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Ken Vaughan writes ...

This was a good performance by Chinnor against a spirited, but occasionally disjointed Maidenhead outfit. Toby Prescott made a welcome return to the Chinnor ranks following his horrific injury in the first game of the season. Sam Jones came in at No.6 and a late change saw Ben Farr come in for Pip Seymour who could not shrug off a heavy cold.

The home public-address system welcomed Maidenhead onto the field with the prediction that this would be their first win of the season. This appeared to have the required effect as, with the home crowd roaring their support, Maidenhead did not allow Chinnor a touch of the ball before scoring first. With a well executed move resulting in a chip into the large in-goal area, the speedy Alex Cannon won the race to the touch down. Chinnor levelled the score in the 12th minute by creating a large overlap with Richie Williams going over. Following some good approach work, by the back -row in particular, James Serrano was afforded the space to go over in the corner and put Chinnor ahead in the 21st minute. James Cathcart fell short with his two conversion attempts from wide out into a deceiving wind. Chinnor went further ahead with a sparkling try by Ben Farr in the 33rd minute. Maidenhead had been camped on the Chinnor line for some time with a succession of forward drives failing to breach a stout defence They then opted for plan B and spread the ball across their three-quarter in front of the Chinnor posts. A misplaced pass was grabbed by Alex Wallace, who passed the ball onto Ben Farr which took him on an arcing run to score under the posts allowing Cathcart the simplest of conversions. To their credit, Maidenhead came storming back with a try from Simon Standfast when Chinnor failed to secure the ball straight from the restart. So with a 7 point interval lead at 10-17 and the breeze at their backs, Chinnor looked in control.

The second half tended to be one-way traffic except for the occasional foray into Chinnor territory. Ben Farr went over for his second try, when he pinned his ears back to go over for the archetypical winger’s try in the corner. It was now all Chinnor with their youngsters to the fore. Sam Jones, as well as running strongly with defenders hanging off him, also snaffled up all the loose ball. Anything on the ground near to him was inevitably a Chinnor ball. Ben Farr increased the Chinnor lead when the increasingly influential Toby Prescott exploited a gap to put him over. It was then the turn of the forwards to get in on the act when Sam Black burst through the middle to put the supporting Joe Winpenny in for a try. An intelligent chip by James Cathcart in his own 22 gave Farr the opportunity to score his fourth try. Before scoring though, he had to compete to take a high bounce, swerve around the first defender, wrong foot the full-back and outpace the covering defence. A winger’s job really! Chinnor’s final score came in a bizarre manner when, from the resultant restart, with the Maidenhead team lined-up on one side of the field, the ball was kicked to the other side of the park. It did not travel the required 10 metres; the couple of Maidenhead players in the vicinity ignored it, allowing Richie Williams a free catch to run half the length of the field without a hand touching him to score. James Cathcart who was now well on song with his kicking made this his 6th conversion. A touch of sloppiness with poor first-up tackling allowed Maidenhead in for the final try by Simon Standfast, who did not stop working hard all afternoon.

Many positives came out of the game for Chinnor. The individual performances of Sam Jones and Ben Farr were inspiring. Toby Prescott became better as the game progressed, giving the team much impetus. Sam Black and Harry Jackman complement each other in the second row with Joe Pickett, Alan Cawston and Joe Winpenny a solid front row. James Cathcart had his best game of the season to date, with both his place kicking and kicking out of hand back to his high standard. Chinnor's first up tackling needs to improve as you do not get a second bite of the cherry against better sides. Big game next week. Onwards and upwards.