Richardson Cup 1921-1922

The deciding tie between Edinburgh and Glasgow was played at Glasgow on Saturday 11th March, both clubs being strongly represented. Edinburgh lacked Mr D. Simpson, but there was a welcome reappearance of Mr W.M. Whitelaw, who has been absent from this contest for a good many years. Glasgow scored two wins in a fairly short time, Mr Gibson winning against Mr Page and Mr James Marshall winning against Mr J.G. Thomson. An uneventful draw occurred next between Messrs. Longwill and Whitelaw. Other two draws and another win to each side left Glasgow the winners of the Cup by 4½ to 2½, as below.

Round 1		Semi Final		Final
Glasgow (H)	6½	Glasgow	4	Glasgow	4½
Queen's Park (Glw)	½
Central (Glw)	?	Central	3
Falkirk	?
Edinburgh	4*	Edinburgh	3½*	Edinburgh	2½
Greenock	2*
Burns (Glw) (P)	4	Burns	2½*
Bohemian (Glw)	3

(P) - Promoted from the previous season's Spens Cup
(H) - Holders
* One game was unfinished. The result is not shown in the BCM but it must have been in favour of Edinburgh - draw or win - to permit it to advance to the final. There is no mention of a replay.

Final - March 11th, at Glasgow CC.

Bd	Glasgow			Edinburgh
1	Wm Gibson	1	0	G. Page
2	Jas. A. McKee	1	0	R.T.R. Serjeant
3	J.R. Longwill	½	½	W.M. Whitelaw
4	A. Murray	0	1	A.J.D. Lothian
5	James Marshall	1	0	J.G. Thomson
6	James Borthwickl	½	½	A.A. Foster
7	J.M. Nichol	½	½	G.D. Hutton
		4½	2½

BCM 1921, April, page 144/5 for text and table of final match.

By Alan McGowan