Warlingham's bonfire night cup fixture was more of a damp squib than a fireworks spectacular as the home side well well-beaten 25-5 by Teddington in the Intermediate Cup.

A number of unavailabilities meant some positional changes but it was clear from the off that the home side would have their hands full when Teddington had the better of the first quarter with both possession and territory.

The pacy visitors backs always looked threatening and only stout defence by centres Ben Wimble and Luke Davies kept the try line uncrossed.

As Teddington were unable to breach the tight Warlingham defence the visitors' outside half tried a long drop goal attempt which was short and wide.

A determined break by No 8 Tom Skinner put Warlingham on the front foot but the Teddington defence was equal to the attack.

On the half hour a missed tackle saw the Teddington backs flood through and score an unconverted try out wide.

Warlingham were stirred into attack and when Jon Osborne, in the unusual position of flanker, picked up a loose ball and gave captain-for-the-day lock Neil Robson a well timed pass for him to evade several defenders to score under the posts. The easy conversion went wide.

A careless high tackle from a Teddington prop was rewarded with a yellow card but Warlingham were unable to capitalise on the extra man.

Warlingham prop James Scott, playing his last game for the home side, tackled with legitimate aggression and the Teddington attacks were thwarted.

Warlingham forced the play too much and when strangely penalised, went behind for a second time from the resultant penalty kick.

Half time saw more of the same with Teddington having the most of territory and possession and, when Warlingham were again penalised, their powerful centre drove though the midfield for a converted try.

However the referee penalised Teddington for a post-try misdemeanour but Warlingham didn't have the firepower to kick the penalty from the half way line.

The game deteriorated somewhat in the fading light and, when Scott was shown a yellow card for a bit of fisticuffs, Warlingham had to play catch-up rugby.

Teddington took two late well deserved tries to end up worthy winners.

Earlier in the day Warlingham had held an internal club Memorial game for Jonathan Smith, their former club captain, who tragically died in the summer, leaving two young children.

There were many former players who had travelled from far and wide to attend the fixture and the large crowd appreciated an open game with a total of ten tries being scored.

Nearly £3,000 was raised for the family and, despite being a sad occasion, many of Jonathan's friends gathered to relive the 20 years during which Smith had been well loved club member.