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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
« Reply #60 on: Sat 14 Mar 2020 17:25 »
It had all seemed such a good idea. Transpennine's flash sale - it lasted less than a day - provided train travel from Huddersfield  to Edinburgh for just £1 each way. Four nights in a hotel (rather more than £1 each) would allow for a Friday night development league match at Dalkeith and a Sunday trip to Livingston v Hearts. As for Saturday, the choice was extensive: There was a fine horticultural offer - Linlithgow Rose v Crossgates Primrose, Dundonald Bluebell at Whitehill and Hill of Beath Hawthorn at Tranent. The greatest attraction though (even beating Matthew  MacDermid at Stirling Albion) was a Junior Cup Quarter Final replay between Broughty Athletic and Darvel. The Scottish government had cleared the way for matches to go ahead, but on Friday lunchtime the SFA decided, sensibly enough perhaps, to suspend all football forthwith.

All was not quite lost, however, as one match to survive was at Inverleith

Saturday 14th March 2020
Tennants National League Division 2
Stewart's Melville.  45   v   8   Newton Stewart
George Pounder (Glenalmond)

It was not the easiest of watches, with both sides in combinationns of red and black though Stewart's had thin bands of yellow. Mr Pounder, though, stood out in a lurid green shirt, though the short sleeves over a black undershirt looked infra dig for a public schoolmaster. The home side are top of the table, while many of the visitors looked youthful and lightweight. Though they managed a couple of individual breaks in the early stages, they were under pressure most of the time, particularly in the scrum, where their only hope was quick ball or rapid backward movement. Stewart's went ahead with a converted try on the quarter hour, Newton Stewart getting on the scoreboard with a penalty five minutes later. The rest of the half saw a lot of handling errors. Mr Pounder was quick to pick up offside and obstruction, but was tested in the closing few minutes of the half as Stewart's pressed near the line, opting repeatedly for scrums rather than penalties as the visitors offended time and again, till a card or even a penalty try seemed likely. Eventually one forward was given a warning, they did not dare offend again and the scrum headed for the line. Stewart's made the mistake however of picking the ball  up and going for the corner. They were held up over the line, the half-time whistle went and Stewart's were not entirely happy.

Their dominance secured them an unconverted pushover try early in the second half, a handling error by the visitors soon allowing them to add another try, converted this time. On 57 minutes a further scrum offence finally earned the visiting prop a yellow card, necessitating the withdrawal of a flanker to be replaced by the touch judge. At the next scrum they were pushed back15 metres allowing Stewart's to pick up and flop over for try number four. A foolish reaction by the home number 8 gave him the chance to have a sit down for ten minutes, during which Newton Stewart crossed for a try in the corner to make It 26-8. On 77 minutes came the best moment of the match, a little kick through from Stewart's being neatly picked up and passed to the winger who went behind the posts. Or maybe not the best, as another good move provided another try two minutes later. From the restart five phases allowed Stewart's to score one final try.

JCFC is not qualified to comment much on Mr Pounder's performance - though ignorance does not normally stop him. Suffice it to say that he looked to get most things right, had a good manner and was of course treated with respect.
« Last Edit: Sat 14 Mar 2020 19:29 by JCFC »
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