Sedgley Park 23 Barking 8
National League One
Saturday 3 December 2011
Sedgley Park beat Barking at the weekend in their National League One match by 23-8. Poor weather conditions lead to handling errors and wayward kicking, but the teams still served up a great game.
The report below appeared in The Rugby Paper on Sunday 4 December.
Sedgley Park withheld second half Barking
pressure to keep pace with the leading pack in the table after this
match which was played at times in atrocious conditions.
Behind early on to a Chris Ashwin penalty
goal, the Tigers lost captain Garth Dew and full back Richard Wainwright
to injuries with less than ten minutes played.
The Tigers took the lead when Chris
Parrott chipped for Fergus Owens to chase and touch down after 15 minutes.
Matt Riley converted, and added two
penalty goals before half time, while Ashwin missed the chance to reduce
the arrears on the whistle, to send the home team in 13-3 at the
break.
Barking started the second period in
the ascendency, and immediately put pressure on the Sedgley Park line,
which led to penalties given away in dangerous positions.
Riley’s kicking from hand was often
found wanting, and was pounced upon by William Nelson on the left wing,
who chased his own chip kick, and put down just in time before the ball
went dead after it rebounded off replacement full-back Tom Leader.
Excellent running through the gain
line by Oxley paid off for him on 67 minutes when he scored after stretching
over the whitewash, before Riley converted, and added the final touch,
kicking a 45 metre penalty goal with three minutes left.
Scorers:
Sedgley Park
Tries: Owens 15, Oxley 67
Conversions: Riley 15 67
Penalty Goals: Riley 23 29 77
Barking
Tries: Nelson 50
Conversions:
Penalty Goals: Ashwin 3
Half-time: 13 - 3
Star Man: Richard Oxley (Sedgley Park)
Referee: Richard Kelly
Attendance: 215
Teams:
Sedgley Park: Wainwright, Dutton,
Owens, Riley, Harrison, C Parrott, S Parrott, Birchall, Oxley, Flynn,
Hopa, McGowan, Venter, Dew, Crous
Replacements: Black, Wright, Livesey,
Urmston, Leader
Barking: Burcham, Nelson, Henderson,
Broughton, Davey, Ashwin, Gash, Mullins, Bloomberg, E Ambrose, Burns,
Smith, Sinfield, Ngan, Davies
Replacements: F Ambrose, French, Kersey,
Jones, Neale
