McRae’s treble seals tough win

By JOHN VALLELY

Westcombe P……… 31

Dorking…………………40

AGGRESSIVE Dorking defence was key as Dorking cliamed a hard-fought win at Westcombe Park.

The visitors were first to score when winger Toby McRae scored the first of his hat-trick after five minutes, Henry Anscombe converting.

Combe’s Raf Dutta turned up on the wing to run in a try ten minutes later but McRae touched down for his second soon after, Anscombe converting.

Hooker Taine Wag-staff narrowed the gap with a try converted by Nathan Wyman and the competitive nature of the game continued when Bryan Hotson scored for the visitors and Combe’s hooker Wagstaff claimed his second to make it 21-19 to Dorking at the break.

The second period was marked by a sequence of yellow cards for Dorking but despite going down to 12 players at one point Combe managed a score by centre Tom Burman.

Wih 62 minutes gone, McRae completed a fine hat-trick and the Anscombe conversion levelled the scores.

A red card for Dorking’s Jasper King gave Combe the chance to hit back and Frank Kitchen duly obliged.

But Combe were denied a bonus point when Dorking scored at the death through Tyler Norwood.