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Trivia
- Celtic won easily at Arbroath, with goals from McGrory, (2); Bertie and Alec Thomson plus Scarff.
- One of the best performances of the day, and one that provided a decided surprise, was Cowdenbeath's draw with Rangers at Ibrox. Glasgow expectations of a comfortable win looked easy of fulfilment when the League leaders had scored two goals, but the Fife team—the "Kingdom's" last hope—fought back pluckily to force a replay.
- Sheffield Wednesday, the leaders in the English League competition, dropped a point in their "local Derby" with Sheffield United. Manchester City, their nearest, rivals, however, were unable to take advantage of the slip, they themselves being defeated by Derby County. Newcastle United, with another defeat, went to the bottom of the League table.
- Wales was routed in an international match with Ireland at Celtic Park, Belfast. Joe Bambrick (Linfield), the Irish centre, contributed six of his country's seven goals, Andy McCluggage got the other. The Welshmen were unable to score once.
- Madrid, February 2.—Orders are reported to have been already issued for the dissolution of the National Consultative Assembly, the dictator’s “puppet parliament”, and the Cabinet has affirmed its intention to suppress the General Military Academy at Saragossa and to resuscitate the former academies closed down under the previous regime. Most of the former artillery officers who were retired after the abortive mutiny at Ciudad Real will be reinstated. The old political parties will be given complete freedom to open their campaigns for the coming elections.
- CHICAGO. January 30.—A night of violence, that began with a hundred thousand dollar bombing and continued with a typical gangland ambush, came to a tragic end early to-day with a double murder. A bomb explosion—the worst in the history of Chicago—wrecked a large brick building. Eight persons were injured, and buildings for a hundred yards around were damaged. Shortly afterwards Johnny Genaro, a professional tout of the gangland chiefs, was ambushed in Chicago's Chinatown by two men, who emptied their revolvers into his body. Barney Mitchell, treasurer of a taxi-cab company, and George Jackson, a cab-driver, were found shot dead in the latter's cab.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
J. Thomson, Geatons, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Robertson, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Scarff, Connolly.
Scorers:
McGrory,(2); R. Thomson, A. Thomson, Scarff.
ARBROATH:
Beatt, Galloway, Stronach, Imrie, Williamson, Russell, McCormack, McBeth, McCrorie, Hardie, Gallagher.
Scorers:
Referee: M. J. Baillie (Motherwell).
Attendance: 8,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 3rd February 1930, page 4
FIVE GOALS FOR CELTIC.
Arbroath did not seriously trouble the Celtic, but put up quite a good defence.
The Celtic pressed from the start, but it was thirteen minutes before they opened the scoring, and it came from McGrory's head, following Wilson's free kick.
Arbroath made a great effort to get on level terms and gave Thomson a couple of anxious minutes before the home forwards resumed control. They pressed almost continuously, but their shooting was bad, and-it was just on half-time before R. Thomson increased the score.
After the interval Arbroath made a fine effort and were unlucky in not getting a goal, but their attack petered out and the home team again were in control.
Twelve minutes after the restart A. Thomson headed past Beatt from a corner, and McGrory and Scarff completed the handful of goals by which the home team won.
Gallacher was the best visiting forward, and Beatt and his backs did good work.
The shooting of the home forwards was very poor, but the defence was seldom troubled. The attendance was 8,000 and the drawings £386.
