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- The Glasgow Herald reports that the King has welcomed back Commander Frank Wild and the ship Quest, which Wild had took command of following the death of Ernest Shakleton in Buenos Airies. LINK
- The drop in whisky sales in Scotland by 150,000 gallons in the first half of this year may be attributed to the excessive consumption of methylated spirits in the poor areas according to a Herald article.
- The Letters section of the Glasgow Herald carries a report of a flounder being caught in Loch Lomond.
Review
Celtic’s indifferent start to the season continues with a narrow loss to Hibernian.
CELTIC: Shaw, W. McStay, Hilley, Gilchrist, Cringan, McFarlane, McAtee, Gallacher, Crilley, Cassidy, McLean.
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Match report from The Scotsman, 19th September 1922
[…] There was but one change in the Hibernian team from that beaten by St. Mirren on Saturday, Buchanan being played at centre-forward in place of Allan. The weather, unfortunately, had broken down from the early afternoon, and big though the crowd was, it would probably have been larger but for the heavy rainstorm. There was, as a result, a rush on the stand, which was full to overflowing, The Celtic left out McNair, and played Macfarlane at left-back.
The early stages were in favour of the Hibernians, who fell into their game more quickly than the Celtic. Most danger threatened from the right wing, where Ritchie and Dunn played nicely together. The former’s centres, however, were not of the best, and there was the usual weakness in front of goal. Later the Celtic came more into the proceedings, with Gallacher forcing on the play. Crilley, however, was given few chances, but one fell to Cassidy, who should have made more of it. As it was, Harper brought off a good save. Shooting was not a feature of the game on either side. The play of the centres was not strong. It was from a Ritchie dash and centre that the first real danger came to the Celtic goal, and Halligan had hard luck with a shot that passed over Shaw’s hands to strike hard against the crossbar. Then Buchanan tried hard to find the net with a header.
The defences of both sides were strong, and one liked the play of the Celtic’s new left-back, Hilley. He proved himself to be a good youngster. Cringan, too, was a strong man in the Celtic’s half-back line. Where the Celts were weakest was forward, where but rarely were seen the touches that used to make the Celtic attack so dangerous. Even Gallacher was not a source of much trouble. The Hibernian halves had the measure of the Celtic attack, and Crilly was generally held in subjection. There was little between the two sides, on the run of play, at the interval, the Hibernians if anything having the advantage.
That was more pronounced in the second half, and by the time the one goal of the game was scored there was little doubt the Hibernians deserved their success. Even in the second half, however, there was a lamentable lack of good shooting. Neither goalkeeper was much troubled. Good work by Walker on the left wing led up to the goal, a centre from Walker being taken up by Dunn when the latter was unmarked, and the ball was put into the net well out of Shaw’s reach. After that the Celtic put a lot of life into their work in a vigorous effort to save the situation, and were prominent in attack, but they could not break down the Hibernians defence, in which Shaw’s was a conspicuous presence. His height stood his side in good stead in many a keen Celtic invasion.
The Glasgow Herald – Sep 19, 1922
Hibs started briskly through Ritchie, and Shaw was called upon to stop a shot from this player with a good deal of sting in it. Before the Celts got properly shaken into their game there were several corners registered against them, and their defence was rather harassed. But as the interval approached the Champions took up the running. Cassidy had one good try, and so also had Gallagher, the ball on each occasion being only a trifle wide of the mark. The interval brought relief to the Easter Road side without a score being made. On resumption there was no slackening of effort, but again the Hibs showed up well, forcing corner after corner. About two minutes from the finish Walker and Dunn had a burst of pressing work near Shaw which ended in Dunn tapping the ball smartly past the custodian, and thus scoring the only goal of the game. Celtic then pressed for a spell and forced a corner but the desperate clearances of the Easter Road defenders kept the Champions from troubling the goalkeeper, and the whistle blew without the score being added to.