DIVISION 3
ON a day when, unusually, the rain was more intense in the east,
Glasgow Academicals used the reasonable conditions to beat Musselburgh
39-9 with seven touchdowns.
After a spirited Musselburgh opening, the powerful home pack took
control, and there were two first-half tries for Calum MacGregor.
Left wing Brian Boundy scored following snappy transference of a Dean
Barr pick-up on the right and Torquil Mathewson's touch-down after a
long pass from MacGregor let him show his speed.
With MacGregor kicking a conversion and Musselburgh's Cliff
Livingstone three penalties, Accies led 22-9 at the break and then so
controlled the second half they should have got more points.
Julian Richmond and Mathewson scored in the opening 15 minutes with
MacGregor kicking a conversion and Simmers scuttled in from 30 metres on
the whistle.
One of the best matches of the day was at Preston Lodge where visitors
Biggar won 21-17 in a game which could have gone either way.
Biggar's 18-year-old stand-off Stewart Harrison showed he has matured
during his summer playing with Manly, Australia. In the first half he
scored two tries -- one off a charge-down and the other a solo effort
from ruck ball -- as Biggar built up an 18-3 half-time lead.
PL blitzkrieged the opening 10 minutes of the second half with an
opportunist try from Stewart Payne on the left wing and three penalties
from Rodney Gibbs having Biggar trembling on 18-17. However, they dug in
and added a penalty from Malcolm Bruce in the last minute.
There was much poorer fare at view at Glensburgh, where Grangemouth
and Kirkcaldy splashed about to little effect. Kirkcaldy's territorial
advantage allowed John Mitchell to kick one penalty before the break and
two thereafter. A last-minute penalty from Kenny Halliday got
Grangemouth on the board.
Corstorphine should have been well ahead of Peebles by the interval.
They led 9-3 thanks to three Grant Pollock penalties, but seven kickable
chances had been missed.
The Borderers got on top in the second half, producing a try for Mark
Smith and allowing Rab Wilson to add to his early penalty success, and
getting home 11-9.
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