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Trivia
- Celtic were leading by two goals from Jimmy McGrory and Peter Scarff when Peter Wilson, the Celtic captain was ordered off by referee Mungo Charles Hutton for protesting the penalty decision, but John Kelly saved the resulting spot-kick to preserve another clean sheet.
- Peter Scarff's goal in 25 minutes was his tenth in the last four matches he has started.
- Hibernian's ex-Celtic striker Jimmy McColl was well policed by Chic Geatons.
- With the Championship of the First Division of the Scottish League as good as won by the Rangers, and St. St Johnstone and Dundee United almost certain to go to the Second Division, interest in the league competition has fallen away. That was reflected in the attendances. The highest of the day was at Ibrox, and came to 12,000. The Rangers had the easiest of victories over Cowdenbeath.
- Greenock Morton’s “stay-away” fans had a day off on Saturday as the club had no league fixture but 850 of the boycotting fans arranged a day-trip to Rothesay accompanied by the Port-Glasgow and District Junior Pipe Band and a jazz band.
- In England, Newcastle United–whose goal was brilliantly taken by Hughie Gallacher–and Sunderland gained valuable points from Everton and Huddersfield Town respectively in the English League. Grimsby Town were losers to Leeds Utd. Derby County lead the table but any of six teams might still win the championship.
- Mr Gandhi is to start his civil disobedience campaign, as arranged, on Wednesday. At a meeting near his college at Ahmedabad, at which he presided, a resolution was passed that his followers would have "independence or jail."
Review
Teams
HIBERNIAN:
Blyth, Wilkinson, Urquhart, Taylor, Dick, McFarlane, Brown, Halligan, Jimmy McColl, Lauder, Bradley.
Scorers:
CELTIC:
Kelly, Cook, McGonagle, Wilson, Geatons, Robertson, R. Thomson, Scarff, McGrory, Napier, Hughes.
Scorers:
McGrory, Scarff.
Referee: M. C. Hutton (Glasgow).
Attendance: 8,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 10th March 1930, page 4
CELTIC HANDICAPPED, BUT WIN.
For more than half the game at Easter Road, Edinburgh, it was a, case of ten men playing against eleven, yet the Celtic, the handicapped side, held on to a lead of two goals, and gained what was in the circumstances a creditable victory.
Their loss of a player was due to a "scene" which occurred shortly before half-time, when the referee awarded a penalty kick to the Hibernians for "hands" against Cook, who had blocked a shot from Brown. The Celtic players, apparently taking the view that the occurrence was accidental, protested strongly, and Wilson, the Celtic right-half, was ordered off the field.
As it happened, the penalty kick did not alter the score, Kelly saving Taylor's shot. The failure was typical of what happened to the Hibernians throughout. Nothing would go well with them. They made a bright start, but failed to fulfil the early promise.
The Celtic, on the other hand, secured a couple of well-taken goals when the run of play was not greatly in their favour, after which they concentrated on defence with excellent results.
McGrory, who was back to the team after several weeks' absence, scored the first goal in fourteen minutes by whipping a cross from Napier into the net. Ten minutes later Scarff headed the second goal from a corner placed by Hughes.
The Hibernians had the pull in the second half without being able to break down the Celtic defence. McGonagle did good work at back and Kelly added to his laurels as a goalkeeper, saves from Brown and Bradley from the two extreme wings being specially well done.
McColl got little rope from Geatons, a stalwart centre-half, although in the first half he ended an exciting breakaway by hitting a post. The losers were sound enough at back and in goal, but further out they were mastered by better players.
About 10,000 spectators saw the game.
