Scoring Summary (By Quarter):

 

Chiltern Cheetahs 7  7  7  7  28
Essex Spartans    0 0  0  0   0

 

1st Quarter
Spencer Whybrow 4yard TD run (Martin Homer kicked the extra attempt) 7 - 0
2nd Quarter
Andy Cochrane 6 Yard TD run (Martin Homer kicked the extra attempt) 14 - 0
3rd Quarter
Spencer Whybrow 14 yard TD catch from Rob Suttling (Martin Homer kicked the extra attempt) 21 - 0
4th Quarter
Andy Cochrane 38 yard TD run (Martin Homer kicked the extra attempt) 28 - 0

 

Chiltern continued their winning start to the season, with their first win in three attempts over Essex Spartans, how visited Amersham for the first time on Sunday.

 

Chiltern kicked-off, and after a short run, Ally Reid picked off a pass on the second with a superb diving catch to give the Cheetahs excellent field position.  Five plays  and 22 yards later Spencer Whybrow opened the scoring on a 4 yard run with Martin Homer scoring the first of his 4 extra point attempts to go into the Chiltern record books, with the successful kicks in a game. Essex started to move the ball on their next drive, which saw their longest play of the game, a  17 yards run and two further penalties by the defence gain extra yardage before having to punt the ball. Running back, Andy Cochrane pick up a couple of first downs for the Cheetahs before the end of the quarter.

 

The Second quarter started with Andy Crowther punting deep into Essex territory and Ade Stemp tackle on the return at their 10 yard line.  Both sides then both had a good drives ending in punts with an excellent Ally Reid punt return for the Cheetahs to the Spartans 6 yard line, where Andy Cochrane scored the first of his two touchdowns on the next play.  With Homer''s extra point attempt giving the home team a 14 - 0 lead. The Spartans where unable to ball on their next drive, and Chiltern''s Darren Shepsman and Abdul Lawal ran out the first half clock.

 

Essex kick-off to start the second half, with Ally Reid returning the ball to just over the half way line.  Andy Cochrane and Spencer Whybrow gain more yardage on the ground before Whybrow got on the end of Rob Suttling''s 14 yard pass in the end zone, with Martin Homer kick good (21- 0).. Essex still not convincingly moving the ball forced a turn over on the Chiltern''s next drive, intercepting Suttling''s pass in the end zone. The quarter ended when Owen Thomas and Darren Whybrow combined to sack the Spartans QB for a 5 yard loss.

 

Cheetahs defensive MVP Ally Reid intercepted a pass for the second time in the game on the opening play of the 4th quarter, which set up the offensive MVP Andy Cochrane to score his second touchdown of the game, this time from 38 yards out, taking him over 100 yards on the day. Martin Homer completed the scoring with his extra point kick (28 - 0).  Essex where determined to get on the score board and after a excellent kick return over the half way line, the Cheetahs defence held firm, before Alan Porter blocked Gareth Evans field goal attempt.  Chiltern continued to pick up firsts downs with runs by Cochrane and Luke Foster, but where unable to score again with the game ending with Eddie Wells and Andrew Maxwell combined sacking of Spartans QB for a 10 yard loss.

 

Chiltern''s next opponents, Sussex Thunder are also unbeaten, recording 5 wins to date and top the South East Conference table with the Cheetahs in second place in what will be a battle to remain undefeated this Sunday at Amersham & Chiltern Rugby Club, kick-off is at 2.30pm

 

British Senior League Division 2, South East Conference Table

 

Sussex Thunder              5  -  0     1.000
CHILTERN CHEETAHS    3  -  0    1.000
Kent Exiles                     4  -  2      0.667
Essex Spartans              2  -  3      0.400
Maidstone Pumas           0  -  4      0.000
Sabres                            0  -  5      0.000

 

For further information on the Cheetahs please log onto www.chilterncheetahs.com or contact Richard Barnes on 07710 249300 or Giles Stevenson on 01494 728371