Aberdeen 4 - 1 Raith Rovers

Despite the fact that there were several first team men in the side, Raith Rovers A were no match for the Pittodrie Reserves in the second round of the Second Eleven Cup. The score of 4-1 suggests that the homesters were not unduly stretched, and this was really the case, although if the Raith forwards had combined better they might have been more successful.
Leckie was active right from the very start, and he had to keep a ceaseless vigil on the Aberdeen forwards during the whole game. To the play of the home van can be traced the success of the side, while in a lesser sense the defence had quite a prominent role.
Before Cosgrove netted the opening goal, the Raith goalkeeper had been called upon to deal with several dangerous shots, and it was due entirely to his saves that his side was not further in arrears in the first quarter of an hour. Aberdeen's front five had struck their best form, however, and McFarlane scored a second goal before the interval.
Then Yorston whom I thought was the best forward afield, twice beat Leckie in clever fashion, although it was left to Galloway, the visiting inside-left to get the most spectacular goal of the afternoon. The latter player completely wandered the Aberdeen halves and backs in a great solo run and finished by flashing the ball past McSevick from well out. It was really one of the best efforts seen at Pittodrie this season.
The Aberdeen side earned a thoroughly deserved win. There were few weak links in the team, but the men who mattered were the forwards. McFarlane and Yorston played great football, while behind them the middle line was quite sound. McLaren took a little time to settle down, and found Pigg a robust centre to hold. Except when Galloway scored the defenders threw nothing away.

Source: Bon-Accord, 3rd March 1928

Aberdeen "A" were not stretched to any great extent to enter the third round of the Scottish Second Eleven Cup, which they did at Pittodrie on Saturday afternoon at the expense of Raith Rovers A." The homesters, all over, were a better combination than their Kirkcaldy rivals, with the exception of the middle line, where Raith's trio played the better spoiling and forcing game.
To a nippy forward line ably led Macfarlane, Aberdeen owed the most credit for their 4-1 victory. They scored well on in the first half through a splendid first-time effort by Cosgrove which gave Leckie no chance of saving. Thanks to a stout defence by Cooper and Muir, McSevich was seldom troubled, although the Raith wingers and Galloway had some dangerous tries, the latter being about the best forward afield. Before the interval Macfarlane got a second goal with a characteristic individual effort.
In the second half the Dons did not have quite so much of the play, but they managed to score other two goals. Yorston was the marksman on each occasion, and he showed as much coolness and judgment as his finishing did dash and shrewdness in the outfield. The best goal of the match, however, fell to Galloway, who ran half the length of the field to finish with a lightning drive which left McSevich helpless. Aberdeen's new centre-half, McLaren, took a long time to settle down, but, in the second half, he bottled up Pigg, the Raith centre, and opened up the play nicely on occasion. With more experience of his colleagues' methods he ought to fit nicely.

Source: Press & Journal, 27th February 1928