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Chinnor II XV 22 vs. Witney I XV 17
Saturday 5th November 2005

Tom Woods’ Chinnor 2^nd team continued their unbeaten record with nine out of nine wins in a friendly match against Witney, however this time it was against their 1st team and in a very close game Chinnor won by 22 points to 17. To date Chinnor 2s have a point’s tally of 314 Pts for and 41 against in all games played this season including friendlies.

This game was a real test for the team playing a team that competes in a league two levels above them.  As expected it was physical and hard with lots of big hits coming in, but at least this time it was on a good pitch.

The Chinnor pack took control in the scrums from the start and took the lead after 10 minutes with some good and hard forward play before the ball went along the back line to Ali Reekie who drew his man and popped the ball over the head of the opposition for Adam White who had joined the line from full back to score in the corner.

There were several missed opportunities to increase the lead by Chinnor.  But it was Witney that put the next points on the board with a try of their own after some missed tackles by Chinnor resulting in 5points each. In the 25^th minute Chinnor had a carbon copy of the first try for Adam White to score his second try in the corner.

Witney came back in the dying minutes of the first half with a converted try and finish the half 12 points to 10 up.

The second half was as competitive as the first with both teams playing some very good rugby. The second half Witney were punished three times by the boot of Adam White with penalties that gave Chinnor the lead 19 points to 12.  Once again Witney hit back at Chinnor with a try in the 35^th minute cutting Chinnor’s lead to 19 points to 17. Yet again some indiscretion by Witney gave Chinnor another penalty that was converted into points by Adam White. All of Chinnor’s 18 players played well against a very good team 

Adam White was the well-deserved man of the match by scoring all 22 of Chinnor’s points.   

Scorers: Tries: Adam White x 2, Penalties: Adam White x 4