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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Lining up against Celtic was a true evergreen, Peter Kerr, who was to spend 16 years with Hibs before moving to Hearts!
- Page 9 of The Glasgow Herald reports on a meeting of the Scottish Trades Union Congress in Glasgow at which a motion opposing and condemning the Military Service Bill was almost unanimously carried. An amendment that the congress support the Bill was supported only by the mover, seconder and two others. LINK
- The Swiss Red Cross have issued their figures for casulties in the first 11 months of the war (up to June 1915), as follows: 3,530,000 dead; 4,055,000 wounded, 1,195,000 prisoners.
- The Scotsman reports that a 'Stop the War' meeting conducted by the Rev. F. R. Swan, at the Brotherhood Church, London, was attacked by hooligans who, as well as assaulting individuals, pelted the meeting with thunderflashes and other missiles.
- The Master Bakers Association of Glasgow met on Saturday and unanimously agreed to increase the price of a loaf of bread by a halfpenny.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, McGregor, Young, Dodds, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, Johnstone, Browning
Scorers: Gallacher, McColl; (2).
HIBERNIAN:
McManus, Girdwood, Dornan, Kerr, Paterson, R Smith, Alexander, Fleming, Kilpatrick, Newton, W Smith
Scorer: W. Smith
Referee: J. Weir (Airdrie)
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman, Monday 17 January 1916
The Celtic and Hibernians had quite a good game at Glasgow before 10,000 spectators. Changes were necessary in both teams. McMenemy could not play, and Johnstone was called on to fill his place, and in turn Dodds went centre-half. As for the Hibernians they had to take the field without Hutchinson and Lennie, and Kilpatrick and Newton, the half-back did duty for them.
The Celtic did most of the attacking in the early stages, indeed it was so nearly all through the game, but close on half an hour had gone before McColl was able to beat McManus. Ten minutes later the Hibernian had equalised through W. Smith, who got the ball home after a pass back by McGregor to McNair had gone astray. A few minutes before the interval Gallagher put the Celtic ahead again.
Only one goal was got in the second period, and it fell to Celtic through McColl. It was a good game to watch, and if the form of Celtic was by no means impressive, and their shooting was particularly bad, the Hibernians put up a capital fight, and stood well up to their more experienced rivals. The defence of the visitors was always good, and in the first half in particular the forwards put in some excellent work, and gave the Celtic backs a lot of trouble. All the same the Celtic were in the end the worthy winners.
The Glasgow Herald, Monday January 17, 1916
CHAMPIONS AT FAULT
While the Celtic attack may occasionally prove disappointingly ineffective, the defence is invariably of the stone-wall order. The same might have to be said of it against Hibernians had Dodds and Johnstone filled their usual positions. McMenemy’s continued indisposition and Crone’s failure against Dumbarton led to a rearrangement which was not a success to say the least. McNair seemed to have lost confidence when he lost his old partner, and when Shaw and McGregor made blunders equally colossal and unpardonable, the Hibernians were given frequent opportunities, of which only one – a faulty back pass from McGregor to Shaw – was snapped up by Smith. Very seldom have the Celts been seen to so little advantage, and the wonder was that their frequent and gross mistakes in defence did not meet the punishment they deserved.