1907-05-11: Heart of Midlothian 3-3 Celtic, League Division 1

Match Pictures | Matches: 19061907 | 1906-07 League

Trivia

  • Penultimate league game of the season.
  • Celtic become the first Scottish club to win the domestic double of league and cup.

  • Celtic complete a successful season of league & Cup double. Celtic had defeated Hearts in the Scottish Cup final 3-0.
  • James Bauchop (Celtic) was playing against his brother (Willie Bauchop) who was playing for Hearts.
  • Willie had also played v Celtic in the aforementioned Scottish Cup final too (but James Bauchop hadn’t).
  • A good fightback from Celtic, but a lot of ill feeling (from last month’s Scottish Cup final, one presumes) still in the air.
  • Willie Bauchop of Hearts and Jimmy Bauchop of Celtic were brothers.
  • Final appearance of Edward Garry for Celtic.

Review

Teams

Celtic:
David Adams, Robert Craig, Willie Orr, James “Sunny Jim” Young, Alec McNair, Willie Loney, Edward Garry, Jimmy Quinn, Peter Somers, Robert Templeton, James Bauchop
Scorers: Young 55, Bauchop 63, Garry 70

Hearts
Tom Allan, Rovert Reid, Tom Collins, Frank McLaren, Charlie Thomson(c), Jimmy Dickson, William Bauchope, Bobby Walker, William James Cox, John C Peddie, Richard Wombwell

Scorers:Walker 2, McLaren 20, 30

Referee: D Turnbull Hurlford
Attendance: 10-12,000

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