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The Scotsman - Monday, 30th November 1891, page 10

Celtic v St Mirren —At Westmarch, Paisley. Considering the circumstances there was a large attendance of spectators. The game was commenced by the visitors, who had the breeze in their favour. They immediately ran up the field and secured a corner, which, however, proved fruitless. The St Mirren next had a look in, but, they were caught up, and Madden sent in a shot which struck the cross-bar and rebounded into play. The home forwards had a nice run down, but they were again sent back to their own ground, and experienced difficulty in warding off the attacks of their opponents, who were several times rather unfortunate in not securing a goal, so narrow were some of the shots which they sent in. However, the Saints were also having some opportunities of scoring, and of one of these they took advantage, a neatly-placed shot by Douglas enabling Kinloch to slip the ball through. The ground was in a very soft condition, and the players often fell just at a critical moment. After a while the Celtic appeared to settle down into excellent form, and maintained pressure for almost the whole of the remainder of this half. McCallum, Madden, and Brady each secured a point to their team, and another which bounded off one of the home backs brought up their total in this half to four. Half-time was called, with the Saints three goals down. The second half saw the home team in much better form, and they scored the only point in this division, though the Celts were pIaying equally well. On several occasions, both goals seemed in imminent danger. Result :- Celtic, four; Saints, two.


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