Victoria United 1 - 0 The Aberdeen

At Central Park, Kittybrewster, and before a large crowd of spectators, the Aberdeen and Victoria United teams met in a Northern League fixture. The weather was all that could be desired. The teams were:- Aberdeen: Bisset; Walker, Ross; Sangster, J. Mackie, Drummond; Inglis, Bennie, C. Mackie, Buchan, Robertson. Victoria United: Murray; Kilgour, Craig; Ritchie, A. Murray, Robertson; Knowles, Duncan, Lindsay, Ferries, G. Ritchie. Mr. Golding, Dundee, was referee.

The United started off up the incline, but Aberdeen immediately got possession and forced a corner, which, however, proved fruitless. A spell of midfield play followed. Arthur Murray next tested Bisset with a high shot, which the custodian cleared with difficulty. Some exciting play then took place in front of the Aberdeen goal, in which the United showed up well. The United goal had next a narrow escape owing to a blunder on the part of Kilgour. The game now became very uninteresting, neither side exerting itself very much. A decided improvement took place in the play of the Aberdeen team, and had they not been so reckless they might have scored. The United eventually woke up, but they could make nothing of the Aberdeen defence. Half-time arrived without either side having scored.

The United resumed in a very determined manner, and the Aberdeen goal was in jeopardy for a few minutes. Twice in succession the ball just went over the crossbar. The United had extremely hard lines in not scoring. At last the Whites broke away, and forced a corner, which, however, came to nothing. Aberdeen kept up the pressure, and Robertson almost scored with a well-judged shot from the left wing. A break away by the United's front rank resulted in Lindsay opening the scoring. Aberdeen tried hard to equalise, but Murray was very safe in goal, and kept out several dangerous shots. No further scoring took place, and the United ran out victors by a single goal. There was little to choose between the teams. The front rank of both sides was extremely weak, while the backs were about equal, but the United were strongest at half-back.

Source: Aberdeen Journal, 13th October 1902