Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Best kicks city club to epic win
their hooker badly misjudged his throw.
Cameron Townley took the ball on, his forward colleagues piled in to retain possession and it was fed wide for Martyn Beaumont to score.
Best’s conversion with a tremendous kick into the wind was another dagger in Chinnor’s heart.
The initiative was now with the city club and they were outstanding in their execution. Chinnor’s big runners could make little headway against skilful and committed tackling as Canterbury ruled the gain line.
The decisive period came early in the final quarter as pressure built and Burns was yellow carded for a technical offence, leaving Best to knock over the penalty.
A minute later, the fly-half gave his side the lead as he hit a long, low drop goal which crept over the bar by inches.
After a long consultation, referee Manley said yes but the drama wasn’t over. The referee was accidentally knocked out but recovered and Chinnor put in a furious late assault.
As they had done all game, the city defenders closed ranks, hammered the big men back and in the 78th minute, Best was handed the penalty chance which closed out the victory. Canterbury: A.moss, G.hilton (repl H.sayers), JJ Murray, W.farris, M.beaumont, T.best, D.smart, J.green (repl A.cooper),c.townley (repl G.edwards), S.kenny, T.burns, L.woodbridge, T.edwards, S.rogers, H.mccormick-huston.