Old Hamps completed the double over Bank of England with a solid 26-17 victory at Roehampton.

It was a blustery & cold day but the rain stayed away, which made for some enterprising rugby from both sides.

The first half was mostly about Bank pressure; they took an early 3 point lead through a penalty, and missed with another, but never really looked like breaking Hampton down out wide. OH weathered the storm and found things much more to their liking playing in the Bank half, pressure led to a penalty, slotted by full back Frank Keenan.

It remained 3-3 to half time, with both sides competing well but lacking a cutting edge.

Things got interesting in the second period, with both sides tiring, gaps started to appear and transgressions became more frequent.

Hampton benefited first, with Keenan slotting two long range pens expertly, 9-3 Hampton.

This was followed by a great passage of play with backs and forwards interlinking well and it was Keenan who got on the end of a pass and stepped round the cover to score, just failing to convert his own try.

The Hampton pack was matching their much bigger opponents across the park and in the tight, the front 5 have to take credit, and this allowed more space for the backs.

One wide move led to a series of close range rucks, OH didn't panic, and fly half Duncan Peel ghosted through a gap to score by the posts, Keenan converted.

Hampton really should have killed the game off, but allowed Bank a sniff of a comeback when they turned ball over from the kick off and from the ensuing scrum, which wheeled, the big Bank back row rumbled over, despite more than a hint of obstruction.

They followed this up with another try, this one off a well worked backs move after a series of rucks which saw them go over under the posts, suddenly it was 21-17 and game on.

But Hampton powered back into the Bank half with great charges from Back Row Cooke & Wilcock, before the ball was spun wide to Andy Jones, playing at 6 and then onto second row John Bawden, who with a lovely show & go & deceptive turn of pace, powered over from 20 metres out.

Keenan couldn't convert, but a personal haul of 16 points had more the helped Hampton to a fine 26-17 win which lifts them towards the middle of the table.