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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- The unusualy long report from the Glasgow Herald gleefully details Celtic's defeat, in part attributable to a re-arranged defence, brought about by the absence of Sunny Jim.
- This result leaves three teams sharing top spot, Rangers (pld. 10); Celtic (pld. 12) and Hearts (pld. 14), all on 18 points.
- Only three of the Hearts team (Boyd, Graham, Wilson) who played Cetlic on January 30th this year are present on this day. Two players from that January Hearts' line up,Duncan Currie, and Harry Wattie would lose their lives in World War I, and the goalkeeper, Archie Boyd would lose his brother, Jimmy, also a former Hearts player in that conflict.
- Page 6 of the Glasgow Herald gives an editiorial on the news of Winston Churchill's resignation from the Cabinet following widespread criticism of his handling of the now, disastrous, Dardanelles campaign.
- Magistrate, Sir John Dickinson, has ordered all copies of the book, 'The Rainbow', by D. H. Lawrence to be seized and destroyed. The Glasgow Herald, page 12 described the book as "a mass of obsenity of thought, idea, and action throughout." LINK
- The Scotsman carries a report of a case before a Buxton court, in which John Turner Walter Newbold, a teacher living in Croydon was fined £25 for a crime under the Defence of The Realm Act. Namely that he wrote a letter to the New York Call, newspaper urging all munitions workers to desist and starve all combatants of the means of killing. The defendant pleaded guilty citing his religious convictions as a Quaker in defence.
Review
Teams
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN:
Boyd, McKenzie, Wilson, Nellies, Mercer, Martin, Sinclair, McEwan, Welsh, Graham, W Wilson
Scorers: Wilson, Welsh
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, McGregor,McMaster, Johnstone ,Dodds, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, McMenemy, Browning
Referee: A. Allan (Glasgow)
Attendance: 15,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Monday 15 November, 1915
CONSISTENT RIVALS
The Celts had room for misgiving when they journeyed to Tynecastle on Saturday. To begin with, they had little to hope for against a team which had won at Ibrox a few weeks ago by 4-0, followed by a Celtic defeat on the same ground a fortnight ago almost as abject and as fully merited. It did not follow that the present champions would fall in turn to Hearts, for fortunately, football does not work out on the lines of Euclid. But painful experience has taught the Parkhead management that while they may make the best selection, and the select give of their best, the result is nearly always the same. The Hearts improve on the visitors’ best and win on their merits. The final margin may not always be a faithful reflex of the play, yet that is a minor matter. The Tynecastle side are always a shade better, taking the players all over, and the game as a whole, so while Celtic may have their good moments, the points invariably go to the better side, which is not always the case in football. History repeated itself on Saturday, and Hearts again won after proving the better eleven. The Celts were seen to advantage after the interval, but prior to and following this reminder of past excellence the home team played much the better football, and what is more, were able to translate their superiority into goals. The absence of Young from the visiting side led to a rearrangement that was not a success, to say the least, and the re-entry of Mercer and Nellies on the other side had the anticipated effect of solidifying the home defence. The Hearts were as strong in defence as their opponents were weak, there being none on the losing side to answer the description of Wilson, who made light of McNair, though Gallagher showed clever footwork without finding a way past Boyd. The game was quite the best seen in Edinburgh this season, and that, and the result, can nearly always be anticipated when the clubs meet at Tynecastle.
The Scotsman, Monday 15th November 2015
Fifteen thousand spectators witnessed the Heart of Midlothian defeat the Celtic by 2 goals to 0 at Tynecastle, Edinburgh. It was an excellent game, with both sides playing pretty football, but the Heart of Midlothian were the more deadly forward, and won on their merits. Indeed the margin in their favour might have been greater, for on at least three occasions the upright saved the Celtic goal. All the honours lay with the home team in the first half, but all their pressure yielded but one goal, W. Wilson cutting into the centre, and beating Shaw after two attempts. There was a strong revival on the part of the Celtic, after the interval, and the home defence, in which Mercer played a steady game, was fully stretched. The Hearts survived all attacks, and ten minutes from the close made the issue certain. W. Wilson broke away on the left, and from his centre Welsh scored. The Celtic had several chances near the finish, but none was accepted.