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Chinnor 1st XV 52 vs. Oxford Harlequins 1st XV 6
Saturday 26th February 2005
South West Division One

In the lead up to the Oxfordshire Cup Semi-final everyone was expecting a close match when Oxford Harlequins visited Chinnor for the 1st of two back to back matches. Initially, it looked like this would be the case, but as the game wore on Chinnor mastered the elements and ran out very convincing victors.

James Cathcart was in tremendous form with the boot and kicked Quins back on many occasions as well as showing his reliability when penalties and conversions were kicked.

A great team effort from Chinnor and this should bolster their confidence for next weeks crucial Oxon Cup Semi-final. Quins will have to search deep to gain anything positive from today's encounter.

Match report from IATC:

Chinnor 52 (Tries: Cathcart, Whelan, Thompson, Oxley, Milburn, Hutchings. Cons: Cathcart 5. Pens: Cathcart 4.) 

Oxford Harlequins 6 (Pens: Noyce 2.) 

Chinnor were convincing home winners over Oxford Harlequins to remain in fifth place in the Powergen South West One league table.

James Cathcart kicked the home side into a 6-0 lead with a couple of penalty goals. Andy Noyce kicked three points for the visitors before Cathcart went in for the games opening try in the 30^th minute and he converted for 13-3. The home side went in 18-3 ahead at the break with hooker Tom Whelan touching down.

The boot dominated the third quarter with Cathcart kicking two more penalty goals and Noyce adding a second for the visitors. The fourth quarter though was a different story with the home side scoring 28 unanswered points through four converted tries for a 46 point win.