On this day in history in…
1926 – London Irish B, visitors to Caversham, suffered a 53-0 drubbing by Old Redingensians.
1937 – Hosts Windsor edged out Old Redingensians 14-8.
1948 – A Green try was merely a consolation in a 12-3 reverse at Reading University.
1954 – Gerry Knight bagged a brace and there were further tries from Eric Martin, Peter Mundy and Bacon, while three Waters conversions completed the scoring in a 21-0 home triumph against Reading University.
1965 – Gensians lost 17-0 at home to Rosslyn Park Stags.
1971 – A dour 3-0 home success against Bracknell.
1976 – ORs shared the spoils in a 7-7 home draw with Bracknell.
1982 – Visitors Bracknell ran out 13-0 victors at Gensians.
1990 – Redingensians won 22-11 at Old Abbotstonians.
1993 – Steve Hunt’s penalty was just a consolation in a 20-3 home reverse against Wimborne.
1999 – Jez Flynn, Simon Henderson, Gary McGregor, Rob Castell and Hancock all crossed the whitewash as Redingensians defeated visitors Sherborne 29-12, Rob Honan adding a pair of conversions.
2004 – Gensians were unable to cope with the big Wootton Bassett forwards in wet conditions and lost 23-8 in their Southern Counties South clash at Sonning.
They ran out of steam, despite leading 8-6 at the break through a Seb Reynolds interception try and an Andy Tweedie penalty.
However, the Witlshire side’s pack gradually ground out a victory, scoring two converted tries from five-metre line-outs together with a penalty.
2010 – Jevon Marsh, Craig Clements and James Baker were the try scorers in a hard-fought 24-22 home win against Oxford Harlequins, Spike Chandler adding three conversions and a penalty.
*Historical research by Nigel Sutcliffe