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Trivia
- James King made an opening for English centre-forward, David Wilson, who scored with 10 minutes remaining to put Accies ahead, but Jimmy McGrory equalised with 3 minutes to go.
- The Glasgow Herald reports that even with only one week gone the standard of play has deteriorated and the fall-off in crowds and gate-receipts witnessed last season looks set to continue. Celtic are currently top of the table.
- Crief Highland Games attracted a crowd of 7,000 who were entertained by a display given by the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers and music from the City of Glasgow Police Band. New records were set for the Light Hammer and Pole Vault events.
- The 627th anniversary of the death of William Wallace was commemorated at Elderslie on Saturday. Mr R. B. Cunninghame Graham was the principal speaker.
Review
Teams
HAMILTON ACADEMICAL:
Wright, Allan, Bulloch, Dougall, Hill, McLuckie, F. Wilson, McLaren, D. Wilson, Herd, King.
Scorers:
D. Wilson.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Cook, McGonagle, Wilson, MacDonald, Geatons, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Napier, Cameron.
Scorers:
McGrory.
Referee: T. Dougray (Glasgow).
Attendance: 16,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 22nd August 1932, page 3
CELTIC'S NARROW ESCAPE
Fifteen thousand spectators saw a hard struggle at Douglas Park, Hamilton, where a goal scored by McGrory three minutes from time enabled the Celtic to share the points with the Hamilton Academicals.
It was a game brimful of action and incident, and the players on both sides entering into their work with all the energy at their command.
There was much clever football displayed, and if the Celtic were just a shade ahead of their opponents in that respect such advantage as they gained by it was fully neutralised by the wholeheartedness of the home eleven. Indeed, with a little luck, the Academicals would have taken both points. All things considered, however, a draw was a fair result.
The play, which was of the keenest character, contained many exciting passages. That no goals were scored in the first half was due more to the good work of the goalkeepers and the men immediately in front of them than to any failure on the part of the forwards.
There was a grim struggle for supremacy in the second half, and when, ten minutes from time, D. Wilson made the most of an opening provided by King it seemed as though the Celts would suffer defeat. They made a bold bid to save the game, however, and McGrory's late goal was a fitting reward for their perseverance.
The goal was hotly disputed by the Hamilton players, who claimed that McGrory was offside when he took the pass from Napier which enabled him to equalise.
