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Trivia
- Five minutes before the interval at Celtic Park, Davie Balfour, Dundee's centre-forward, opened the scoring for the visitors, a lead that was held until the 65th minute, when Willie Hughes equalised. Nine minutes later Alec Troup restored the visitor's lead until Bertie Thomson scored Celtic's second equaliser in the 81st minute.
- Celtic paid the price, in this mid-week game, for resting Jimmy McGrory for the upcoming International against England at Hampden. England would suffer however as Jimmy scored Scotland's second goal in their 2-0 victory over the Auld Enemy three days later in front of 129,810 spectators.
- In England only two midweek games took place, the match between Chelsea and Birmingham at Stamford Bridge produced the only goal of the evening scored by Scot Hughie Gallacher. Manchester United hosted Leicester City in a goalless draw.
- According to the census recently taken, the total population of India is 351,450,689 an increase of 33,505,209. The British provinces account for over 23,000,000 of the total increase.
- Newspaper add for: THE LIGHT BUlCK "Dominion" four-door saloon, with 27-h.p. O.H.V. engine. Capable, of over 70 miles an hour —brakes that give complete control at this speed. Comfortable room for five passengers. Price new = £398.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
J. Thomson, Cook, McGonagle, Geatons, McStay, Whitelaw, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, Scarff, Napier, Hughes.
Scorers:
Hughes, R. Thomson.
DUNDEE:
Marsh, Brown, McCarthy, Whyte, Symon, Blyth, Lynch, Smith, Balfour, Robertson, Troup.
Scorers:
Balfour, Troup.
Referee: W. Bell (Motherwell).
Attendance: 8,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Thursday, 26th March 1931, page 15
CELTIC DROP A POINT
CELTIC, 2; DUNDEE, 2.
FOR their important League game against Dundee at Parkhead, Glasgow, yesterday, Celtic rested McGrory, and Gilmour and McNab were absent from Dundee, all in view of Saturday's international match.
Celtic had most of the play during the first half, but poor finishing spoilt their work. Dundee's defence stood up in fine style, and none did better than Brown and Marsh.
It was all against the run of play when from a breakaway Balfour took advantage, of a weak pass back by McGonagle to beat Thomson, who was given no chance.
Celtic resumed a goal down, and continued to press without result. They then altered their attack, Hughes going from outside left to centre, and Scarff and Napier moving to the left. Almost immediately success came along, Hughes going through to level the score.
Celtic put on severe pressure after this, but it was Dundee who scored, Troup counting from 25-yards range.
Celtic equalised through R. Thomson, but they could not got the all-important winning score.
In a great defensive side, none did better than Marsh, Brown, and Blyth for Dundee, and their young forwards, Lynch and Balfour, made a fine appearance.
Hughes was poor for Celtic at outside left, but improved when he moved to centre. R. Thomson and A .Thomson were their best forwards, and the defence was good with the exception of McGonagle, who gave away the first goal.
The loss of a point has lessened Celtic's prospect of winning the flag.
