The History of Newtongrange Star
1924/25
Back: A. Crichton, J . Bernard, W. Samuel, J. Gilchrist, W. MacKenzie, R. Sturrock, J. Welsh, J. Meldrum, J. Peattie, R. Moffat.
Front: A. Reid, W. Greenhill, R. Gilchrist, T. Moffat, A. Fraser, G. Johnstone, H. Imrie, T. Moffat, W. Walkingshaw.
EDINBURGH & DISTRICT LEAGUE EASTERN DIVISION
Pld W D L F A Pts
Newtongrange Star 26 15 7 4 47 31 37
Bonnyrigg Rose 26 13 8 5 43 30 34
Portobello Thistle* 26 15 5 6 47 29 33
Musselburgh Bruntonians 26 12 8 6 63 27 32
Wallyford Bluebell 26 13 5 8 60 38 31
Rosewell Rosedale 26 11 9 6 57 42 31
Penicuik Juniors 26 10 6 10 42 44 26
Edinburgh Emmet 26 9 7 10 35 35 25
Wemyss Athletic 26 7 8 11 32 52 22
Tranent Juniors* 26 6 9 11 33 35 19
Dalkeith Thistle 26 6 7 13 31 46 19
Arniston Rangers* 26 9 3 14 26 44 19
West Calder Juniors 26 7 4 15 31 55 16
Loanhead Mayflower 26 4 4 18 19 58 12
* 2pts deducted for fielding an inelligible player.
Opponents Venue F A Scorers Team Crowd
Arniston Rangers H 6 0 ?
A 0 2
Bonnyrigg Rose H 2 2 ?
A 2 0 ?
Dalkeith Thistle H 2 2 ?
A 2 1 ?
Edinburgh Emmet H 0 0
A 1 3 ? 4500
Loanhead Mayflower H 5 0 ?
A 3 1 Bradford, Samuel, Moffat 600
Musselburgh Bruntonians H 3 1 ?
A 1 2 Imrie 2000
Penicuik Juniors H 1 0 ?
A 2 2 Meldrum 2
Portobello Thistle H 3 1 Moffat 2, Black
A 1 2 ? (Note: Star protested against Portobello playing an unregistered player. Star awarded the 2 points. Portobello deducted 2 points.)
Rosewell Rosedale H 1 0 Welsh (Note: This match took place on 28th August 1924 and was the Star's first competitive game at the new Victoria Park.)
A 2 2 ?
Tranent Juniors H 1 0 ?
A 2 1 ?
Wallyford Bluebell H 3 1 ?
A 0 5
Wemyss Athletic H 1 0 ?
A 2 2 ?
West Calder Juniors H 1 0 ?
A 1 1 ?
SCOTTISH JUNIOR CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 A Dalkeith Thistle 1 3 Imrie
THORNTON SHIELD
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 A Winchburgh Thistle 1 1 ?
H Winchburgh Thistle 2 1 Meldrum 2
2 H Bonnyrigg Rose 3 2 Meldrum 2, Imrie
3 A Wallyford Bluebell 0 1
EAST OF SCOTLAND CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 A Linlithgow Rose* 2 4 Meldrum, Ravenscroft (Note: Star protested against Linlithgow playing an unregistered player. Tie was ordered to be replayed.)
A Linlithgow Rose 1 3 ?
EAST OF SCOTLAND CONSOLATION CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Crowd
1 H Dalkeith Thistle 0 0
A Dalkeith Thistle 1 0 ?
2 Bye
3 H Blackburn Rovers 7 1 Meldrum 3, Welsh 2, Barton, Whitehead
SF N Rosewell Rosedale 2 1 Meldrum 2
F N Tranent Juniors 0 2 2000
MUSSELBURGH CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 H Loanhead Mayflower 2 0 ?
2 A Dalkeith Thistle 1 1 ?
H Dalkeith Thistle 1 2 ?
EAST LOTHIAN CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 A Wallyford Bluebell 2 2 ?
H Wallyford Bluebell 3 2 Gilchrist, Meldrum 2
2 H Bonnyrigg Rose 1 0 ?
SF H Edinburgh Emmet 1 2 Gilchrist
LEITH BURGH CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 A Arniston Rangers 1 1 ?
H Arniston Rangers 3 2 ?
2 H West Calder Juniors 1 0 ?
3 ?
ROSEBERY CHARITY CUP
League Champions v East of Scotland Cup Winners
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Crowd
F N Edinburgh Emmet 2 0 ? 3500
Thank you to Mr Barrie Forrest for supplying this photograph.