The Easter Road youngsters got off to the perfect start when Ally Park surged forward on the right wing. His inch-perfect cross was headed home by Fergus Bell.

On the half-hour mark Lee Currie fed Booth who slotted the ball calmly behind Weir. The movement of the ball from the Hibs players was a joy to watch and on the stroke of half-time a lovely weighted ball from Kurtis Byrne picked out Booth who notched his second goal of the match.

Alistair Stevenson, the Hibs coach, said: "We have been working on our full backs getting forward and that worked very well with Calum Booth getting two goals. Credit has to go to Craigroyston. They were very well organised."

Craigroyston: Weir, Paterson, R McKenzie, Johnston, Jeffery, Hay, Hassan, Binnie, Martin, Lawson, Manson. Subs: Olsson, Georgeson, Morrison, Clancy, Bain, Cummings, J McKenzie, Mortimer, Scott.

Hibs Under-19: Flynn, Park, Booth, Welsh, Moyes, Wotherspoon, Russell, Byrne, Currie, Smith, Bell. Subs: Johnston, Deane, Kelly, Welch, Taggart, Grant.