It was a hard afternoon for Bletchley at Manor Fields

Bletchley suffered a heavy defeat on home soil as High Wycombe ran riot to win 52-12 on Saturday.

The sides recognised Remembrance prior to the game, joined by service personnel from 158 Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, who attended in uniform to represent the Armed Forces community, along with a British Army musician, who performed The Last Post and Reveille.

The hosts though would be in for a rude awakening as they found themselves on the back-foot from the opening whistle. After just three minutes, scrum half Jack Sharp, acting as the last defender, was penalised for a high tackle. The referee awarded a penalty try, and Sharp received a yellow card, leaving Bletchley temporarily down to 14 men and trailing 7-0.

High Wycombe capitalised while a man up, adding tries further tries on five and 12 minutes, converting both to extend their lead to 21-0.

Bletchley responded strongly once they returned to full numbers. On 15 minutes, outside centre Elliott Hales took a direct line through midfield to finish well. Fly half Cameron Watkins converted to bring the score to 21-7.

Wycombe then took control of the remainder of the half, scoring three tries in the final five minutes of the first-half, converting twice to take a mighty 38-7 advantage into half-time.

Bletchley worked hard to re-establish territory and defensive structure, but Wycombe maintained momentum, adding further tries on 50 and 63 minutes, extending the lead to 52-7.

The home side continued to dig in and finished with determination, but discipline let them down, with yellow cards to Hales at 68 minutes and Comery at 72 minutes, requiring further defensive resilience from the squad.

With two minutes to go, Sharp made a positive impact on his return, sniping from the base to score Bletchley’s second try of the match. The conversion was missed, leaving the final score 52-12.

Despite the scoreline, there were standout individual efforts. Flanker Sam Brown delivered an exceptional defensive performance - his work rate, physical presence, and commitment in contact were constant across the full 80 minutes, earning him a deserved man of the match.