Celtic v Queens Park 6-3 (Glasgow Cup Final: November 16, 1895)


November 16, 1895
Match: Glasgow Cup, Final, Ibrox.
Celtic – Queens Park 6-3 (3-1).
Attendance: 24,000; gate receipts: £714 17s.
Referee: Mr. James Baillie (St. Bernard’s).
Celtic (2-3-5): Dan McArthur, Peter Meehan, Dan Doyle, Willie Maley, James Kelly, Barney Battles, John Madden, James Blessington, Allan Martin, Alex “Sandy” McMahon, William Ferguson.
Queens Park (2-3-5): Kenneth Anderson, John Gillespie, Hugh Smith, James Allison, Robert McFarlane, David Stewart, Thomas Crookston, Thomas Smith Waddell, Robert McColl, John Cameron, William Lambie.
The goals: 1-0 Martin, 1-1 McColl, 1-2 Crookston (40 min.), 1-3 Waddell (43 min.), 2-3 Ferguson (66 min.), 3-3 McMahon (75 min.), 4-3 Ferguson (78 min.), 5-3 McMahon (85 min.), 6-3 Ferguson (89 min.).
** Some sources claim Crookston also scored the third QP goal from a pass by McColl.

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Dan McArthur, Celtic (from private book collection).

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James Kelly, Celtic (Scottish Referee: January 21, 1889):

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Willie Maley, Celtic F.C. (Glasgow Evening Post: April 9, 1892):

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Alex “Sandy” McMahon, Celtic F.C. (Glasgow Evening Post: April 9, 1892):

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