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WINNINGTHESCOTTISHCUP39
wasrelativelyeasilywon.Itwasapretty
ratherthanagreatgame.Dumbarton
playedwell,theHeartsbetter.Asingle
goalsufficedtobringthecuptoTyne-
castleandtooccasionsuchspeechifyingas
hasneverbeenheardsinceinanEdinburgh
footballconnection.Mason,whoscored
thegoal,wastakentotheRoyalInfirmary
ontheMondayfollowingfortreatmentof
aninjuryofsomestanding,anditwas
amazingtothedoctorswhosawhim
thathewaswalling,letalongplaying
footballontheSaturday.Ifmemory
serves,thatinjuryclosedhiscareerasa
footballer.Itwassaidatalatertime
thatRobertWalkeraloneoflaterHearts'
playerscouldhavebeenimportedintothe
189icupwinningeleventostrengthenit.
Theplayerssurelydeservetohavetheir
namesperpetuated:—
Fairbairn;AdamsandGoodfellow;Begbie,Mac-
pherson,andHill;Taylor,Mason,Russell,Scott,and
Baird.
FouroftheelevenwereWestern-bred
footballers,Macpherson,Hill,Mason,and
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Story of "The Hearts"
DescriptionFifty years' retrospect 1874-1924 / by William Reid ; with a foreword by the Hon. Lord Anderson, D.L., LL.D.
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