Chinnor 4th
XV 8 vs. Reading 3rd XV 24
Saturday 22nd March 2008
Friendly
Chinnor IV’s entertained
Reading III’s this week in a friendly fixture. The adjacent field played
host to the Thame Country show, while the IV’s hosted similar country
visitors. The day saw sunshine, followed by blustery winds followed by near
horizontal sleet then sunshine again, which kept everybody on their toes.
With a few regulars on
other duties, “Jabba” Lambing, “Mad” Mike in competition with Tesco’s, and
“Sippy” Hughes shopping, a few new faces entered the fold. In at scrum half,
the Chinnor legend Doug “I’m free” Humphries, Jack “Cockun” Bull in the
center alongside Andy “Limpy” Ardron. Open side was filled by Ben “Colonel”
Saunders, waiting in the wings Jack “Did you” Warner. Driving from the
front, Dave “Fireball” Hanlon, Steve “Mrs” Bridges and back from sabbatical,
Mike “Harry Potter” Bambrook.
Despite this all star line
up, the cold weather did not allow the IV’s to gel as well as they might
have. Fifteen minutes in they found themselves 2 scores adrift for no
apparent reason. Rallying around Voldemort”, the IV’s eventually fired up
the Quattro through Mark “Little” Cox. A neat cross field kick from Will
“Getya” Dickinson bounced nicely for the attacking winger. The fourth team
regular scooped up the ball, sprinted for the line and touched down left of
the posts. Chinnor were spurred on and maintained their attack, minutes
later they were awarded a penalty which was slotted over by “BishBashBosh”
Bishop.
Chinnor kept working but
sloppy defending let the visitors in again before half time for an
unconverted try.The second half saw Guy “Junior” Hackshaw on for “I’m free”
Humphries, and special guest star, Jamie “Madam Hooch” Dickinson on for
“Little” Cox. The IV’s never let up but could not show any of the magic from
previous weeks. It was not until near the end of the match that they finally
saw through the big exhaust and shiny chrome of Readings Vauxhall Viva 1300,
and put them under pressure. Up until then they had given the visitors too
much respect. “Getya” Dickinson made some penetrating runs reminiscent of
better days, but the IV’s could not capitalise.
A few more changes were
made, off were “Voldemort” and “Shakespeare” for Craig “David” Smith and
“Did you” Warner, to allow the two stalwarts to thaw out. Chinnor only
conceded 7 points in the second half, but the damage was already done. A
performance to build on certainly before their next league game against
Newbury on the 29th.
Scorers:
Try: Mark "Little" Cox
Penalty: Ben "BishBashBosh" Bishop
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