Aberdeen 2 - 1 Falkirk

It was not a convincing display that Aberdeen A gave against Falkirk A at Pittodrie, but it was good enough, in the second half alone, to justify their 2-1 victory. Both sides had a period of ascendancy. The play of the visitors in the first half was well balanced, while Aberdeen could do little right, and then, after the interval, when the home team showed considerable improvement, it was coincident with a marked deterioration in the tactics of the men from Falkirk.
After Morrison had scored for Falkirk when play had lasted four minutes, Aberdeen never looked like equalising in the first period, and the 4000 spectators saw as feckless a display on the part of the home forwards as has been given at Pittodrie this season. There was no cohesion between the forwards and the half-backs, and if Ross was the best of the middle line, the left wing was the weakest part of a weak van. In comparison, the tactics of the visitors were clean cut, and the Martin-Mason wing was always dangerous. In the second half, the improvement in Aberdeen's play met with early reward, Macfarlane, always the best the of forwards, heading the equaliser from a pretty centre from Love, who played a useful game throughout. Miller, in the inside right berth, did some good things, but too often hesitancy robbed him of opportunities. It was in the play of the Aberdeen left wing, however, that the change for the better was the most apparent, Lawson, in particular, brightening up to a considerable extent. It was from the left wing, too, that the winning goa, and the best goal of the match, came, McLeod netting with a splendid ground shot from 25 yards when the second half had been in progress for half an hour.
In the Falkirk goal Broadley came out of a hard afternoon's work with honours; the backs were fair, and the of others, Allan, Martin, and Mason were best. For Aberdeen, Macfarlane, Ross, and Muir were outstanding.

Source: Press & Journal, 25th October 1926