Ayr United 3 - 3 Aberdeen

At Ayr. The game was a very hard one, and there was no scoring till well on towards the interval. Result:- Three goals each.

Source: The Scotsman 1904-11-21

It may be that Ayr is famed "for honest men and bonnie lassies," but Aberdeen saw little of them on Saturday on account of rain, wind, and hailstorm which raged throughout the match. In the matter of goals - an all important point - Aberdeen ought to have had three (which they got), and Ayr two. This is the Aberdeen official view of it, as they emphatically assert that one of Ayr's goals was a very bad one, Brown being yards offside. Lowe was again in dazzling form. Eluding all opposition twice, he captivated the spectators with his cleverness in scoring. Aberdeen were clearly the better team on play, till towards the close, when the long journey, heavy ground, and cold began to tell its tale, and then Ayr asserted themselves, finally drawing the match with the scores 3-3.

CHATTY BITS.

Richie was practically a passenger after the first ten minutes at Ayr. He got his knee badly twisted, and was afraid to trust himself afterwards. It would have been better had he rested himself instead of playing, in view of the Qualifying final.
Johnston was at Ayr, and looks fit again. They could be doing with him in the A team nicely now.
Aberdeen put up at the Central Hotel, Glasgow, on their journey to Ayr last week.
Lowe was in crack shooting form at Ayr. We hope he will have the same luck at Dundee.
The arrangements for the final are to be left in the hands of the Dundee F. C., to whom all communications for stand accommodation should be addressed.
Clyde's protest evoked little sympathy amongst the S. F.A. members, who very promptly dismissed same. There is a rumour that the Renton are to work it up for the tie on Saturday, but, in view of' the decision arrived at, this is out of the question.

Source: Bon-Accord November 24, 1904

At Ayr, before a very poor attendance of spectators. Teams:-
Ayr: Mathie; Moffat, Weir; Richmond, Innes, Fairlie, Kerr, White, Brown, Young, Lawson.
Aberdeen: Macfarlane; Murray, D. McNicol; Halkett, Strang, Low; Robertson, G. McNicol, Lowe, McAulay, Ritchie.
Referee - Mr. Liddell, Glasgow.

Aberdeen started with the wind in their favour, and in the midst of a severe hailstorm. They were soon the aggressors, and Lowe was the first to cause Mathie anxiety. The slippery ground, however, combined with a strong breeze, rendered good play almost impossible, but there was no mistaking the black and gold men's superiority. The homesters occasionally had a look in, but the visiting halves usually were equal to the demands made upon them, Strang in particular being very reliable. Mistakes by the Ayr backs and half-back gave Aberdeen numerous opportunities, but they completely failed to take advantage of them. The Ayr men gradually asserted themselves, and after Brown had all but scored, Lawson bungled a fine cross from the right. Play was dull and uninteresting, Aberdeen in particular being very listless. Macfarlane affected a grand saved from Brown about 10 minutes before the close of the period, and a few minutes later Lowe got through, and put his team on the lead with a swift shot. A corner to Ayr immediately afterwards looked dangerous, but in a twinkling Lowe again got off on his own, and outwitted fully half a dozen opponents, and beat Mathie for the second time. The ball had scarcely been set arolling when, amidst great excitement, Brown headed through from a cross by Kerr.

Ayr resumed in a fashion which completely upset the Aberdeen defence. After some manoeuvring on the left, Lawson sent the ball well across the goalmouth, but with an open goal Kerr bungled, and the opportunity was allowed to go abegging. Shaking off the pressure, the visitors are again became the aggressors, and after Ritchie had tested Mathie with a weak shot, George McNicol smartly tipped the ball into the net as the result of a find cross by the old Bon-Accord man. Five minutes later Brown, beat Macfarlane for the second time. The homesters continued to have the upper hand. It was only a matter of time, however, before they did draw level. Brown again being the useful member and giving Macfarlane no chance with a high shot.

Source: Aberdeen Daily Journal, 21 November 1904