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1934 – A try from Darrell was only a consolation for ORs as they went down 23-3 at Old Stortfordians.

1951 – All the scoring came in the second half of Old Redingensians’ 10-5 win at Eastleigh.

The home side took the lead soon after the break and the Old Boys left it late to respond.

Fifteen minutes from time, fly-half Eric Martin beat his opposite number and ran half the length of the field to score.

He then repeated the dose soon after, Mike Salmon converting both to secure the victory.

1962 – The lay-off caused by the freeze-up was blamed for a poor game at Sonning where ORs went down 12-3 to Old Surbitonians.

The visitors kept the ball tight and kicked well, resulting in three tries for their pack, along with a penalty.

Tony Farr slotted a drop goal for the home side’s only reward.

1973 – Tries from David Brown, Morrison and Doug Cowley, supplemented by a Gareth Rees penalty, was not enough to prevent Gensians going down 17-12 at home to Rosslyn Park A.

1990 – It was one-way traffic in the second half at Newbury, where Redingensians stormed to a 22-3 South West Two victory.

Held 3-3 at the break, they took advantage of the home side’s loss of Colin Phillips and Peter Winfield through injury.

Doug Hughes (2) and Tim Walters crossed, while Steve Hunt added a penalty and two conversions to his three first-half points.

1996 – Jason McMahon’s try and nine points from the boot of Andy Appleton (two penalties and a drop goal) guided Rams to a 14-8 home win against North Dorset.

2001 – Rams put visitors Wallingford to the sword with a convincing eight-try 47-5 success.

Greg Way, Phil Morris, Dave Cox, Micky Bell, Phil Trott, Young, Spike Chandler and Gary McGregor all dotted down with Way adding a conversion and penalty and Chandler adding the extras to one of the other tries.

2007 – Matt Reed and Jez Flynn bagged braces and Andy Amor, Sam Laskey and Spike Chandler also went over in a thrilling 45-31 triumph at High Wycombe, the latter adding five conversions to seal the win.

2018 – Rams were edged out 31-29 by Chinnor in a cracker at Old Bath Road.
Connor Stapley, Ben Henderson, Matt Weller and Jak Rossiter ensured the hosts picked up a try and losing bonus-point, while Tom Humberstone landed three conversions and a penalty.

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*Historical research by Nigel Sutcliffe