Accies deliver a Dalziel thumping Motherwell outfit are comfortably defeated
Glasgow Acc .... 61 Dalziel ............. 15
Dalziel failed to pick up a first win of the season after they were destroyed by Glasgow Accies.
Dalziel were welcoming back four players into the first team squad, so were positive of getting a result against their high-flying opponents.
After a narrow defeat at the hands of St Boswell’s last week, the Motherwell outfit were optimistic and started strongly, putting pressure on the Accies’ scrum, forcing a penalty which allowed Andrew Glover to push Dalziel into the Accies half of the pitch.
From the lineout, play swung across the pitch, and it looked as if Scott Johnstone had put Ryan Burrell in for the first score of the match.
Unfortunately, a cover tackle managed to dislodge the ball as Burrell went to ground.
Glasgow Accies tried to clear the ball from the scrum, but their backline was offside, and Glover converted the resultant penalty to put Dalziel 3-0 up nine minutes in.
Next it was Dalziel to deny a try; Chris Woods looked certain to score, but Burrell and Thomas Quigley were on hand to stop the winger grounding the ball once he had crossed the line.
Glasgow Accies were awarded a scrum on the Dalziel five-metre line, and scrum half Stewart Gray broke and offloaded to Jamie Loomes to score to the right of the posts. Gray converted to take his side into a 7-3 lead with 20 minutes gone.
On the half- hour mark, Kris Mathie gathered a loose ball, and evaded two tackles to score Accies’ second try of the afternoon. Gray again converted.
With a minute left until half-time, Accies spun the ball wide. Andy Brown took the ball towards the Dalziel line and offloaded to Woods to score. Gray converted for the third time to give his side a 28-3 half time lead.
Dalziel withstood some early Accies attack, but eventually Gordon McGuire snuck over to secure his side’s try bonus point. Gray added the extras.
Scott Simmons added a fifth when he took a tight running line on the halfway and ran in.
Three minutes later, PJ Rankin scored his side’s sixth.
A freak bounce from the kick off ricocheted into Loomes’ arms and he was afforded an easy run in. Gray added the conversion and Accies were now 47-8 up.
With six minutes to go, Dalziel got their second try of the afternoon as Glover ran in from 40 metres.
With time almost up, Loomes added his third of the afternoon, and was joined on the scoresheet by Kerr Malcolm to make it 61-15.