DUNDEE were given a tough time of it by Highland League Huntly last night before eventually winning through 3-1 in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup. The Christie Park tie had been rearranged after frost put paid to Saturday’s original fixture. The home side started brightly and both Russell Guild and Colin Robertson went close. Kevin McDonald replied for the visitors when he fired into the side netting. The match was fairly even for the first half hour but the Dark Blues broke the deadlock on 29 minutes through top scorer McDonald. Freddie Daquin made tracks down the right and delivered a great ball to
Kevin McDonald, whose first effort was blocked by Neil Murray. The youngster made no mistake with his second attempt. Within two minutes of the restart the Christie Park side almost levelled when the ball broke to Bruce Cormie, but Eddie Malone got back to make a great saving tackle. Then, with just 13 minutes of the tie left the Dark Blues were shocked when the home side equalised. A free kick by Robertson was met by the head of substitute
Keith Reid who diverted it past Dens keeper Craig Samson. Just three minutes later, though, and the Taysiders were back in front. This time they were awarded a free kick for a foul on Scott Robertson and
Eddie Malone stepped up to curl the ball over the Huntly wall and into the net from 25 yards. Huntly almost levelled again when Reid set up Robertson, but he was blocked by David Worrell. Dundee put a better reflection on the final score when they netted again in the last minute. Again,
Freddie Daquin was the man who mattered when he latched on to substitute Derek Lyle’s cross to stab the ball past Huntly keeper Stewart Gray.
