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Trivia
- Celtic top the table after this round of the battle of the marksmen, in which Jimmy McGrory beat Willie McFadyen by four to one.
- The draw for the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup was made yesterday afternoon at a meeting in Glasgow of the Scottish Football Association. They are as follow. — Kilmarnock v. Celtic. To be played at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Motherwell v. St Mirren. To be played at Ibrox Park, Glasgow. Ties on March 14; kick-off 3 p.m. if postponed, 4.30 p.m.; replays 4 p.m.
- There were three replays in the sixth round F.A. Cup ties yesterday, and the final four teams left in the competition are West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Sunderland, and Birmingham.
- Pleading guilty to doing wilful damage to the value of £5 to a window at the Foreign Office, Charles Maguire (20), unemployed, was remanded for a week at Bow Street Police Court, London, yesterday. Police-Constable Martin said at 12.40 yesterday morning he saw Maguire throw a stone through one of the windows. When arrested he said: — "I intended to do it, I have no dole and no work." Maguire told the Magistrate he could not join the Army because of his bad sight. He added: — "I have no work and no prospects. The dole is stopped, and I thought the only thing I could do was to get put on probation or go to prison." He was remanded for a week for inquiries.
- Chicago, March 4.—Shielding his face with his hand, "Al" Capone, "king" of the. Underworld, sneaked in by the backdoor of the Criminal Court this morning for the fourth time within a week, which is a record for a gang leader. With him was Jack McGurn, the “star machine-gunner" of the Capone forces. Fifteen armed detectives formed the gangster's bodyguard. Capone is facing trial on the vagrancy charge, while McGurn is standing his second trial for "gun toting."
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
J. Thomson, Cook, McGonagle, Geatons, McStay, Scarff, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Napier, Kavanagh.
Scorers:
McGrory, (4).
MOTHERWELL:
McClory, Johnman, Hunter, Wales, Craig, Telfer, Murdoch, McMenemy, McFadyen, Stevenson, Ferrier.
Scorers:
McFadyen.
Referee: P. Craigmyle, (Aberdeen).
Attendance: 35,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Thursday, 5th March 1931, page 13
SCOTTISH LEAGUE-DIV 1
Celtic 4 Motherwell 1
This match, which was regarded as having an important bearing on the destination of the League Championship, was played at Celtic Park before 35,000 spectators.
The home team exhibited delightful football, and nearly overran their opponents, who were outclassed. The understanding between the home halves and forwards was well-nigh perfect, and the visiting defence got a severe gruelling.
McGrory opened the scoring for Celtic eleven minutes after the start, going through cleverly to beat McClory. Fifteen minutes later McFadyen equalised from what appeared to be an off-side position—the home players standing to claim.
Just after half an hour had passed, R. Thomson crossed for McGrory to add a second goal, and here again the pass appeared to come from an offside position.
Two minutes later McGrory completed his hat-trick and by this time Motherwell were a well-beaten side.
The second half saw Celts playing beautiful football, and McGrory put on his own and his team's fourth goal.
The winners were in great form. Celtic were never really tested, and the Ferrier-Stevenson wing was subdued by Geatons and Cook, who were prominent throughout.
