Recap

East of Scotland Qualifying Cup R2 – Saturday 20th August 2022

Hawick Royal Albert 0
Blackburn United 2 Devine 47(p), 60

With a strong wind blowing down the park, Burnie kicked-off into the wind and Laurie Devine nearly struck in the third minute but Ross Wallace in the Hawick goal blocked the attempt.

At the other end Greg Ford saw his attempt held by Craig Saunders, whilst a Luke Meikle effort was parried round the post for a corner by Wallace. Despite the wind disadvantage it was Burnie who dominated possession.

On twenty minutes a break by Devine saw him cut inside and let go a shot just outside the area which Wallace blocked, the ball came back out to Michael Gould but again Wallace done well.

In a rare foray forward, Harry Fowler got on the end of a good move through the middle but Saunders pushed away his attempt for a corner.

The second half saw the scoring open almost immediately when Marcus Millar was pushed over at a corner and Laurie Devine converted the penalty sending Wallace the wrong way.

Then on the hour mark it was Devine again who rose to head a Luke Meikle cross beyond Wallace.

The game petered out into a scrappy affair with neither side looking likely to add to their tally. Referee Hogarth did however get a bit card happy showing yellows to both dugouts and then showing Craig Young a red card for dissent.

Hawick Royal Albert: Ross Wallace, Sean Solley, Robert McPherson (Ryan Shepherd 75), Tom Fowler, Andrew Common, Harry Fowler, Greg Ford, Yuan Fang, Ryan Prentice, Kieran Crawford (Hon To To 72), Siris Davidson (Darren Milne 77). Unused subs: Kacper Michalak, Kenneth Aitchison, Peter Beagley.

Blackburn United: Craig Saunders, James Mildren, Joe Osborne (Kyle McClung 80), Adam forrest, Marcus Millar, Dominic Kane, Michael Gould (Calum Heath 68), David Howe (Scott Richards 61), Laurie Devine (Kieran Sweeney 61), Sam Thomas (Fraser Cormack 61), Luke Meikle. Unused subs: Daryl Meikle, Gavin King.