Aberdeen 2 - 0 Hibernian

Aberdeen qualified to meet Third Lanark at Ibrox Stadium in one of the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup by beating Hibernian at Pittodrie Park yesterday in their fourth-round replay.
Hibernian sadly missed the leadership of Smith - both he and Howie were absent because of injury. Although they played more polished football than their opponents the forwards failed badly in front of goal.
Numerous forward-line switches - particularly in the second half - failed to produce a goal-scoring combination, and in the end Aberdeen were worthy winners.
Hamilton, who replaced Hay at inside left, showed the way to score with a superb headed goal 12 minutes after the start, and his second goal, four minutes after half-time, ended Hibernian's hopes. Martin and Shaw were outstanding in Aberdeen's defence. Allister was a forcing wing half, and Young kept a close watch on Reilly. In attack Aberdeen were best served by Hamilton and Buckley, whose bustling tactics gave Paterson little respite. Govan and Buchanan were Hibernian's best defenders.

Early Chance

Hibernian might have led early in the game when Young missed his kick and Martin had to race out and drop on the ball with Johnstone rushing in. Then came a perfectly placed header from a Rodger cross. For the rest of the half the first-time tackling of the home defenders foiled the leading-up play of the Hibernian forwards and Martin was rarely tested. During this period Harris was off for eight minutes after having collided with Allister.
A great shot by Allister almost put Aberdeen farther ahead shortly after the restart but immediately afterwards Hamilton cleverly prodded the ball into the net following a corner kick by Hather..
The attendance was 42,000 and the gross gate £4407.

Source: The Scotsman, 19th March 1953