MORE DIVING MEDALS FOR ENGLAND
England dazzled in the Commonwealth Games diving pool but Scotland had a golden day at the Auld Enemy's expense on the Kelvingrove bowling green.
Jack Laugher was overjoyed after completing his Commonwealth Games campaign with a second gold medal.
The 19-year-old from Harrogate won the men's three-metres springboard for England alongside his best friend Chris Mears in Edinburgh.
Laugher, the one-metre springboard individual champion on Wednesday and silver medallist in the three-metres individual event on Thursday, and Mears finished with a total of 431.94 to triumph at Edinburgh's Royal Commonwealth Pool.
"It was amazing," Laugher said. "The Commonwealth Games have been an absolute dream for me. I was hoping, if I could get lucky, to come away with three medals.
"To come away with two golds and a silver is absolutely fantastic. To do the last one with my best mate and to get that alongside each other is what we've been dreaming of all year."
Australia's Matthew Mitcham and Grant Nel took silver with 403.14, and a second English pair reached the podium as Nick Robinson-Baker and Freddie Woodward of England claimed bronze with 364.41.
England's Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree - the pair who combined for synchronised three-metres platform gold on Wednesday - advanced along with Hannah Starling and Scotland's Grace Reid to the evening final of the women's one-metre springboard.
Tom Daley was due to begin his Games campaign, competing with James Denny in the men's synchronised 10m platform on Friday evening.
Alex Marshall and Paul Foster made it a golden double on the bowls rink as they helped Scotland thrash England in the men's fours final.
The pairs champions teamed up with David Peacock and Neil Speirs to achieve a 16-8 victory.
It was the second final defeat of the day for England after Jamie-Lea Winch and Natalie Melmore lost 20-17 to South Africa in the women's pairs final, with Northern Ireland picking up bronze.
The gymnastic prowess of the home nations continued to be demonstrated as Scotland's Dan Purvis won the men's parallel bars final at the SSE Hydro, fending off England's triple gold medallist Max Whitlock.
The 23-year-old Scot produced a stunning routine which scored 15.533 to take the title ahead of England's Nile Wilson who won silver with 15.433, while floor, all-around and team champion Whitlock had to settle for bronze with 15.066.
Purvis, who had already won team silver and rings bronze, reached the top step of the podium after being the last gymnast to perform on the apparatus.
High drama on the Glasgow Green hockey pitch saw England pip New Zealand on penalties to reach Saturday's women's final, after a 1-1 draw.
Katie Glynn netted a late equaliser for the Black Sticks after Lily Owsley had given England a first-half lead, and goalkeeper Maddie Hinch earned a 3-1 shoot-out success by proving a fearsome presence.
Scotland finished sixth in women's hockey after losing 2-1 to India in their classification match, as Nikki Kidd's second-half strike was sandwiched by goals two minutes either side from Anupa Barla and Poonam Rani.
In netball, Northern Ireland secured seventh place as they trounced Wales 58-36 behind 46 goals and a sharp-shooting 87 per cent strike rate from Lisa Somerville.
England are certain to top a table tennis podium on Saturday after the husband-and-wife team of Paul and Joanna Drinkhall set up a shot at Liam Pitchford and Tin Tin Ho in the mixed doubles final.
Both winning sides went the distance in five-game contests, as the Drinkhalls beat fellow England players Kelly Sibley and Dan Reed 11-5 8-11 5-11 11-8 11-8, while Pitchford and Ho overcame Singaporeans Jian Zhan and Tianwei Feng 12-10 11-8 11-13 6-11 11-15.
Paul Drinkhall said of the all-English final: "It's a good situation to be in, of course it's difficult as well and we feel sorry for Kelly and Dan right now but we are looking forward to the gold medal match."
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