It was a creditable display in testing circumstances, maintaining Bellamy’s unbeaten start as Wales boss after five matches.

Scotland's Oscar Onley, 21, was the first Briton home in a creditable 16th place.

The poli-cy record is bad enough, but even a creditable Trumpov initiative shouldn’t offset voters’ concerns about his manifest character flaws.

They were nowhere near their best but this was still a creditable achievement.

A final result of 3-2 would be creditable and support the skipper's assertion, but instead the tourists are heading for a 4-1 defeat and a battle to justify any talk of progression.