2nd XV Archive Match Reports

23/09/2006
Pershore 10 - 32 Camp Hill

Pershore 2nds faced higher ranked opposition on Saturday when Camp Hill made the trip down from Birmingham. Pershore were able to field a strong side with prop Damien May and flanker Steve Strong both starting.
Pershore did well in the scrum but seemed to suffer in the lineout, struggling to win their own ball. Both of Pershores tries came from former Dudley Kingswinford man Steve Strong, but this proved too little against Camp Hill who came out winners 32-10. Pershore vice-captain Rob Matthews said after the game “this was a much improved performance from Pershore which surprised Camp Hill. We could have scored more but at times we just did not have the rub of the green”.

Next week sees Pershore 2nds travel to Stourbridge for a Merit League fixture.

09/09/2006
Hereford 72 - 0 Pershore

Pershore’s second string endured a torrid afternoon away at Hereford, travelling with only 14 players. Credit must go to all of the team who never gave up and made a contest of the match until the final whistle.

02/09/2006
Shipston 5- 22 Pershore

Pershores second team defeated their Shipston counterparts through tries from Lee Synnuck, Spencer, Damien Hansen & Steve Hatt with a conversion from Rob Matthews.

26/08/2006
Pershore 12 - 20 Kidderminster

Pershore second team captain Alex Hanson did not have the perfect start he had dreamed as Pershore lost out 20-12 at Piddle Park. Pershore tries came from Graham Spiers and Steve Hatt with a conversion added from Rob Matthews.

30/09/2000
Pershore 12 - 33 Droitwich

Pershore’s second team came down to earth with a bump in a tough encounter at Droitwich. After scoring 150 points in their first three games they came into the match full of confidence but found themselves up against a big Droitwich side who used their superior size to good effect.
Pershore found it difficult to hold onto ball and some sloppy handling in the backs meant that the little ball they did win was wasted.
Despite this the defence in the first half was excellent with some big tackling sending the home side back. Even though Pershore only managed to get out of their half on rare occasions they managed to restrict Droitwich to just 2 tries to leave them 12-0 down at half time.
The second half looked like it was going to take on a different complexion as Pershore attacked from the whistle. The forwards began to turn ball over and after a scrappy period of play outside half Dave Snell put a good kick to the corner that the Droitwich winger managed to scramble into touch. As he lay on the floor and the rest of the Droitwich side ambled back, Pershore winger Phil Sheppard took a quick throw in to Snell who strolled in unopposed. He converted his own try and suddenly Pershore looked threatening at only 12-7 down.
Pershore continued to dominate play and were unlucky not to level the scores soon after. Then came the killer blow. As the Pershore forwards drove the ball on into the Droitwich half the home sides number 8 managed to rip the ball away and with some missed tackles helping his cause went in for what proved to be a demoralizing blow for the away team. Heads dropped in the Pershore side as they felt the game had got away from them. Droitwich scored two more quick tries through their forwards as Pershore struggled to get their game back on track. They did manage the last word when some good handling skills from prop Carl Evans put centre Craig in for the final score of the game.

07/10/2000
Pershore 91 - 0 Ludlow

Ludlow were faced with a long and depressing journey home on Saturday evening as Pershore's second team ran riot in a 15 try fest at Piddle Park. Despite the damp conditions some excellent handling and running by forwards and backs alike gave the crowd something to cheer, if only for 50 minutes.
The writing was on the wall almost immediately as Pershore went 33-0 up in the first ten minutes with 5 excellent tries. Dave Snell led the way on the wing notching up a hat-trick of tries within 8 minutes and also supplying Ben Pullen with one. Captain Oli Heydon was the other scorer after a searing break put him through. Ludlow had no answer to the awesome rucking from the Pershore forwards and the pace and incisiveness of the back line. The referee called the half short after 30 minutes but not before further tries had been added from Phil Sheppherd, Phil Smith and Fudgey out on the wing to leave Pershore 48-0 up.
Ludlow showed good spirit at the start of the second half and began to gain some more possession and some ill discipline in the Pershore ranks almost gave them a score. Unfortunately for them Pershores defence was also up to the job and eventually they regained their stranglehold on the game. Ludlows heads dropped and Pershore began to score tries at will. Pullen and Fudge added a second to their tally and skipper Heydon matched Snell's effort with a hat-trick of his own. Further tries came from Phil Williams, Alex Jamal, and Andy Baker who just managed to crawl over the line.
Snell slotted 8 conversions to take his tally to 31 points and Ludlow were thankful for the referee's whistle which came after just 20 minutes of the second half, with only 50 minutes played in total.