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4th XV
The 4th XV had more matches
in the calendar than any other
team and a cursory glance at
the fixture list clearly indicated
that they were in for a tough
campaign. Five of the first six
matches were away. Of the
nine, four were against 2nd XVs,
and one was against a 3rd XV.
The line-up of the team changed radically from
game to game – even fromminute to minute
sometimes! It was impossible to establish
any kind of continuity.There was little point
in working on specific moves in aTuesday
practice session because the team would
probably be completely different by 2.30
on theWednesday! But the boys did pretty
well – even when we lost.The match of the
season was against Moulsford, even though we
went down 17-22, the final score coming in
the dying seconds of injury time. Lambrook’s
3rd XV pipped us 10-12 and we performed
extremely respectably for most of the match
against Elstree’s 2nd XV.We had our noses
in front at 24-22 with less than ten minutes
to go, but lost 24-51! Not a great final ten
minutes, but that is what can happen when
you play a team that will, inevitably, contain
some decent, athletic players.
We played poorly at Shrewsbury House
and very poorly against Cheam’s 2nd team.
In the latter match our cause was not
helped by losing Kit Henderson to injury
midway through; we also had to adapt, at
very short notice, to playing thirteen-a-
side, with only six in the scrum: not what
was scheduled to happen and not what we
had trained for.We beat the Lockers Park
2nd XV convincingly away and won the
final sequence of three home matches in
fine style.
It is no crime to be ill – or to be promoted
to a higher team! - but I do admire the
chaps who turned up for every training
session and played in every match. And
they were
James Allen
and
Patrick
Hannon
! A big impact was made by
James
Scott
when he came in as scrum-half and
captain at half-term. In the Cothill match,
his early conversion from way out on the
left touchline was sensational!With an
extraordinary amount of absenteeism – for
all sorts of reasons – life on 2nd Game could
be highly frustrating, but I hope a certain
amount was learned about the sport.
JHB
4th XV
Opposition
Result
Score
Scorers
Us Them
St John's Beaumont
Cancelled
Cheam 2nd XV
Lost
10 42
Edu, Hannon
Lockers Park 2nd XV
Won 37 5
Al Saud S x2, Buckley, Eadie L x2, Edu x2: Cons -
Simpson
Moulsford
Lost
17 22
Eadie L, Millard R, Ogbonna: Cons - Ogbonna
Lambrook 3rd XV
Lost
10 12
Al Saud, Jaffe
Elstree 2nd XV
Lost
24 51
Al Saud S, Crawford O x2, Mace: Cons - Scott x2
Shrewsbury House
Lost
5 34
Ogbonna
Cothill
Won 43 0
Al Saud N x2,Al Saud S, Barlow E, Henderson, Ogbue,
Scott: Cons - Scott x4
Horris Hill 2nd XV
Won 28 17
Al Saud N, Fraser, Simpson,Yin: Cons - Scott x4
Ludgrove
Won 51 15
Baker C, Buckley, Hannon, Henderson, Millard R x2,
Ogbue, Scott, Shashenkov: Cons - Buckley, Scott x2
S u m m e r F i e l d s
2 0 1 5 – 2 0 1 6
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“It was impossible
to establish any
kind of continuity.”