| Match Pictures | Matches: 1931 – 1932 | 1932 Pictures |
Trivia
- Charlie Napier with two goals, one from a penalty, and an own-goal by Herbert Dickson was enough to see the bhoys home at Hampden Park.
- Govan-born Rangers fan John Falconer was in goals for Celtic and kept a clean sheet as well as getting glowing reports in the press, while another fresh face, Port-Glasgow born Hugh Smith, was also praised. Another non-regular in the first team Gerome "Jerry" Solis escapes the critics eye.
- The best performance of Saturday in the Scottish League competition was done by the Heart of Midlothian. They beat Aberdeen at Aberdeen. No other team have accomplished that this season, and both the Rangers and the Celtic have visited Pittodrie Park.
- In England it was quite clear to the 30,000 spectators at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea defeated Middlesbrough by four goals to none, that both teams were feeling the effects of so much football. But the game lacked nothing in vigour, dash, and determination. The most marked difference between the teams was in shooting, and while Chelsea scored a couple of goals in each half, Middlesbrough allowed their opportunities to slip away. Their finishing was poor. After quarter of an hour's play, Hughie Gallacher gave Chelsea, the lead, and George Pearson sometime later scored a second goal. After the change of ends, Chelsea, always looked the more likely side to score, and further success went their way when ex-Dundee inside-left, John Rankin, obtained a third goal, and Gallacher took a fourth. Everton are top and West Brom second after Newcastle lost to Liverpool.
- Mr Gandhi, the Indian Nationalist leader, and Mr Vallabhbhai Patel, President of the Congress Working Committee, were arrested in Bombay and taken by car to Yeravda Prison, Poona. It is expected that Congress will be declared illegal in a new Ordinance, and that all financial help to Congress will be prohibited.
Review
Teams
QUEENS PARK:
Smith, Walker, Dickson, Gardiner, Gillespie, Grant, Crawford, Bremner, Dodds, McAlpine, McKenzie.
Scorers:
CELTIC:
Falconer, Cook, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Whitelaw, R. Thomson, Smith, Hughes, Napier, Solis.
Scorers:
Napier, (2); O.G.
Referee: D. F. Reilly (Port Glasgow).
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 4th January 1932, page 4
CELTIC MAKE AMENDS
Defeated by the Rangers on Friday, Celtic had a convincing victory over the Queen's Park at Hampden the next day. It was an exhilarating contest, fought out at a fast pace, and the closeness of the exchanges kept the onlookers on the tip-toe of excitement almost from the first kick to the last.
Had the amateurs finished better they might have gained a point. They were the better team in the first half, but lost heart after the turn, and in the end were well beaten. What they needed most was a leader. Crawford supplied the dash and McAlpine the subtlety, but there was not a forward who could bring their cleverness to fruition. Gillespie, as usual, was the dominating personality. He tried hard enough to supply the driving power. Time and again he went through with the ball, but met with no success.
The Celtic, who had out several recruits, were ill at ease in the early stages, but in the second half secured an advantage which could not be denied. They had to take the field without McGrory, Kennaway, and A. Thomson. Falconer gave a splendid display in goal, and Smith, of Port-Glasgow Juniors, proved himself a capable partner for R. Thomson. While Hughes had not the strength of McGrory, he kept the Queen's Park defenders on tenterhooks by his untiring energy and eagerness. The craft and resource of the Parkhead half-backs had a telling effect on the play.
The Celtic were fortunate to be a goal ahead at the interval. It came from a penalty kick taken by Napier. Eight minutes after the interval the same player got the second goal, and later H. Dickson diverted the ball through his own goal when attempting to clear. That was the only mistake made by the back. Smith did some fine saving for the Queen's, and almost saved the penalty kick.
The attendance would be about 10,000.
