Friendlies

Power and strength told in the end as Chinnor came from behind to beat Banbury 34-10 in their friendly at Kingsey Road.

Banbury took the lead through Andy Noyce's penalty goal, but just before half-time, Chinnor were awarded a penalty try.

In the second half, the South West Division 1 side pulled away with tries from Paul Hennessy, Lloyd Matchett, Lee Westerman, Louw Kruger and Jon Brooks. Kruger and Westerman added conversions.

Banbury managed a consolation try in the dying seconds through Barry Lalanne, with Noyce adding the conversion.

Bicester and Witney were involved in an exciting 14-14 draw at Oxford Road.

Bicester led 14-0 at the break thanks to tries from replacement Maurice Van Wyk and fly half Mark Nash. Both were converted by Chad Ward.

After the break, Witney hit back with a close range try from flanker Gareth Williams and a well-worked score by centre Richard Martin, with fly half Francis Grant adding the conversions.

Two converted second-half tries from hosts Brackley sent Oxford to a 19-10 defeat.

Oxford led 10-5 at the break, thanks to a try from full back Alistair MacLennan, set up by centre David Ralson. Don Smith converted and later added a penalty.

Other results and scorers

Banbury 2nd 14 (tries P Papenfus, Thomas; cons P Papenfus 2), Chinnor 2nd 15 (tries G Hook, N Marr; con J Vaughan; pen Vaughan); Chinnor 3rd 29 (tries Aitken 2, Faithfull, Warren, Sherrin; cons J Durrant 2), Banbury 3rd 0; Marlow 4th 10, Chinnor 4th 12 (tries W Dickinson, S Williams; con Dickinson); Harwell 2nd 12 (tries L Gayle, B Jones; con J Seller), Chinnor 5th 16 (try J Philpott; con D Pigott; pens Pigott 3); Oxford Harlequins 2nd 83 (tries R Rouse 3, P Molyneux 2, A Jones 2, A Green 2, W Houston, J Lavialle, J Wilson, L Arand; cons D Wheeler 8, Arand), Marlborough 24; Oxford 2nd 12, Oxford Harlequins 3rd 19 (tries A Wells, B Corfield, M Samson; con: B Turner 2); Hertford Vets 35, Oxford Harlequins Vets 5 (try I Wakefield); Bicester 2nd 45 (tries R Lawrence 2, R Cunningham 2, A Nel, S Cooke, E Kerr; cons N Wilkins 5), Daventry 2nd 0; Daventry 3rd 7, Bicester 3rd & Vets 24 (tries S Coogan 2, C Morris, C Whadley; cons C Austin 2); Abingdon 2nd 10 (tries S Hendy, E Cairns), Wallingford 2nd 39; Grove 2nd 32, Witney 2nd 20 (tries J Lamb, A Holmes, T Hickman; dg D Redgwick); Witney 3rd 52, Stow 3rd 39; Witney 4th 44, Abingdon 3rd 5 (try D Lewis); Gosford 3rd 96, Witney 5th 0.