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• These teams met on the West End ground, St James' Park, Newcastle.

Review

The Celtic team included five international and four county players, and a tough encounter was looked for by the Newcastle partisans. the visitors won the choice of ends, and elected to open play against the wind, and a keen contest was at once the order of the day, both teams putting in all they knew, amidst intense excitement. After a beautiful exposition of the game, the visitors proved victorious, the score being:- Celtic, four goals; West End, three goals.

Teams

Newcastle West End:-
Jardine, Jeffrey, Taylor, Kelso, Swinburn, MacDonald, Barker, McColl, McCrimmond, Downs, Kennedy.

Goals:- McCrimmond (2), McDonald.


Celtic:-
Kelly, W McCallum, Gallagher, Dowds, Kelly, McLaren, N McCallum, Naughton, Coleman, Groves, T Maley.

Goals:- N McCallum, N McCallum, Maley, Coleman.

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