Aberdeen 5 - 0 Ayr United

RESERVES' FINE FORM

Aberdeen 'A' returned to something like their best form when before 7000 spectators at Pittodrie they trounced a strong Ayr United side by five goals to nil.
The Pittodrie team?s victory is all the more meritorious as the visitors? side included four of the first league team.
Aberdeen?s superiority was undoubted from the start, and only about half a dozen times during the game was Blackwell called into action.
One of the successes of the Aberdeen side was Stephen, a Peterhead player, whom Aberdeen had at outside fight. Aberdeen forced the pace at the start, and a well-placed free kick by Livingstone resulted in Hepburn making a great save from David. Stephen was early in the limelight, and showed splendid coolness when he brought Hepburn to full length with a hard grounder.
McLeod and Fleming were the mainstays of the United defence, and time and again they held the eager Aberdeen forwards.
The home team's persistence was rewarded after 23 minutes, when Merrie headed in a Dickie centre.
The Somerset Park side made their first dangerous move when McLeod let Price away, but Blackwell saved brilliantly.
Aberdeen increased their lead in somewhat surprising fashion, Hepburn allowing a McKenzie cross to slip through his hands into the net.
The Aberdeen attack showed some delightful touches, and it came as no surprise when Merrie added a third goal near the interval.
Aberdeen took the offensive on the restart, and David, Falloon, and Dickie all came near counting. The United goal ran numerous narrow escapes, but Hepburn was again beaten when Merrie got his head to a McLeod centre, to complete his hat trick.

One For David.

Before the visitors could recover from the shock, David ran in to guide another Merrie try into the net. Five goals up, the home team did not exert themselves, but even so the United were never really dangerous.

Source: Press & Journal, 17th February 1930