On this day in history in…

1933 – Old Redingensians were beaten 30-0 by visitors Midland Bank.

1950 – Two tries from Best and further scores from Dennis Barnes, Mike Salmon and Wilder led ORs to a 15-3 success at Old Southfieldians.

1955 – A Chris Ball try converted by Swansborough was not enough for Gensians as they went down 9-5 at Jersey.

1961 – Phillips was at the double and Tony Farr added a conversion as Redingensians beat Bank of England 8-0.

1967 – Visitors Bank of England lost 21-11 at Gensians.

1972 – Redingensians lost 8-0 at Gosford All Blacks.

1978 – Chris Champion, Tim Sillince, Mark Simmons and Paul Carroll all dotted down as Gensians beat Old Windsorians 23-4, their other points coming from two Bob Lewis conversions and a penalty.

1989 – The boys in blue avoided the drop from South West Two with a last-gasp 10-10 draw against neighbours Reading Abbey at Rosehill.

An injury-time pushover try from Stuart Loudwell gave them a share of the spoils and skipper Steve Hunt said: “We started and finished well and had enough chances to win the game.”

A Steve Smith penalty and try to a Martin Radford drop goal gave Abbey a 7-3 interval lead, before Radford narrowed the arrears before Loudwell’s late effort.

1995 – Ryan Telfer crossed the whitewash and Steve Hunt kicked a penalty, but Gensians were beaten 9-8 at Supermarine.

2006 – Craig Clements claimed a brace and Ben Saunders also dotted down as Rams won 20-12 at Chipping Norton, Tom Rockhill landing a conversion and penalty to complete the scoring.

2017 – Ben Henderson grabbed two tries and Jacob Atkins, Conor Corrigan and Greg Illingworth were also on the scoresheet, but Rams were edged out in a thriller 36-33 at Bishop’s Stortford.

Atkins also slotted four conversions.

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*Historical research by Nigel Sutcliffe