Hibernian Leslie, Grant, McLelland, Turnbull,
Plenderleith, Baxter, Fraser, Aitken, Baker,
Referee Jack Mowat (Burnside) Attendance 95,123
The
Match
Two facts surrounding this match illustrate the depth of the challenge for honours in Scottish football in the middle of
the last century. One is the size of the crowd for a game not involving one of the Old Firm ; the other is that
Hibs journeyed to
Hampden without the Famous Five forward line which dominated Scottish League football in the early years of the decade. The re-shaped side carried the burden of their last success in the competition having come in 1902, a record which persists to this
day. They were no better than a mid-table side, but Clyde had finished the season in fourth place, behind Hearts, Rangers
and Celtic, and the Cup Final went to form.
The
The Programme
The 1950s saw little improvement in the
Scottish Cup Final programme, and it was a predictable 12 page, large size issue which was sold for 6d. Printed black
and red on white glossy paper, it went straight into pen pictures of the
Easter
Road pen pics on page five were accompanied by photos of Harry Swan, their Chairman, Eddie Turnbull and Willie Ormond. The centre pages had the teams in
Both
Seek Third Cup Win was the heading of the first article in the second half of the programme, detailing both sides Cup record, historically
and that season. William Dunn, the
Advertising was
prominent, with full pages for the Scottish Daily Express, Evening Times, and on the back page, Sellyns Menswear Store. There were half page adverts for the Green Citizen, Sunday Express, Drybroughs Export, Scottish Daily Mail and Sunfresh orange lemonade
made by the family firm who also owned