The Fall River Marksmen set up a potential showdown with rivals
Bethlehem Steel, defeating Abbot Worsted 2-1, at Pawtucket, Rhode
Island. After a scoreless opening thirty minutes, Fall River begin a
period of fifteen minutes in which all three goals would be scored.
For the first Fall River goal, Frank McKenna send a corner kick fell short
of Johnny Reid. Not able to head the ball in, the ball struck Reid in the
chest and bounced across the goal line. Worsted answered five minutes
later, Farquhar receives a pass from Perry, who then slipped the ball to
Dundas, who was able to beat Findlay Kerr for the score. Just seconds
before the halftime whistle, Harold Brittan scored off a pass from the
corner from Dougie Campbell. Davidson made a valiant attempt to save
the kick, but was just short.
1/19/24 Coats Field - Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Abbot Worsted 1-2 Fall River Marksmen
(AW – Dundas 35’ ; FRM – Johnny Reid 30’, Harold Brittan 45’)
Worsted – Davidson, Cosgrove, McDade, Crickett, Kelly,
Watkins, Farquhar, Kane, Perr, Cummings, Dundas
Fall River – Findlay Kerr, Ned Tate, Bill Collier, Bill McPherson, Tommy Raeside,
Alec Lorimer, Dougie Campbell, Johnny Reid, Harold Brittan, Fred Morley, Frank McKenna
Referee – Lambie Linesmen – Carlin, Gill
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1/26/24 Baker Bowl – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Steel 1-1(aet) Newark Skeeters
(BS – Alex Jackson ; New - Green)
Match Report
Bethlehem – Bill Highfield, Dave Ferguson, John Ferguson, Bob McGregor, Bill Carnihan,
Arthur Robertson, Neil Turner, Alex Jackson, Walter Jackson, Johnny Grainger, Malcolm Goldie
Newark – James Douglas, Fletcher, Neil, Thomas Murray, Herman Bleich,
James Kirby, Jack MacArthur, Lawther, Milner, Green, David Brown
Att – 5,000 Referee – Alexander Courage Linesmen – J. Donohue, H.T. Crawford
2/1/24 Baker Bowl – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(replay) Bethlehem Steel 6-0 Newark Skeeters
(BS – Alex Jackson (3), Walter Jackson (3) )
Match eport
Bethlehem – Bill Highfield, Dave Ferguson, John Ferguson, Bob McGregor, Bill Carnihan,
Arthur Robertson, Neil Turner, Alex Jackson, Walter Jackson, Johnny Grainger, Malcolm Goldie
Newark – James Douglas, Jack McArthur, R. Neil, Thomas Murray, Herman Bleich,
James Kirby, D. MacArthur, Lawther, Milner, John Heminsley, David Brown
Att – 5,000 Referee – Alexander Courage Linesmen – J. Donohue, H.T. Crawford
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2/10/24 St. Louis, Missouri
Vesper Buick 7-1 Goodyear F.C.
(VB - McCarthy (2), Corrigan (2), Harris, Becker, Bergin ; Good - MacDonald)
Vesper - Labarge, Fitzgerald, Scott, Oster, Burke,
Wymer, McCarthy, Becker, Corrigan, Bergin, Harris
Goodyear - Fallon, Poynton, Simmons, Burns, H. Ferguson,
Graham, Grant, Young, Wilson, Manning, MacDonald
Referee - Stark
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At Packard Park in Detroit, Chicago's Bricklayers F.C. defeated
the home side Celtic F.C. 1-0 to advance to the Western Final
of the National Challenge Cup. The field was in less then desirable
conditions, as a blustery wind left the field covered with a layer if
ice. The Bricklayers had a good chance to open the scoring early
in the second half. Cruickshank just missed the post after beating
his defender, and Celtic goalkeeper Timney cleared a crossing pass
from A. Walker from the goal mouth. Celtic also had chances of their
own, but could not convert. With ten minutes remaining, walker
again sent a pass into the penalty area, this time met by teammate
Ambler, who beat Timney for the winning goal. Also in the second
half, a hard foul by Walker on Celtic's Bowie led to a scuffle between
the two, leading to Referee Tom Birks sending both players off.
3/2/24 Packard Park – Detroit, Michigan
Celtic F.C. 0-1 Bricklayers F.C.
(Brick - Ambler 80')
Celtic - Timney, Thompson, Sinclair, Kelly, McGiven,
Bowie, Spicer, Johnson, Lee, E. Kelly, Cruikshank
Bricklayers - Watson, G. Cant, A. Cant, McKenzie, Quinn,
Jackson, A. Walker, Coutts, Ambler, Cuthbert, R. Walker
Sent Off - Bowie, Celtic and A. Walker, Bricklayers (Second half)
Referee - Tom Birks
