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Trivia
- Jock White puts Hearts in front two minutes after the interval, but Charlie Napier equalises on 56 minutes with a 25-yard drive.
- Motherwell are still unbeaten. Playing like real champions they rose to the occasion in their test at Ibrox Park, and drew with Rangers. The two clubs provided a thrilling and spectacular match, and with both clubs having periods of ascendancy, a 2-2 division of the points was a fair result. The other big match, that between Hearts and Celtic at Tynecastle, also ended with the teams on level pegs. Celtic had to field what was more or less a makeshift team, but it was good enough to hold the home men, whose finishing was not of the best.
- There were unfortunate incidents, including stone-throwing and demonstrations against the referee at Brockville, where Partick Thistle beat the home club with the aid of two penalty goals.
- In the English League, Newcastle United collapsed at home against Huddersfield, and lost their unbeaten record 0-4 before a 25,000 crowd. Only Aston Villa now have the distinction of not having been defeated this season. In the Liverpool derby at Goodison Park Everton went a goal down before recovering and winning 3-1, with 2 goals by Dixie Dean and a star role from Jimmy McGourty (ex-Partick).
- The Scottish Protestant League intend taking an active part in the forthcoming municipal elections in Glasgow, and already they, have a dozen candidates in the field. Two members of the League are at present in the Town Council, Mr Alexander Ratcliffe, holding one of the Dennistoun seats, and Mr Charles Forrester being one of the representatives of Dalmarnock.
Review
Teams
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN:
Harkness, Anderson, O’Neil, Massie, J. Johnston, Herd, R. Johnstone, Smith, White, Walker, Murray.
Scorers:
White.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Cook, Hogg, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, Napier, A. Thomson, F. O’Donnell, Smith, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers
Napier.
Referee: J. Thomson (Hamilton).
Attendance: 30,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 3rd October 1932, page 6
HEARTS DRAW WITH CELTIC
About 30,000 spectators, the largest attendance seen at an Edinburgh match since the season opened, were attracted by the meeting of the Heart of Midlothian and the Celtic at Tynecastle, and they enjoyed a stirring game, in which the honours were well divided.
A heavy injured list compelled the Celtic to field what was largely a makeshift eleven, but they proved good enough to hold the Hearts, who showed plenty of determination, but failed to strike an effective forward game.
The Celtic's team spirit was not a great deal affected by tile absence of McGrory and one or two other regulars. A half-back line composed of Wilson, McStay, and Geatons gave stability to the side; Hogg, drafted in from the reserves rose to the occasion at left back; and the forwards, who included two Wellesley recruits in F. and H. O'Donnell gave the Hearts many uneasy moments, particularly on the right wing, where Napier and Thomson seemed to get a lot of the ball.
There was much fast, tearing play, and exciting incidents abounded, but in the end a draw was a fair enough result. The Hearts had a slight pull in aggressive work, but they never had a grip of the game for long, and they had escapes up to the last.
The goalkeepers had their busiest times in the first half. Harkness was lucky to be in the path of a heavy drive from H. O'Donnell, but he made excellent saves when hard pressed by opponents. Kennaway also excelled in clearing from scrimmages, though once or twice his chance to save came through Smith or White being a trifle slow in shooting.
Massie had two long-distance efforts with power behind them, and one of the shots rebounded from a goalpost. After a tricky opening run in which he beat several opponents, Murray was little seen in the game. His partner, Walker, found that "fine" football did not pay.
R. Johnstone, on the right, had probably more scoring chances than any other forward, but his shooting was not deadly. Yet he provided the cross from which White headed the Hearts' goal two minutes after the interval. Massie it was who did the leading out. There was a suspicion that White was offside, but no exception was taken to the referee's ruling.
The Celtic equaliser came about ten minutes later from a free kick taken by Napier, whose shot passed the fingertips of Harkness, hit the post, and rolled into the net.
Free kicks were common during the later stages, but the game, if strenuous was never unduly rough. With their opponents under strength, the Hearts missed a good chance of recovery. Their weakness was mainly forward, the other sections taking a creditable share in a hard-won draw.
