In a match vital for both side's stay in National 2, London Irish Wild Geese came out on top 47-31 in a free flowing game at Chinnor.
Wild Geese had the first quarter with two tries and a penalty to go 13-0 ahead on 14 minutes with tries from Berridge and Keohane and Thomas from the kick.
The next quarter went to Chinnor with a try from Betts on 19 minutes followed by a sweet move through the centre allowing Millett a converted try to make the score 12-13.
Wild Geese came back powerfully with two tries in 9 minutes from Smallbone and Browne, both converted by Thomas to go in ahead 27-12 at half time.
At the start of the second half, Wild Geese carried on with their determined style of play gaining a pushover try on 47 minutes, converted by Thomas to go further ahead 34-12. The Geese messed up a line out to allow Chinnor's Betts to power through midfield, releasing Millett to touch down and convert to reduce the deficit to 19-34. On the 57th minute, Wild Geese executed a 4 man front peel from a line out to go 39-19 ahead, Tolmie touching down. They increased their lead on the 63rd minute with a snap drop goal from Keohane to go a further 42-19 ahead. Chinnor stayed in the game when Townsend dotted down to reduce the margin to 42-24 to Irish, gaming a valuable bonus point try.
Chinnor's No 8, Hirskij-Douglas, took the ball up in the inside centre channel and showed a surprising turn of speed to slide through the defence for a try from 50 metres out. Converted by Millett, Chinnor had closed the gap to 31-42. In the dying minutes, summing up their day, Chinnor threw straight to Irish's hooker Scott Tolmie who sauntered to the line for Geese's final try of the day to record a well deserved 47-31 victory.
Teams
Chinnor: Matt Mountford, George Blewitt, Dan Barnes, Jack Hayes, Leo Fielding, Will Millett, Frank Jones, Ricardo Cano, Jamie Townsend, Joe Pickett, Andrew Tibbatts, Andrew Smith, Rudal Aiono, Harry Betts, Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas
Replacements: Joe Winpenny, Ledua Jope, Michal Kruzycki, Lewis Hall, Matt Goode
London Irish Wild Geese: Oscar Thomas, Freddie Berridge, Ben Kitching, Andy Jones, Tom Fowlie, Ed Keohane, Tom Eastham, Tom Smallbone, Scott Tolmie, Jerry Cronin, Andy Dewdney, Charlie Davey, Scott Moore Captain, Joe Hoare, Sam McKinney
Replacements: Charlie Connor, Darren Livett, Chris Browne, Ed Hoadley, Liam Prescott
Scorers
Chinnor:
Tries (time): Betts (19); Millett (23, 50); Townsend (67); Hirskij-Douglas (78)
Conversions (time): Millett (20, 51, 78)
Penalty Goals (time):
Drop goals (time):
London Irish Wild Geese
Tries: (time) Berridge (6); Keohane (14); Smallbone (28); Browne (35); McKinney (46); Tolmie (54, 79)
Conversions: (time) Thomas (28, 35, 46, 54)
Penalty Goals (time): Thomas (11)
Drop goals (time): Keohane (73)