Evesham hang on for points (From Evesham Journal)

Evesham hang on for points

8:00am Friday 16th November 2012 in Sport

EVESHAM under 17s remained unbeaten in the North Midlands League following a nail-biting 26-24 win at Old Halesonians.

They led 19-12 at the break through two tries from Wilf Watson and one from Mike Harris, who added two conversions.

Old Hales went ahead but Oli Salcedo dived over and Harris’ conversion won the game alongside a try-saving tackle from Henry Murray.

The under 16s beat Old Hales 15-5 with Adrian Cook outstanding in the loose.

Scott Fairfax, James Thomas and Fred Hopper scored the tries.

The under 15s lost 31-19 at Old Hales after conceding all the points in the first-half.

They fought back with Tom Jordan, Ben Cross and Sam Roberts bagging tries. Roberts converted two.

For Evesham under eights against Old Hales, Tigers won 13-4 and 5-4 and Lions triumphed 11-8 and losing 7-5. The respective playersof- the-day were Mackenzie Russell and Sam Swayne.