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Trivia
- There was a large crowd – some 10,000 – present at Celtic Park, to welcome the visit of Notts County.
Review
Teams
Celtic:-
Cullen, Dunbar, Reynolds, Maley, Kelly, Clifford, Davidson, Blessington, Towie, Mulvey, Campbell.
Goal:- Mulvey 2.
Notts County:-
Toone, Whitelaw, Hendry, Wilkinson, Calderhead, Shelton, Bramley, Burke, Oswald, Bruce, Jardine.
Goal:- Oswald.
Articles
- Match Report (See Below)
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Pictures
Match Pictures
From newspaper reports from the time.
Report 1
The Scotsman – Wednesday, 4th January 1893, page 10
CELTIC V NOTTS COUNTY.—Played at Celtic Park yesterday in presence of about 10,000 spectators. Notts kicked off, but the home team at once took, up the running, and , after some smart passing in front of goal, Mulvey beat Toone. Vigorous play followed, both teams putting in some capital work, the Celts having it anything the best of it for a time. Wakening up somewhat, the visitors had grand combined work, and a slip by Cullen nearly let them in, but Reynolds, who was playing splendidly, cleared. Campbell and Mulvey broke away, and when near goal the latter shot, and Toone was compelled to concede a corner, followed immediately by another. Both were well placed but fruitless. The game was transferred to Celtic quarters, where the visitors retained the play, but could not score. At half-time the score stood — Celtic, one-goal; Notts County, nothing. On resuming, the visitors at once assumed the aggressive, And Cullen had a hot time fisting out. A rousing kick by Reynolds raised the siege, and Campbell and Maley were soon sprinting down the wing only to be brought up by Whitelaw. An accident to Sorrie forced him to retire for some lime, during which Oswald, after a sharp attack, scored owing to a slip by Dunbar. With the game equal, both teams played with more energy and the ball travelled from end to end in rapid succession, During the last minutes the Notts were kept busy defending their goal. Toone playing magnificently. No further scoring look place and a very fast game ended in a draw of one goal each.
Report 2
There was a large crowd – some 10,000 – present a t Celtic Park, to welcome the visit of Notts County. Keen frost prevailed, but the Celtic officials prepared for an emergency, and after salting the ground on Saturday had it covered with ten tons of straw, which was removed yesterday, leaving the ground in fairly good playable condition, although a trifle hard.
Notts County kicked off, but the Celts were the first to press, and a fine centre by Davidson resulted in Mulvey bending the ball through, scoring the first goal for the Celts in less than a couple of minutes. The Celts again attacked in fine style, and Toone was called upon several times, saving cleverly on each occasion.
The Notts men seemed to be somewhat taken aback at the dash of their opponents. They tried hard to get away, but Reynolds was in grand form, and time after time was cheered for pluckily repelling the attacks of his opponents.
Notts had several good runs, but somehow they could never get within dangerous shooting distance.
The game was being very keenly contested, each side working hard and with a will, but so far the Celts’ re-arranged team had the best of it. Davidson was playing an exceedingly clever game for the Celts, and perhaps he might with some advantage be retained in the team.
After a quarter of an hour’s play the Notts had their first combined run, and Cullen had to punt away a capital shot. Some pretty questionable tactics were being used, and the referee had more than once to interfere.
From another spirited attack, Toone, more than by accident, saved his charge, but it was at the expense of a corner. The ball was well placed, and again almost went through, one of the backs saving by chance at the expense of another corner.
Davidson placed the ball beautifully right into the mouth of the goal, when Notts, amidst great excitement, cleared their lines, Notts were clearly out of it. They had several clever runs, no doubt, but Reynolds was in exceptional form for the Celts both with his head and his feet, and the forwards could never get past him.
W Maley was feeding Davidson splendidly, and the Celts’ second eleven forward had no superior on the field. He partnered Blessington splendidly. Kelly, too, was in great form, and was always on the ball.
At half-time the score was – Celtic, 1 goal; Notts County, nil.
Notts began the second half with great determination. Burke had the goal at his mercy, but he was too eager, and shot wildly over the bar. An exceedingly clever pass initiated by Oswald resulted in a fine shot being sent in, but Cullen jumped up and cleared cleverly.
A foul against Notts resulted in their goal being fairly besieged. The game had to be stopped owing to an accident to Towie, who had to be conveyed off the field, and there were cries to put the offender off the field. The game, however, was proceeded with, the Celtic playing with ten men.
Kelly sent in a beauty after arousing run, and Notts began very well, but after a time they were fairly hemmed in.
At length Notts tried a succession of long kicks, which kept Kelly and the backs exceedingly busy in kicking out and saving.
Oswald scored and equalised, solely owing to a mistake by Dunbar. Immediately after this, Towie reappeared and took his place.
Play became hard and exciting, each side trying to get the winning goal. The Celts besieged the Notts goal, and all but had the ball through. Hendry had to concede a corner, but it came to nothing. Campbell sent in a beauty, but Toone fairly excelled himself, and refused to be beaten. The Celts at this stage were experiencing hard lines.
The result was a draw – 1 goal each.