Billy Stark scored the goals, but Brian Irvine and Jim Leighton made the headlines when the latter had to be helped off, badly injured in a collison with Jamieson of Hamilton, and the former stepped in and kept the Hamilton attack out to record a joint clean sheet.
Aberdeen Teamsheet
Leighton, McKimmie, Mitchell (Robertson D), Stark, McLeish, Irvine, Miller J (Gray), Bett, Hewitt, Connor, Weir
Hamilton TeamsheetMcKeller, McVeigh, Hamill, Collins, Brazil, Mitchell, Taylor, Barr (Clarke), Jamieson, O'Neill, Craig (Brogan)
Bookings: 
Brazil 16,

Collins 33,

Barr