The Scotsman - Monday, 10th December 1888, page 10 Celtic v Clyde – The protested Scottish Cup tie between these teams attracted nearly 9000 spectators to the Celtic Park. The Clyde won the toss, and Groves kicked off. The Clyde forwards, taking up the running, forced the ball behind. M’Callum executed a brilliant run up the right, and finished with a strong shot at goal, which, however, went wide. Play continued in favour of the home team, and, from a pass from the right, Maley headed a rather soft goal past Chalmers. Scarcely was the ball again in progress than M’Laren headed a second goal for his side. The Clyde men were next prominent, and Cherrie put a ball into Dunning’s hands, which the custodian let through. The Clyde attacked strongly, and within a minute thereafter Cherrie equalised with a splendidly judged shot. Tom Maley again scored, and the game stood at three goals to two in favour of the Celtic on crossing over. The play opened in the second half with the Clyde attacking, but their career was brief, as Maley again dashed away on the left and added another goal. Gallacher, of the home team, though injured early in the first half, kept the field, but at this stage Hart, of the Clyde was compelled to leave the field with his shoulder dislocated. The game abounded in hard knocks on either side, not directly attributed to roughness, but caused more by the fearless manner in which the rival teams contended for possession of the ball. Handicapped by the absence of their best back, the Clyde fell away a bit, and M’Callum headed a fifth goal, and Groves replied with a sixth – the best goal of the match. Another grand run by Groves, who played remarkably well, ended in the downfall of the visitors’ goal for the seventh time. Time was drawing near, and gathering themselves together the Clyde made several vain attempts to score, but they were repulsed, and in the last few minutes the Celts rushed in a couple more goals, and thus won by nine goals to two.

Celtic Team:-
Dunning
Collins
McKeown
Gallacher
Kelly Jas
McLaren
Dunbar
Groves
Coleman
Maley T

Scorers:-

McLaren(2),
Maley T(3)
Groves(4)