On this day in history in…
1950 – Colin Stamp and Dennis Barnes dotted down for ORs as they won 9-0 at home to Swindon, their other points coming from a Dennis Easby penalty.
1953 – Eric Martin grabbed four tries and there was also a double for Barker as Redingensians cruised past RAF Shinfield Park 35-0.
Larkinson, James, Bacon and Platt were the others to cross the whitewash, while Waters kicked a conversion and penalty.
1961 – A Colin Evans try proved insufficient for the boys in blue as they lost 9-3 to Old Purleians.
1967 – Gensians lost 19-0 at home to Havant.
1972 – Visitors Oxford Old Boys eased past ORs 27-4.
1978 – Gensians showed good form with a 31-6 defeat of Esso.
There were two tries apiece for Paul Carroll and Chris Vaal, one from Mike Griffiths and Chris Champion, while Vaal kicked seven points.
But the real star of the weekend was A team wing Evelyn Daniels.
He ran in an amazing 10 tries – eight in the first half – as his side raced to a 76-4 win against Esso’s third string.
1989 – A Simon Bedwell try along with two penalties and a drop goal from Graham Tibbett were not enough for Redingensians, the visitors losing 21-13 at Portsmouth.
1995 – A Paul Jones try and 17 points from the boot of Andy Appleton – including a conversion, four penalties and a drop goal – helped Gensians to a 22-10 success at Lytchett Minster.
2000 – Dave Cox converted a Micky Bell try and Greg Way kicked a penalty, but the Sonning men were well beaten 37-10 by visitors Maidenhead.
2006 – Rams made it two wins out of two at the start of their South West Two East campaign after promotion – but it came at a price.
Three players were injured in the first half of the 29-17 success at Frome, however, skipper Jez Flynn carried on despite also receiving a knock.
Despite these setbacks, two tries from Matt Reed and one from Seb Reynolds gave the visitors a useful lead with Alex Steggman putting over a couple of conversions.
Frome pegged it back to 24-17 after Craig Clements had gone over, but Greg Lynch’s effort in the last quarter made sure.
2017 – A power-packed performance from Rams ensured a 40-30 triumph at Worthing.
Robbie Stapley crossed twice while the were further scores from fellow forwards Tom Vooght, Craig Nightingale, Will Morrison and a penalty try, while Tom Humberstone kicked four conversions.
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*Historical research by Nigel Sutcliffe