Memory Lane – Season 1986 / 87 – Part 34. | |
23 December 2009 Season 1986 / 87 – The Cups The MacTavish Cup Saturday 25 October 1986 – MacTavish Cup First Round – Skye Camanachd made the long journey east to Skye travelled with a make-shift squad and they found some familiar faces waiting or them on their arrival in Skye played against a strong wind in a first half and most of the early stages took the form of a dour midfield battle. Donnie Murchison went close for the home side with a couple of snap shots which flew just over Ian “Dowel” MacLeod’s bar. However it was another of the Murchison clan – Peter - who playing at wing forward, who broke the deadlock with a 20 yard drive which gave Skye a 1-0 half time lead. At the interval Skye made a tactical switch designed to take advantage of the stiff diagonal breeze in the second half. Willie MacKinnon was moved to left wing forward where he saw plenty of the wind assisted ball and player / manager Calum Murchison slotted in at full forward. Calum Murchison made it 2-0 early in the second half and Skye went on to dominate the remainder of the game. A Calum Murchison double completed his hat-trick to make it 5-0 as Peter Murchison added his second to take Skye’s tally to 6 and Calum Murchison notched his fourth goal to send Skye home with a resounding 7-0 victory. Duncan MacDougall and John “Slippy” Finlayson were excellent in the Skye midfield and player / manager Calum Murchison was very effective up front. Skye now had a trip to Invergarry to play Glengarry in the next round to look forward to. |