At a sunny Iffley Road on Saturday afternoon, the Greyhounds overwhelmed the Merlins by 82 points to 5, Tobi Clarke notching a hat-trick joining Blues wing Tom Stileman who did similar the night before. Whilst it was encouraging to see the Hounds score so many points, they know they will have sterner tests to come as they prepare for the visit of the Cambridge LX Club to Iffley Road on Wednesday 4th December.

Team Gus Conningham, Bran Rudran, Conor Hennessy, Will Garson, Gabriel Standen, William Thornton, Will Barker, Tristan Louveaux, Findlay Thompson, David Wilkinson, Tobi Clarke, Luke Butcher, Henry Hackett, Rob Quinlan, Peter Moore

Subs Felix Stocker (on for Gus Conningham), James Mash (on for Conor Hennessy), Peter Strain (on for Gabriel Standen), Charlie Papworth (on for Will Barker), Angus White (on for Findlay Thompson), Louis Pincott (on for Luke Butcher), James Standfield (on for Henry Hackett), Mark Baecker (on for Rob Quinlan)

Scores T: Tobi Clarke (3), Rob Quinlan (2), Peter Moore (1), Luke Butcher (1), Findlay Thompson (1), Will Barker (1), Louis Pincott (1), Will Garson (1), David Wilkinson (1) C: David Wilkinson (9)