score, which rather flattered Banbury.

The winning squad was:

In October, Dorchester had proved easy winners over Chinnor by 53 points to 3. Pride was at stake for both teams; Chinnor, looking to take the sting out of the class Dorchester back row and exert their own authority on the game, and Dorchester trying to maintain their winning run.

Normally during a match on which I am reporting I make notes of incidents, times of scores and the general flow of the game. This confrontation was so absorbing and intense this proved impossible. Much of the play took place between the twenty twos with neither side making inroads in the backs. The only areas of domination were by Chinnor in the tight and Dorchester edging the lineout.

Turning round 0-0 both sides dug deep for the reserves of energy that would be required to complete, what turned out to be, the longest second half your correspondent has ever seen. At the end of the third quarter Chinnor took the lead through a Jobson penalty. The game was so even that this appeared to be enough to take the points, but ten minutes from the end of normal time Dorchester replied with a penalty of their own through Hayward. In the final minute of normal time Chinnor, caught offside in the backs, conceded another penalty. Hayward, under immense pressure, with the crowd strangely silent, stroked the ball between the uprights beginning a period of stomach churning anguish, as the Chinnor players and crowd saw the game slipping away from them.

Minute after minute of extra time passed with neither side giving or asking for any quarter. Gut wrenching tackles went in again and again. The Chinnor pack raised their game in the tight to awesome levels but the Dorchester boys, trundled back yard after yard, didn't cave in, as they were surely entitled to do. Then, in the fifteenth minute of extra time, thirty-five metres out and to the right of the posts, the visitors were almost inevitably caught offside at a maul. Jobson, showing no nerves, strode up and chipped the ball through the uprights for the final score of the game.

Not a game for the casual observer, but for the purist a feast of all that is best in Rugby Football. A final note on the referee Eddy Oybdi. I have never before seen a referee run out onto the park with spectacles on. I wish all did because he controlled this epic clash, which could have boiled over at any time, admirably and in my opinion is the best referee we have seen at Kingsey Road for a long, long time.

Three tries by winger Matt Jones laid the foundation for Chinnor’s win which enabled them to secure the double over near neighbours High Wycombe.

Two of the four penalties were awarded against the Chinnor three quarters for offside. That the Swanage and Wareham flanker was on top of Jobson before he received the ball seemed somewhat ironic with the referee’s interpretation of the offside law. Even Linford Christie would have been hard pushed to emulate the Swanage no.7.

The away side went further ahead from good rucking play by their forwards to provide good quality possession for fly half Dillon to score a try on the half-hour.

Chinnor quickly responded when Jobson went over under the posts from a stirring solo effort. He added the conversion.

Playing with the wind, and with the forwards now showing more commitment, Chinnor reduced the gap to 4 points with two penalties from Jobson.

However, disaster struck when, immediately from the restart, Swanage and Wareham miscued the drop out to the middle of the park. Few fielded the ball and was swamped by the Swanage and Wareham midfield. He was dispossessed; the ball was moved wide with the winger evading a couple of tackles to splash over in the corner.

This dented the Chinnor momentum and although another penalty goal put them a score behind, stout defence by Swanage and Wareham kept them out and allowed the away side the win.

Chinnor will regret their opening 15 minutes and will rue some of the turnover they allowed.

Mike Pearman must be congratulated in making the pitch playable, working hard all morning to remove a large patch of surface water.

The match started interestingly with three society referees, one in the centre and two as touch judges. They had clearly heard of the old animosity and had come mob handed.

Most of the match was played between the 22s with both packs evenly matched. In the first half, Aylesbury had two penalty attempts at goal which came to naught. The match turned around 0 - 0 at half time.

After the break, Chinnor showed more composure and invention when in possession. After some good approach work, Chinnor managed to work the first quick ruck ball of the match. Scrum half Jobson quickly exploited the blind side and winger Sellars ran straight and strong to score a try for Chinnor. Chinnor then started to control the match, dominating most possession but without exerting their customary dominance in the scrum. In exasperation, Aylesbury began to give away penalty after penalty. Jobson, getting back to some form, profited Chinnor with two penalties. The Aylesbury captain was lucky to escape with a yellow card after a protracted series of blatant fouls and foul play. The replacement Aylesbury scrum half almost upset the balance of play late in the match. Taking a quick penalty, he skipped through the Chinnor defence only to be hauled down by a last ditch tackle from Cawston.