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Thursday, 29th July 2010

Chinnor IV 34 Harlequins III 34

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Published Date: 24 February 2010
Chinnor IV's hosted Oxford Harlequins III team this week, while Chinnor III's hosted their II's.

Translated Harlequin means demon horsemen, while Chinnor combined with fourth means extractor of bodily fluid, so a battle between demons and the medical profession was at hand.

The IV's were fortunate to have front row coaches John "Tin" Cann with Terry "And June" Chappel on the touchline to offer advice and pass water. Conditions were described by both as "cold".

Visiting old boy Jamie "David" Dickinson took to the pitch along side his twin brother Will "Getya" for the first time for many months. But within minutes of repelling the first attack, "David" Dickinson was pulled off prematurely with a shoulder injury.

New face James "no name" Hillier soon held his own on the wing.

Taking time to thaw out in the cold conditions the home side were soon under the cosh. The visitors laid on attack after attack, and Chinnor started to concede points.

Drawing the side together, Gordon "Voldemort" Fennel along with Mike "Sippy" Hughes spurred the team on and holes in the wall were shored up.

Despite this the home side went down by 34 points by the time the half time whistle blew.

Adjustments were made, "Sippy" Hughes, claiming to be Chinnors second oldest player was off, while arriving to rapturous applause was Mike "Thunderclap" Neuman as eager as ever.

With the IV's feeling like they had turned a corner and eager to start, proceedings were held up after the official refereeing Chinnor II's broke a finger nail and had to be replaced.

Officials were moved games and the IV's had to find a replacement referee. This was eventually resolved and the game re-started.

The impetus was there and points started to show, one move in particular saw the home side drive a rolling maul from inside their own half. Not to be outdone 'Quins did the same 15 minutes later.

Chinnor's score soon started to rise. Exuberant play from Guy "Don't go into the" Woodeson and the young Andy "The Tourist" Gilmore open gaps and set players free to run in and touch down.

The minutes ticked by until the scores were level. Both sides did their best to nudge into the lead, but neither could, so at full time the scores were level at 34 a piece.

An amazing game with possibly the highest scoring draw; "Voldemort" is in touch with the RFU over this point. The IV's continue their league campaign away to Witney next week.

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  • Last Updated: 24 February 2010 11:13 AM
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  • Location: Thame
 
 
 


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