KC 74 – Earl sdon 17
KC looked forward to this fixture because Earlsdon had cried off the fixture earlier in the season, league rules awarding KC a Home Walk Over and switching the game to Kidderminster.
In the first exchanges the heavier Earlsdon pack drove into the KC half and gained a penalty to take the lead. KC replied quickly when a poor pass after an Earlsdon scrum was pounced on by Ted Morgan who ran 25 metres to score close to the posts. Tom Dalton making the conversion. Soon after this Earlsdon had possession in their half and another dropped pass was kicked on by Ted Morgan who gathered the ball and cut through to score, Dalton again with the conversion.
From the KC 22 George Tildesley beat 5 Earlsdon players with a series of short moves and set the backs going for George Lloyd Jones to sprint 40 metres to score with Tom Dalton making the conversion. George Tildesley started and finished the next score, he passed to Ted Morgan who chipped forward for the supporting Tildesley to gather and score, Dalton adding the extras.
The KC forwards came into their own with possession close to the Earlsdon line, their repeated pressure was stopped by Earlsdon. Eventually KC passed the ball out to the backs for Tom Dalton to slice through the defence to score and make the conversion. KC then had possession in the Earlsdon 22, from this Pinner was able to set Ryan Tiene off on his trade mark run to score. Repeated KC forward pressure towards the left-hand touch line came close and Ethan Keenan was the man to pick-up and score, Dalton again with the conversion. The forwards all played well; man of the match Lee Wilks was involved in much of the work and his throwing in at the line out is central to winning possession from the line-out.
Pinner marshalled his players well and set a good example with his positive tackling. Tom Dalton and Alfie Smith were prominent in both attack and defence.
Against the run of play Earlsdon took advantage of a KC lapse to score in the left corner. KC then woke up and their possession allowed Pinner to set Ryan Tiene off for his second try, no conversion. The next KC score came from a Ted Morgan pass to Chris Pinner who fed the pacey George Lloyd Jones to score, no conversion. Then from a KC scrum the ball was passed to Ted Morgan for his third try, Dalton making the conversion. Ted was involved in the next try which made another hat-trick this time for George Lloyd Jones. Another KC mistake let Earlsdon score a second try
The last KC try involved several players, Tiene passing to George Lloyd Jones who in turn fed George Tildesley for Tom Dalton to get the score, no conversion.
This was a first-rate performance by KC to win 74 – 13 although white line fever left a number of points on the pitch. It is, however, splendid to see so many players getting involved in the game and playing as a cohesive unit.

Bob Davies