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Celtic Games 1891 - Cowlairs

The Scotsman - Thursday, 30th April 1891, page 3

Celtic v Cowlairs – The return League fixture with Celtic and Cowlairs was played last night in Springvale Park, Springburn. Cowlairs started the ball, and Dowds bore down upon Duff, but McLeod came to the rescue. The Celtic men did some grand passing and for a time fairly outwitted their opponents. From a skirmish just at goal-mouth, Dowds for the Celtic scored twenty minutes after starting. Cowlairs now had a look in, and Dolan only saved by falling flat on the ground. Working gradually up the Celtic made a rush, and again put in a shot which Duff could not stop. Cowlairs worked hard, but at half-time the score was unaltered. On restarting, Cowlairs for a time did all the pressing. The Cowlairs forwards missed some grand opportunities of scoring by defective shooting. The visitors played exceedingly hard during the remainder of the game, and succeeded in adding three more goals to their number, making the score – Celtic, five goals; Cowlairs, no goals.

Celtic – Dolan, Reynolds, McKeowan [sic], T. Dunbar, McGee [sic], Kyle, Cunningham, H. Dunbar, Dowds, McMahon, and Campbell.


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