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- The Glasgow Herald reports at length of the troubled situation in Italy where the King has called on Signor Mussolini, the leader of the Fascisti to form a government. LINK
- The Herald also advertises D. W. Griffith’s film “The Birth of a Nation” featuring at the Coliseum picture hose for one week.
- Also in The Herald reports that the Reparations Commission members will be travelling to Berlin to take the government there take drastic measures if necessary to pay up the money due to the victorious allies.
Review
A poor Celtic side lose to rivals Rangers in the first derby of the season.
Teams
CELTIC: Hughes, McNair, Hilley, Gilchrist, Cringan, McStay, McAtee, Gallacher, Cassidy, McFarlane, Connolly
Referee: T. Dougray (Bellshill)
Attendance: 40,000
Goals: Cunningham (15) (0-1), Henderson (0-2), Cunningham (0-3), Gallacher (90) (1-3)
Articles
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Pictures
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Articles
Match report from The Scotsman, 30th October 1922
CELTIC WELL BEATEN
About 40,000 spectators witnessed the game at Celtic park, Glasgow, where Celtic were well beaten by the Rangers. The Rangers fairly excelled themselves, the forwards especially giving a display which for brightness and good effect was far ahead of anything served up by Celtic. Both Rangers’ wings were early prominent, and only fifteen minutes had gone when Morton carried the ball along in great style, and getting into the centre nicely, Cunningham fastened on and gave Hughes no chance. Celtic tried hard to get on level terms, but they were easily held by the Rangers’ half-backs, who were full of running. Rangers kept at it, and Henderson put the finishing touch to some clever right wing play by scoring a great goal. The second half was not nearly so interesting. Rangers took command right away, and after Morton had struck the post, Cunningham got a chance, and his left-foot drive entered the net off the post, Hughes being well-beaten. After this the Celtic lost the services of Cassidy, but long before his departure they were a well beaten side. With practically the last kick of the game Gallacher scored for the Celtic, Robb being at fault in failing to clear from McAtee.
The Glasgow Herald – Oct 30, 1922
A CELTIC SET-BACK
The meeting of Celtic and Rangers at Celtic Park was the leading event in Scottish football on Saturday. It was the first encounter between the old rivals in the current competition, and it brought together the largest attendance of the season. It is true that in point of numbers -45,000- the figure was little more than half what the fixture would have attracted in pre-war days, but it is improbable that the rivalry between the clubs will ever attract crowds of the dimensions of a decade ago, though the meetings of the pair stand, and may remain the big club matches of the Scottish season. Saturday’s encounter will not go down as the finest witnessed between the antagonists, but it will rank high in the series of notable displays of football that the long intercourse between the clubs has yielded, and that principally because of the first-class football shown by the Rangers who won by 3 goals to 1. Opinion as to the result prior to the game was undecided, the general view being that while Rangers probably possessed the most skilful and certainly the more experienced players, their form in recent matches and their liability to be put off their game did not justify undue confidence in their ability to overcome Celtic, though the latter were considered to be represented by a side of less skill than is generally found in a Parkhead eleven, and largely without experience. Rangers in this contest rose above their alleged temperamental deficiencies, and public opinion in other aspects was supported by the run and result of the encounter. Celtic made a bright beginning, passing to the attack first and maintaining it for 10 minutes with dash and daring that presaged the ultimate defeat of their opponents. Rangers however, by more skilful methods gradually reversed positions, and when Cunningham scored a brilliantly taken goal in 15 minutes, Rangers definitely became the attacking side, and practically remained so till the end. Henderson had a second goal for Rangers in the first half, but the issue was finally settled in their favour when Cunningham scored a third goal seven minutes after play had opened in the second half. Afterwards Celtic lost Cassidy through a facial injury in accidental collision with McCandless, and interest passed out of the game at this point. Rangers contented themselves with an exhibition of the finer points of the game in the last half hour in a manner that captivated their supporters, and the contest closed with an exciting tussle in their goal mouth, where the cleverness of Gallagher was fittingly rewarded with a goal. That put a better complexion on matters for the losers, though actually on play Celtic were generously treated in the result.