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Chinnor eased their relegation fears with a commanding 45-0 victory over bottom club Truro at Kingsey Road.

The home side, who had narrowly lost the away fixture, took the lead with a delightfully worked try.

Darren Oxley, spotting the unmarked James Hewitt on the left wing, put in a cross-kick, which the winger caught to go over unopposed.

Hewitt added the extra points with a difficult kick into the wind.

Flanker Dave Seymour then broke away from a scrum and handed on to speedy Tom Johnson, who scored under the posts.

Hewitt added the conversion and a penalty, giving Chinnor a 17-point advantage at half-time.

This was only after they withstood considerable pressure from the Truro forwards, who battered the home line for five minutes before the interval for no reward.

The second half was all Chinnor as tries by No 8 James Kindon and another Johnson effort, both converted by Hewitt, extended their lead.

Charlie Oyebade then got in on the act, making a try for replacement Leon Westerman, before outwitting the Truro defence himself to score a fine individual try.

Hewitt converted both to complete a personal tally of 15 points.

Oxford Harlequins failed to recover from a disastrous first half as they crashed 30-10 away to St Mary's Old Boys from Bristol.

Playing against the wind in the first half, Quins conceded two soft tries in two minutes, while their attacks, initiated by No 8 Paul Nye, foundered against the home side's strong defence.

Just before half-time, Quins centre Charlie Mawle finished off a fine move to go over in the corner for a try and make the score 25-5 at the break.

In the second half, Quins, now with the wind at their backs, started to gain the upper hand, but conceded a breakaway try in the 50th minute from full back Dagger.

The visitors were not helped when they lost Anthony Cope with a neck injury, centre Martin Nutt moving to scrum half and Andy Noyce coming in at centre.

Quins hammered at the St Mary's line which was finally breached by flanker Jamie Cope, who went over for a consolation try.