England suffered a third injury ahead of this afternoon's match against Scotland in the three-match series in Paisley. Iain Mackay broke a finger in three places during a training match at Largs earlier in the day. Mackay is the third England player to suffer a hand injury. Ashleigh Ball from the women's squad received an injured knuckle yesterday, which is now in plaster, and Gareth Andrew broke a finger. On the pitch, England's women put on a repeat of yesterday's match against Scotland. Alex Scott opened the scoring after four minutes. Scotland were awarded a penalty stroke in the tenth which was put away by Emma Rochlin but Heather Battern enabled England to retake the lead before the end of the half. Alex Scott scored her second mid way through the second half but goals from Julie Bryce and Elspeth Cockburn wiped out England's lead. Final score 3-3.
After the 3-1 win yesterday, England's men suffered a setback against Scotland. Adam Dixon opened the scoring within seconds of the start of the match and Simon Egerton made it two from a penalty corner. After having gone into the break 2-1 up, Scotland came back stongly. A goal apiece from Dixon and Egerton could not stem the tide, and Scotland ran out 7-4 winners.
England play against Scotland again tomorrow to complete the series.
