The Edinburgh Reporter

Scotland fall short against the Welsh

Good display but Wales are going to finals

- By JOHN PREECE

SCOTLAND V WALES was the big match in Glasgow that everyone had been waiting for as it would almost certainly decide who would qualify for next year's EuroHockey Championsh­ips.

Scotland had a couple of chances to take the lead, the first of these being a well-worked, three-pass move giving Struan Walker a shot on goal.

A few minutes later, Jamie Golden deflected a ball into the area just over the bar.

But Wales took the lead as a 27th minute Gareth Furlong penalty corner found the back of the net for a 0-1 lead.

Late in the fourth quarter, Scotland won a string of penalty corners, but frustratin­gly failed to convert them, so Wales will go to the EuroHockey Championsh­ips in Mönchengla­dbach.

France also qualified after a 19-0 win over Lithuania at home in Calais.

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