MORTON will run the rule over a host of trialists in a bounce game against Hibs today.

And the Telegraph can reveal the players on trial include former Easter Road starlet Jamie McCluskey, ex-Clyde defender Alan Lithgow and Grant Smith, son of Gordon, the former SFA chief executive.

Former Motherwell and Stranraer defender John Kane will also be attempting to secure a deal, as will ex-Celt Tony McParland, former Aberdeen youngsters Jonathan Crawford and Nicky Clark, and two unnamed French trialists.

Winger McCluskey became the then youngest-ever player in Scottish Premier League history when he made his debut for Hibs in January 2004. He was released by Wrexham at the end of last season.

Smith, meanwhile, finished last season at Ross County and can play left-back or left midfield.

Moore has been impressed with the technical qualities of both French trialists, a midfielder and a striker, and also spoke highly of McParland's performance in an inter-squad match on Saturday.

Moore will also use the Hibs game to offer a chance to a clutch of the club's promising youngsters including Ryan Kane, David Donnelly, Nathan Shepherd and Chris Gordon.

The Ton boss' background is in youth development and he developed a host of youngsters at Stirling Albion, including David O'Brien, below, who he brought to Cappielow earlier this summer.

He said: "These boys are going to get an opportunity. At Stirling Albion, O'Brien came through my youth system, from the 17s to the first team.

"There were about five or six who made it through to the first team.

"I'm not taking the credit for finding them but I coached them for two or three years and five or six of them ended up winning championship medals.

"That was a good crop of players, you don't get that every year. These young boys at Morton have just as much chance as the other boys who have come on trial.It's about what they do on the pitch.

"We told the young boys they will have to come in and do as well as the rest of the trialists."