Sat 5 Oct 2019, 15:00
Lee Clithero on the Rampage !
Melton travelled away to their closest rivals with a good sized squad having missed a few players in recent weeks.
Melton put in a good first 20 minutes and it didn’t take long for the away side to put points on the board with Lee Clithero scoring under the posts after some good interplay between both the forwards and backs.
Another try came from centre Denzel storming through the middle of the Oakham defence.
Melton lost a little bit of control in the second 20 minutes and allowed Oakham to score a couple of tries and take the lead at the end of the half. Heads didn’t drop, though everyone seemed happy to hear the whistle for the end of the first half.
Tactical substitutions at half time had their desired effect with new energy and an adjusted game plan coming together to counteract the quick Oakham back line.
More hard graft from the forwards softened the defence allowing the back contingent to take advantage of some holes that had been created and Denzel managed to cross the line another time.
Oakham managed to cross the line in the second half through some heavy loading of the short side of a scrum which the Melton players tried hard to defend.
A penalty given just outside the Oakham 22 provided Melton with the opportunity for a solid driving maul from a 5 meter lineout. This was driven over the line and grounded by Bowles.
A further penalty in front of the posts was entertainingly turned into a try Baby Dave Meakin after a penalty move created by Simpson and the rest of Meton’s formidable pack.
Melton ground out the last 5 minutes of the game with some more very organised mauling which allowed Horne, now at scrum half, to go on a darting run up the field. Melton thought this might lead to one final try but sadly this was not to be the case.
The game eventually ended with yet another penalty from the hosts which Meakin duly fielded into touch to a loud roar from all of the Melton team.
Team : L Clithero, J Clithero, Keightley, Meakin, Marman (C), Wardhaugh, Lobley, Simpson, Whitechurch, Crowe, Pacey, Denzel, Towell, Cunningham, Horne, Bowles, Whelbourne, White, Dickinson, Chapman, Swann.
