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August 2004 BSL Division Two Chiltern Cheetahs 24-15 Essex Spartans Scoring Summary: 1st Qtr Spencer Whybrow 17 yard
TD catch from Rob Suttling 6 - 0 The Cheetahs recorded their ninth straight victory of the season with a 24 - 15 win over the Essex Spartans, who battle and tested the Cheetahs through out the entire game. Chiltern kicked off and the Spartans second play, Linebacker Nick Michael intercepted an Aaron Griffiths pass and give the Cheetahs offence good field position. The Spartans defence where fired up and did not give much yardage as the Cheetahs attempted a field goal on 4th down. A bad snap left kicker Martin Homer no chance of kicking the ball, so he attempted a pass, which receiver Conrad Patrick could not hold onto. On the Spartans next drive, Cliff Moles sack Griffiths for a 5 yard loss and two short yardage runs force a punt, from which Frank Mayo returned the ball 26 yards to the 17 yard line. The next play saw Rob Suttling pass to Spencer Whybrow for the opening score of the game, with the extra point just wide (6 - 0). The Cheetahs increased their lead at the start of the second quarter on Abdul Lawal 42 yard run, with the extra point attempt again going wide (12 - 0). Cheetahs defence forced the Spartans to punt, which was blocked by Alan Porter, the loose ball was recovered by Cliff Moles in field position. Fine running by Andy Cochrane set up the cheetahs third touchdown of the day, when Conrad Patrick catch an 8 yard pass from Rob Suttling to give the Cheetahs a 18 - 0 half time lead. The Spartans came out in the second half fired up on both sides of the ball, forcing the Cheetahs to punt, then powerful running and a 34 yard pass down the sidelines got them into scoring range with a first a goal at the 10 yard line. But Frank Mayo forced a fumble at the hand off, with the loose ball recovered by Alan Porter. An excellent 21 yard run by Luke Foster and 27 yard catch by Conrad Patrick drove the ball down field for the Cheetahs, before turning over the ball on downs. Essex’s determination paid off in the fourth quarter on Aaron Griffiths 24 yard touchdown pass to Paul Simpson, with Gareth Evans kicking the extra point (18 - 7). The momentum of the game was now moving into Essex’s advantage and with 4 minutes left in the game Griffiths connected with John Stott for a 22 yard touchdown. The same pair combined for the two extra points, leaving the Spartans only 3 points adrift (18 - 15). Frank Mayo returned the kick off to the half way line from where Andy Cochrane picked up an excellent 8 yard on the ground, forcing his way through 4 defenders. Spencer Whybrow’s got a first down with a 10 yard run on 4th down with Abdul Lawal rushing 19 yards into the scoring zone. This set up Andy Cochrane to score his 11th touchdown of the season from 10 yards out with less the a minute remaining in the game and hand the Cheetahs a 24 - 15 win. Offensive MVP went to Abdul Lawal for his fine running, with the defensive award going to Owen Thomas, who recorded 11 tackles. The Cheetahs now travel to Maidstone this Sunday to face the Pumas in the last of the regular season games with a 12 o’clock kick-off as they look to record a perfect season by going 10 - 0. The following week (15th August) will see the Cheetahs entertain the South West Conference runner’s up, South Wales Warriors at Amersham & Chiltern Rugby Club (Kick-off 2.30) in the Quarter finals of the play-off’s. Further details on the Cheetahs can be gain via the website www.chilterncheetahs.com or by telephoning Richard Barnes on 07710 249300.
Div 2, South East Conference
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