GLASGOW have recalled Walter Malcolm as wing forward for the McEwan's
district championship match against North and Midlands at Burnbrae
tomorrow, only four days before his thirty-second birthday. But a
flanker of even higher repute, Ian Smith, despite his international
standing, cannot break back into the Exiles' XV to meet the South at
Mansfield Park the same day.
Malcolm will be making his twentieth district appearance as Glasgow
attempt to rescue a championship season that peaked with victory over
the South on Saturday, but slipped in defeat by the Exiles at Richmond
four days later. He will be at blind side, and his Glasgow
High/Kelvinside partner, Fergus Wallace, Glasgow's captain, switches to
No.8.
Old Anniesland colleagues would vouch that Malcolm has been playing as
well as ever for GHK this season.
Brian Robertson, Stirling County's tight-head prop, who missed
Wednesday's defeat because of a shoulder injury, also returns for
Glasgow, allowing Alan Watt to switch back to the left in place of John
Gibson. The GHK international prop, however, is doubtful because of the
knee injury that forced him to retire in the second half of the Richmond
match, and Gibson stands by for another recall.
After the victory over Glasgow, the Exiles have named an unchanged
team even though Smith, Scotland's first-choice open-side flanker
throughout the past year, is available after the shoulder injury that
forced him to miss the Richmond match. The Gloucester captain, who was
to have led the Exiles on Wednesday, finds a niche only as a
replacement.
Tony Stanger, Hawick's international wing, has dropped out of the
South XV because of his father's death. Gala's Mark Moncrieff fills the
gap.
Glasgow -- D N Barrett (West of Scotland); R A G Porter, C T Simmers
(both Edinburgh Academicals), I C Jardine, K M Logan (both Stirling
County); G M Breckenridge (GHK), F H Stott (West of Scotland); A G J
Watt (GHK), K D McKenzie, G B Robertson (both Stirling County), E
Murphy, D S Munro, W H Malcolm, F D Wallace (all GHK), B Ireland
(Stirling County). Replacements -- S M Simmers (Glasgow Academicals), D
R McKee, S Blair (both West of Scotland), M Norval (Stirling County).
Exiles (London Scottish unless stated) -- M E Appleson; N J Grecian, F
J Harrold, M Sly, D W Caskie (Gloucester); R I Cramb, captain, D B
Millard; A V Sharp (Bristol), L M Logan, A P Burnell, D F Cronin, A Reed
(Bath), N G Provan, D L M McIntosh (Pontypridd), I R Morrison.
Replacements -- P M Jones, I R Smith (both Gloucester), D C M McGavin
(Bedford), J Hamilton (Leicester).
* GLASGOW'S XV for the under-21 championship match against North and
Midlands, also at Burnbrae tomorrow (11am), shows one change from the
team who beat the Exiles 24-8 on Wednesday. Stuart Muirhead, the
Kilmarnock centre who dropped out on the morning of the game, returns in
place of Derek Muir.
Jeff Kayne, Scottish Schools' scrum half two year ago, while he was at
Hutchesons', returns to the Exiles' team for the under-21 match against
the South at Kelso this evening.
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