After a quarter of an hour Doherty received a pass from Coulter, ran in and shot from ten yards to the roof of the net for a great goal There was a thrill at the Irish goalmouth when Reid dispossessed Hayes, but Reid's shot was skilfully parried by Breen.
Although McPhail. who injured a nerve in the knee, was absent for quarter of an hour, the Scotsmen were more aggressive after the resumption.
Their attacks, however, lacked cohesion and thrust and could not break down the dour Irish defence. except in the third minute, when Walker took the ball up the field and passed to Smith. The latter's shot as blocked, but he regained posses-ion and scored in the corner of the net, 1 The Irishmen lost some of their fire after this setback, and just before the end Breen held a fierce drive from Smith.
The Scotsmen were not impressive in the final stages.
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