It was nearly half-an-hour past the advertised time when, the Wanderers having won the toss and elected to kick down the slope, Forsyth started hostilities. For the first few minutes play was general until the Wanderers got well down, but the ball was smartly returned and immediately the strangers' goal was menaced. Relief soon came, and then the ball was transferred to the other end, but Barbour's parting shot went wild. Gloag and Leggat were next conspicuous with a prettily combined run on the left, but nothing resulted. Several other runs, particularly one in which Fraser, McFarlane, and Forsyth took part, were heartily applauded, but the result was nil. At length, about ten minutes from the start, the Orion forwards went off with a rush, and McLintock rushing out of goal to save, missed an easy shot, and thus allowed Forsyth to score the first goal for the Orion. After this play was, for a time, of a give-and-take character, the only outstanding feature being a smart run on the part of the homesters, which unfortunately was spoiled by a foul being given against them right in front of the Wanderers' goal. The strangers then retaliated, and Stirling had a comparatively easy chance, but his shot went right across the goalmouth, and found its way behind. Again going up the field in fine style, the Orion forwards passed all opposition, and kept McLintock, Madden, and McClymont busy. Their persistence was at last rewarded, Gloag giving the ball the finishing touch and scoring the second goal for the Orion. The home forwards were playing a good, steady, game, and literally walking round their opponents, who were giving a poor exhibition. Within a few minutes of the scoring of the second goal the Orion five were up at McLintock, and from a scrimmage a third point was added by McFarlane. Not long afterwards Forsyth had a grand chance to score, but made a wretched kick. However, the next chance was not thrown away, Fraser doing the needful within a minute afterwards, and scoring number four. McFarlane added a fifth shortly afterwards, and then as if to make amends the strangers broke away. Barbour got the goal at his mercy, but made a poor attempt to score, the ball going high over the bar. Half-time came with the score standing: Orion, 5; Wanderers, 0.

Within a minute of the kick-off Gloag added a sixth point for the Orion, and it appeared as if a seventh would be scored almost directly, the Orion forwards swarming round the custodian, but McLintock saved smartly. Within the next ten minutes the strangers only once got within range of Edwards, the game being confined to the vicinity of the south goal, which had some marvelous escapes. A seventh point was added by McFarlane, and for a long time afterwards the game was exclusively confined to the Wanderers' territory. However the Orion found it difficult to get past the defence of McLintock, who had wonderfully improved and kept out some stinging shots. The forwards of the Wanderers then retaliated, but could never get past the defence of the home backs, who returned the leather well down the field. From one of these returns it was well taken and carried to McLintock, who had a hot three minutes of it, and ultimately the eighth point for the Stripes was put on by Fraser. After this several corners fell to the Orion, but luck appeared to have deserted them, and do as they liked they could not score. However, within a few minutes from time they managed to get a ninth point - the ball rebounding off one of the Wanderers' backs and going through. Nettled at this the strangers broke away, and paid a visit to Edwards, but the defence was too strong, and the Orion forwards coming away with a rush sent the ball past McLintock for the tenth time. There was no further scoring, and the game ended: Orion, 10; Wanderers, 0.

Source: Aberdeen Journal, 13th February 1893

From Central Park.

The Orion Score a Double Figure.

Source: Bon-Accord, 18th February 1893