Video snippets of match are here: https://www.pitchero.com/home/videos.php?video_id=4327

Ken Vaughan writes ...

To come away with a win at Coney Hill is no mean feat. Coney Hill play their rugby in a hard, abrasive and uncompromising manner, expecting no quarter and certainly not offering one. Adding their fairly vociferous spectators to this mix puts this result, for Chinnor, into context. It was an absorbing game, not particularly high on skill level but for sheer blood and guts it had it all - from both sides.

Ricky Hopwood came into the starting line-up at scrum half in place of the injured Tom Jarvis with Harry Jackman coming into the second row. Chinnor started into a strong wind which was gusting at a pretty hefty pace down one touchline. Coney Hill used the conditions well with fly-half Ryan Barnett kicking to the corner, putting Chinnor under pressure at every available opportunity. They launched a series of attacks from this touchline and were rewarded almost immediately when Chinnor were caught off-side in front of the posts, allowing Adam Morgan the opportunity to slot a simple penalty. Chinnor defended resolutely in the ensuing period, as they did for the entire game, restricting Coney Hill to just 3 points. Gradually Chinnor, keeping the ball in hand, worked their way up field. They were awarded a penalty and kicked for the corner. From the resultant catch and well controlled rolling maul, Harry Jackman went over. The conversion from the touchline never had a chance into the swirling wind. So with 26 minutes gone, Chinnor were two points ahead at 3-5 having absorbed a fair bit of pressure before hand. It was then much of the same for the remaining 14 minutes of the half with Coney Hill battering the Chinnor line with wave after wave of attack. Their only reward during this period was another penalty by Adam Morgan when Chinnor were caught offside. With the interval score showing Chinnor just the one point adrift at 6-5 and, with the wind at their backs, it was game on.

Coney Hill came out for the second half with much intent, hardly allowing Chinnor a touch of the ball. Harry Jackman was yellow carded during this period and this heralded a Coney Hill onslaught of some intensity. With several scrums on the Chinnor line with Coney Hill put-ins, the Chinnor seven held firm. This was, in hindsight, the critical part of the game in that they kept Coney Hill at bay with some superb first-up tackling. James Cathcart came on for the injured Mark Chase, who was carrying a groin injury, and with Chinnor restored to a full complement and securing a majority of the ball, they proceeded to peg Coney Hill back into the corner they themselves had defended so well in the first half. Chinnor were now in the ascendancy having a platform from which to attack. Evergreen Simon Matthews then came on to add to Chinnor's dominance during this phase of play. Minutes later, starting from a set scrum, they engineered a blindside move and from some 20 metres out Tom Mowbray delicately flipped the ball to the supporting Pip Seymour to go over for the match winning try, well converted by Hewitt. Coney Hill refused to give up, trying at every available opportunity to break out from defence. However it was the fitter Chinnor unit that eventually prevailed.

This performance showed an abundance of character from the Chinnor side. Harry Jackman made a lot of hard yards. Sam Jones, belying his age, was in the thick of the action all afternoon and another youngster Joe Pickett indicated that he can take all the intimidation coming his way and and is making huge strides on the scrummaging front under the tutelage of the experienced Joe Winpenny.

After two fairly exasperating performances, Chinnor showed they are still a force to be reckoned with and with their injured players on the verge of returning for selection then the situation at Kingsey Road looks infinitely more promising.