1902-02-15: Heart of Midlothian 1-1 Celtic, Scottish Cup

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Trivia

  • Hearts 1 Celtic 1 (ht 1-1) Scottish Cup 3rd Round
  • This was the month that Celtic played no-one other than Hearts! Celtic lost 1-2 in an Inter City League game on February 1, then the scheduled Scottish Cup game at Tynecastle on February 8 was frozen off and played as a 1-1 friendly.

Review

One of a very few games played in Scotland.

A hard, frozen pitch, but a draw was a fair result.

Celtic had apparently trained for this game by playing loads of table tennis to sharpen reactions.

Teams

Celtic:
McFarlane; Watson and Battles; Loney, Russell and Orr; Hodge, McDermott, Livingstone, McMahon and Quinn.

Goalscorers: Quinn 4
Hearts:
McWattie, Hogg and Allan; Key, Buick and Baird; Porteous, Walker, Thomson, Houston and Bell
Goals: Thomson 15
Referee: Mr P Simpson, Aberdeen
Attendance: 23,000

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