Aberdeen 3 - 1 East Fife

George Hamilton carried the Young Dons through against East Fife "A," whom they beat 3-1 in a Reserve League game at Pittodrie on Saturday.

He provided the driving power in an otherwise punchless attack, and his two goals, the first from the penalty spot, gave Aberdeen "A" the points, though their opponents had much more of the play.
Neither Ashe nor Massie looked too confident against the nippy East Fife wingers. It was Grubb who opened the scoring in five minutes after a weak clearance by Thomson.
The centre half, however, generally had the better of the exchanges against Sandy Willox, the former Lossiemouth and Alloa centre forward, whose bulldozer tactics nearly brought goals more than once.
Robb was the better of the home wing halves. His equalising goal was well taken.

Source: Press & Journal, 18th April 1949