Clifton desperately needed this win to remain in National League Div. 3 South. They started well to score in the 3rd minute when some poor tackling allowed Butler to cut through the Chinnor defence to hand on to Blake to score and Barnes to convert. Two further tries by Viol and Kent, the second aided by a most visible piece of obstruction, visible that is to everyone with the exception of the referee and linesman, put Clifton further ahead. Chinnor then enjoyed one of their better periods when a delicate chip ahead by Ben Hewitt was collected by Jaike Carter to score near the touchline with James Hewitt converting with a fine kick. This pegged the home side back, but with the referee giving Chevvy Pennycock, the England Under 21 and Bristol Academy flanker a licence to do as he pleased, Clifton came back into Chinnor territory where Barnes converted two penalties to give a half-time score of 25pts to 7.

Chinnor started the second half well and looked as though they meant business. However lack of patience and wrong option taking resulted in just a penalty by Hewitt where this pressure could and should have been more rewarding. At 25 pts to 10 , Chinnor in the ascendancy and with 30 minutes left, all it appeared was not lost. Then the wheels came off. A penalty try from a scrum where Chinnor had not been in trouble all game started the rot Instead of utilising the strong breeze at their backs and kicking for the corners as Barnes did in the first half for Clifton, Chinnor naively ran the ball from all positions and suffered the consequences. Clifton eagerly swooped on the Chinnor handling mistakes and with their speedy backs made then pay dearly. Tries in quick succession from Lambert, Hall, Reid and Voil, all converted by Barnes were putting Clifton out of sight. Ben Hewitt then scored for Chinnor when another period of pressure was again looking to be a busted flush due once again to wrong option taking. Brother James converted from the touchline. Two late tries by Lambert and Pennycock both converted by Barnes rounded off proceedings.