High Wycombe 38 - Swanage & Wareham 25
Sep
Swans travelled to High Wycombe in their third contest in Southwest 1(East), and despite a hat-trick of tries from winger Charlie Rowberry went down again.
Swans started brightly, and from a penalty they gained ample ground, and after only four minutes a break by wing forward Daffyd Wright gave Swans a five point lead. Wycombe were not to be denied, a penalty put them in Swans 22 and from a ruck the ball went to hosts centre who levelled the scores. After 16 minutes Swans went behind as a break by the Wycombe right winger carried over the try line in the corner/(10 5) and five minutes later a penalty had Wycombe three more points ahead. However Swans responded as a fine three-quarters move, and a chip ahead had Charlie Rowberry outpacing the home defence to score in the corner. A further penalty goal by Wycombe had the half time score at 16 10 at the interval.
Swans came out in the second half with more aggression and within seven minutes of the restart a move down the wing had Charlie Rowberry going in for his second try. He converted the try himself, and then added a penalty to give Swans the lead at 16pts 20. From thereon everything seemed to go awry for Swans, for in the next ten minutes Wycombe added three more tries and a penalty goal, basically as Swans failed to tackle the Wycombe three-quarters, to suddenly put Wycombe up by 38pts 20 pts up with 68 minutes gone. Swans at last summoned up some attacking part of their play, and fortunately with about a minute to play Charlie Rowberry forced his way over the line, to complete his hat trick, and to at least give Swans a bonus point for their fourth try, but the hosts came out winners by 38pts 25pts.
Swans team:- P.Dunsford, C.Rowberry, C.Parish, D.Wilcox, D.Jones, J.Harris. C.Tomes, J.Sheldrake, R.Elford, O.Andrews(N.Audley 67), D.Burgess, D.Collins(T.Richings 35), D.Wright(J.Warren 64), A.Jones, J.Van Tuyl
OTHER RESULTS
Swanage & Wareham 2nd XV 35pts Ivel Barbarians 1st XV 19pts league DW1(S)
New Milton 2nd XV 15pts Swanage & Wareham 3rd XV 14pts league D/W3(S)
Swanage & Wareham 4th XV 36pts New Milton 3rd XV 15pts league D/W 4
GAMES NEXT WEEK 24th September
Swanage & Wareham 1st XV v. Swindon 1st XV league SW1(East) Home 3.00p.m.
Swanage & Wareham 2nd XV v. Warminster 1st XV league D/W1(S) Away 3.00 p.m.
Swanage & Wareham 3rd XV v. Puddletown friendly Away 3.00 p.m.
Ron Butler(Publicity Secretary) Telephone 01929 550273 e-mail ron@loxia.fsnet.co.uk
