Blether with Brown: Osborne’s win a consolation at Tannadice

Each week, BwB will give a sample from the Readers’ Queries file in the old Sporting Post.

SP query — West Ender asked: In 1951-1952, Osborne won the Consolation Cup Final against Montrose Roselea and the Laing Cup Final against Lochee Harp.

Could you give the teams and scorers in these games?

Also, did Osborne reach any other final in that time?

SP answer — Osborne 2 (Murphy, Balfour), Montrose Roselea 1 (Cook) at Tannadice on June 2, 1951.

Osborne — Dorward; Clark, Armstrong; Murphy, Dunlop, McGoldrick; Balfour, Reid, Selway, Keenan, Burns.

Montrose Roselea — Wood; Findlay, Inglis; Robertson, Wallace, Grant; Davie, Russell, Dutch, Cook, Matthews.

Osborne 3 (Turbyne, Balfour, Burns), Lochee Harp 1 (Glen) in the Loftus Cup Final, not Laing Cup.

Osborne — Dorward; Webster, Armstrong; Murphy, Dunlop, Clark; Balfour, Turbyne, McDonald, Keenan, Burns.

Lochee Harp — Mackie; Jack, Cant; Britton, Duffy, Connor; Glen, Fagan, Pacione, Grant, Gibb.

Osborne didn’t reach any other finals during that time.