sentences:  The club played a further three seasons until amalgamations were first mooted, Musselburgh RFC called a meeting to discuss with the other clubs in Midlothian the possibility of amalgamating under the Musselburgh name.As this was found to be unacceptable to most of those present the proposal did no proceed, however at a meeting held in October the members of Dalkeith and Lasswade decided to join forces and due to their greater number of members it was decided to play under the Lasswade name.The Second World then intervened and this had a direct result on the reformation of Dalkeith RFC as a separate entity.