Bright sunshine and an intermittent strong breeze
provided the backcloth to this winner take all double-header.
The victors would walk away with a place in the 3rd
Round of the National Colts Knockout Cup and also, points from a win
in the Berks, Bucks and Oxon League.
Chinnor held territorial advantage from the kick-off
and spent most of the first quarter camped inside the Beaconsfield
twenty-two. Their sole return for this pressure was three penalties,
which yielded no points.
Enter Morgan Thompson. Once again the Chinnor
forwards rucked over and the quick witted Thompson took the solo
option. He sniped through the cover from twenty metres out to go
over to the right of the posts. Ollie Heath made the conversion look
easier than it was to make 0-7.
Mark Rumble then produced a tremendous bullocking
run, which took him to within touching distance of the try-line. The
referee adjudged a double movement from behind and some distance
away. The smart money was on a bad call.
Almost instantly, Beaconsfield got themselves over in
the corner from five metres. The conversion attempt did not get
near. 5-7.
The intensive pace continued until the break.
It was more of the same, come the second half, as
Beaconsfield addressed their territorial deficiency. The next points
however, came from a superb running line from winger Tim Hughes.
Chinnor won a scrum out near the right hand touchline and as the
ball came back down the line, Hughes came in off his wing and hit
the line at an adverse angle with pace. Once he had broken the line
he still had work to do and his magical footwork took him past at
least two more players, to go in under the posts. Ollie Heath sealed
maximum points.
Beaconsfield were back within the blink of the eye.
They put some pressure, took territorial advantage and converted it
into a try reminiscent of their first. In the process they did
benefit from a rather lengthy advantage. Faced with the conversion,
the kicker found it difficult to get any elevation and so it
remained 10-14.
Beaconsfield continued aggressively and seemed to
still be in with a shout with ten minutes to go. Chinnor ignited
though. They stepped on the gas an sent Beaconsfield reeling
backwards with a series of pickup and drives. After five or six,
Chinnor found themselves controlling a ruck near the touchline and
virtually on the Beaconsfield try-line. Morgan Thompson came in and
picked up the ball before putting out a delicate short pass towards
the touchline inviting a response from his team mates. The onrushing
Ollie Heath picked the ball up off his shoelaces, before producing a
classic dive over the line. 10-19.
Heath took the kick himself, but a combination of
tired legs, distance, angle and shoddy footing conspired to result
in a missed kick.
A short while later, the referee blew his whistle for
the last time.
Team: Arthur, Bishop,
Cuadrado, Davis, Duffy, Garrod, Gehnich, Grellier, Heath, Hughes,
Hughes-Morgan, John, Lee, Mauger, Maloney, Messenger, Rumble, Stock,
Spinks, Thompson and Williams.
Man of the Match for Chinnor was Max Williams.
COME ON OVER TO KINGSEY ROAD AND SUPPORT YOUR TEAM!!
