| Match Pictures | Matches: 1890 – 1891 | 1887-1900 |
Trivia
- This tie was ordered to be replayed from last week (last week's result recorded only as a friendly)
- This League Charity Tie was played on Celtic Park.
- Before a large attendance of spectators.
- The weather was delightfully fine – a real May Day, with a cool, refreshing breeze – and everything was in favour of a capital game.
- The Third Lanark played Frank Watt of Kilwinning.
Review
The Celtic won the toss, and played with the wind. Lapsley kicking off for the Third. The Celts at once led the attack, and had one or two dangerous tries at goal.
Ten minutes from the start the home side scored the first goal, the result, in the first place, of a grand effort by Campbell and McMahon. The latter, although well matched, eluded his opponents, and, passing to the right. Madden centred to Dowds, who promptly shot the ball through, the result being greeted with great enthusiasm.
The pace the Celts were going told severely on the Third, whose half-backs were quite taken by surprise, and could not resist the plucky runs of their opponents. Several times Downie was severely tested, but he came out of the ordeal with flying colours, fisting away in fine style.
A few minutes later McGhee, with an overhead shot, scored the second goal for the Celts.
The Celtic pressed the Third severely, and had it not been that Downie was in his best mood, more goals would have been scored. As it was, his goal had some marvellous escapes, especially from a very smart "header" from McMahon. Frank Watt tried hard to get away on the right, but he was well held in check by McKeown.
Twenty-five minutes had gone when Dowds promptly shot the third goal for the Celts, who were in irresistible form.
A minute later, from a pass by Madden, McMahon breasted the ball past Downie, scoring the fourth goal for the Celts. Up to this stage Bell had only been once called upon to save his charge. This of itself gives a sufficient indication of how the game went.
Although heavily pressed, it must not be taken for granted that the Third were out of form. They offered a dour defence, and were indeed playing better than they have done in a long time. All the same, they were outclassed.
At Half-time the score was – Celtic, 4; Third Lanark, 0.
With the wind in their favour in the second half, it was expected the Volunteers would gain a few goals. They started very well. Frank Watt running the ball into Bell's hands.
Bell saved at the expense of a corner, but Watt centred badly, the ball going past. On kicking off, Kelly by a long pass transferred the ball to the other end, and after Downie had saved cleverly, the ball landed at the feet of Dowds, who had no difficulty in beating the custodian, and scoring the fifth goal.
Shortly after this Frank Watt had to leave the field, being injured by a charge when he was shaping for goal. The Third were showing much better form than in the first half, and for a time indeed fairly hemmed in the Celts. One of the forwards had only to touch the ball to score, but the Celts, ever ready, and darting in at every possible moment, grassed the man.
At length Johnstone scored the first goal for the Volunteers. The Volunteers struggled gamely, and had they shown a little more decision they might have increased their score.
But they were no match for the Celts, who just on the call of time sent the ball through for the seventh time, but it was disallowed for offside.
Result – Celtic, 6 goals; Third, 1 goal.
Teams
Celtic:-
Bell, Reynolds, McKeown, Kelly, Gallagher, Maley, Madden, McGhee, Dowds, McMahon, Campbell.
Goals:- Dowds 10, McGhee, Dowds 25, McMahon 26, Dowds, McMahon.
Third Lanark:-
Downie, A Thomson, Smith, Sawers, Love, Scott, Watt (of Kilwinning), Wilson, Lapsley, Johnstone, Burns.
Goal:- Johnstone.
Att:- 8,000.
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