MIKE Giddings's late try saw Harwell edge out Didcot 13-0 in a scrappy BB&O Division 1 South derby and finish third.

Despite being unbeaten at Christmas, they could not quite keep pace with Abingdon and Broadmoor Staff.

A pushover try for No 8 Simon Ritson and a Ryan Hodnett penalty was all Harwell had to show for their dominance of the first half.

The result was in doubt until 72 minutes when Ritson broke from the back of a scrum, and fed substitute flanker Mike Giddings, who drove over from close range.

Chinnor 3rd landed the club's third title of the season after thrashing Beaconsfield 44-0 in Division 1 North.

OTHER SCORERS Div 1 North: Chinnor 3rd 44 (tries P Elson 2, N Grimsdale, D Cuadrado, L Price, J Lee, M Woodward; cons O Heath 3, pen Heath), Beaconsfield 3rd 0.

Div 1 South: Oxford Harlequins 3rd 22 (tries M Hover, J Hayden, J Went, M Stoddart; con I Phillip), Berkshire Shire Hall 21.

Div 2 North: Bicester 2nd 10 (tries R Thurlow, S Cooke), Milton Keynes 3rd 20.

Friendly: Chipping Norton 2nd 38, Oxford Harlequins 4th 14 (tries R Walley, A Longthorpe; cons G Meredith 2).