Grove blow chance to lead Premiership after late goal

Grove Menzieshill have lost the chance to retain their lead at the top of the Premiership after suffering a 4-3 defeat at Uddingston.

A goal each by Luke Cranney, Alex Blaikie and Cyril Varghese kept the Dundee side in the game but they were undone by a late strike.

Dundee Wanderers have still to pick up their first point after losing a late goal to Edinburgh University in a 5-4 defeat.

Wanderers goals came from Frank Mulgrew (2), Bobby Ralph and Elliot Sandison.

Perthshire are third in division 2 after their remarkable 12-0 win over Aberdeen Grammar.

Michael Robertson hit five, Stephen Dick grabbed four and Adi Moffat, Mark Gorrie and Neil Robertson were also on the mark.

Inverleith and Dunfermline Carnegie lead the way as they hold a five-point lead over Perthshire.

Second-placed Strathclyde University were too good for Monarchs in their 5-2 victory

Harris are pointless after three games after losing 2-1 away to Aberdeen University.

Dundee Wanderers had their work cut out against Erskine Stewarts Melville in the Scottish Cup on Sunday.

Bobby Ralph and Gregor Pearson had them 2-0 up at half-time but the second division team struck back and so nearly caused an upset when they went 3-2 ahead.

Paul Dailly netted the equaliser and Wanderers went on to went the penalty stroke competition by 7-6.

St Andrews University demonstrated that they can be serious league division 2 contenders with a narrow win over Dunfermline Carnegie.

Grove Menzieshill, second and third teams were scheduled to be in action against Aberdeen in the District Cup and Kelburne IV in the Reserve Cup but the club were unable to field a team for either of these away matches.

Great Britain’s U21 team, which includes Grove Menzieshill’s Jamie Golden, picked up wins over New Zealand and Japan in the Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia.

Jamie Golden is with GB in Malaysia for the Johor Cup.