Civil Service 5

Mill Hill 17

Having completed their league programme, Mill Hill fielded an experimental side for their friendly with Civil Service at Chiswick.

With all the pressure they exerted, Mill Hill should have run up a cricket score against their Herts/Middlesex Division One opponents, but had to be satisfied with a goal and two tries.

They went ahead after 25 minutes when second row Tony Fallon rolled off a maul to score a try almost under the posts, centre Colin Hutton converting.

Civil Service threatened the visitors' line at the start of the second half, before a fine kick by stand-off Russell Barnes relieved the pressure and Mill Hill's hooker went in for their second try.

After Mill Hill had a few escapes, Barnes was unlucky when he went over but the referee didn't see him ground the ball.

But he was not to be denied and was quick to take advantage of a fumble by the Service scrum-half to score a try.

Then Civil Service got a deserved consolation try.

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