Newbury A’s shine under the floodlights

NEWBURY A’s 56 v 15 THATCHAM III
Newbury A’s shine under the floodlights

Fri 11th Nov 7-30 pm KO - Wadworth 6X BBO Div 4 South

Newbury A’s keep up their impressive league form with a great local derby victory in front of a good crowd

Newbury A’s with a squad made up of mostly the older players sprinkled with a few youngsters keep up their 100% league record

Newbury A’s kick off this Friday night league game under the floodlights on the main pitch in front of a good crowd, Thatcham have the better of the first few minutes and put good pressure on the Newbury A’s defence which concedes a series of penalties resulting in Thatcham getting on the scoresheet first with a good penalty kick 0-3, 5 mins

Newbury A’s take the restart kick and after robbing the ball from the attacking Thatcham at the tackle in their own half, they mount a sustained attack resulting in several phases of play and a well worked try when Ben Sheratt sprints over for the first score, the conversion is wide 5-3, 9 mins

From Thatcham’s restart kick Newbury A’s run the ball keeping up the pressure on Thatcham’s defence, after several phases of good Newbury play a grubber kick is gathered by Phil Simmons, he makes good ground before releasing Ben Sheratt who is through and over to score his second try, the conversion drifts wide 10-3

Newbury A’s attack straight from the kick off and a good Nigel Cripps run takes play back in to Thatcham’s half, after some good running rugby from Newbury A’s the ball reaches Nathan Thomas who charges straight through the Thatcham defence to score a good try 15-3 20 mins

Another spell of good attacking rugby by Newbury A’s straight from the restart kick results in another well worked team try for Nathan Thomas, Neil Owen kicks the conversion 22-3 27 mins

Newbury A’s bring on a few of their subs and are soon back into Thatcham’s half from the restart kick, but a penalty allows Thatcham to relieve the pressure and clear to touch, Newbury A’s manage to get hold of the ball and some good phases of running rugby results in another well worked try when Jack Crawford makes a good run and sets up Phil Simmons to score a good team try Neil Owen converts 29-3 33 mins

Newbury A’s are well on top now and straight from the kick off they cut through the Thatcham defence to add to their score, Jack Sherratt scoring 34-3 36 mins

Thatcham kick off and have an attacking scrum when Newbury A’s knock on, from the scrum Thatcham put together several phases of good attacking play, this results in them getting over for their opening try, the conversion is kicked 34-10 39 mins

Thatcham have the better of the last few minutes and are unlucky not to add to their score when a long penalty kick is just wide, half time

Time for a breather and the coaches to do their job

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Straight from the restart Newbury attack and a great weaving run from Phil Simmons takes him through the Thatcham defenders to score a great individual try under the posts, Neil Owens kicks the conversion 41-10 42 mins

Thatcham restart, Newbury take and attack, an injury at the tackle results in a time out and a Newbury scrum, from the scrum Newbury mount another sustained attack taking them into Thatcham’s 22, Newbury win a lineout when Thatcham knock the ball into touch, Newbury win the attacking lineout and the ball is spread through hands to Tom Birch who crashes through to score a well worked try 46-10 48 mins

From the Thatcham restart kick Newbury win a penalty at the tackle, a quick tap and go results in good ground being made through some great attacking rugby, Newbury get up to Thatcham’s 22 before David Harsent sidesteps his way through the Thatcham defence to score 51-10 54 mins

Newbury are now well on top and are soon further in front when after several minutes of pressure, they are into Thatcham’s 22, the ball is kept live and after several pick and drives forward Paul Sayers makes the break through to score a good try, 56-10 65 mins

Fair play to Thatcham they don’t give up and after getting the ball when Newbury kick they mount a sustained attack which results in a good consolation score wide out on the left 56-15 70 mins

Play is held up for a serious injury to a Newbury player Ashley Doel and an ambulance called.
The news on Ashley is that he has been discharged from hospital

Eventually the match is abandoned a sad end to great local derby played in front of a good crowd from both sides

Thanks to the ref Stuart Codling

Newbury A’s Squad

Nathan Thomas, Nick Weston ©, Paul Sayers, Graham Beal, Ashley Doel, Nigel Cripps
Will Gibb, Tom Birch, Yann Cullen, Neil Owen, Nigel Swan, Phil Simmons, Steve Denner
Ben Sheratt, Matt Spencer, Campbell Murray, Joe Lawrence, Jack Crawford
Chris Gladwin, Jack Sherratt, David Harsent, George Stevens.

Newbury A’s next league match is on Sat 25th Nov away at Reading Abbey IV 2-30pm KO, a tough test for Newbury A’s as Reading Abbey IV sit second in the table