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Trivia
- Celtic end the year as they started it, with a defeat using an attack that has been chopped and changed over the year and is described in the Scotsman as being "woefully weak". The only bright spot for Celtic in this match was the brilliant array of saves from ex-miner John Wallace in goal.Centre-forward Tommy Crawley (Later Preston N. E. & Coventry City) got two goals in the first-half and James King a third for Accies on 63 minutes.
- For several of, the leading clubs in the First Division of the Scottish League, Saturday, the last day of 1932, did not bring very happy experiences, Rangers drew again, Motherwell and the Celtic were beaten, and Partick Thistle's long run of victories came to an end. They were endeavouring to gain their thirteenth in succession, and they had to be content with a draw.
- The referee at the Ayr United v Rangers game was injured and collapsed after being struck by a stone thrown from the crowd. He was able to continue after treatment.
- 45,000 at Highbury watched league-leaders Arsenal beat Birmingham 3-0 after their Scottish captain Alec James had set them off with the first goal. Reigning champions Everton lost their unbeaten record when West Brom beat them by 2-1. Newcastle United’s Scottish forward Jimmy Boyd scored two in his teams 3-0 defeat of Bolton Wanderers.
- Australia's first innings in the second Test match at Melbourne concluded with the total at 328. England made a poor reply, and at the close of play nine wickets had fallen for a score of 161. All the leading batsmen failed with the exception of Sutcliffe, who had 52.
- British planters in Kenya are gravely concerned at the Government proposals to afford facilities to the natives to enter the coffee growing industry on their own account. The Scotsman’s Special Correspondent reports: “To anyone with a knowledge of natives it is a well-known axiom that a native's worst enemy is a native”.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Wallace, Hogg, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Geatons, R. Thomson, Smith, F. O’Donnell, Napier, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers
HAMILTON ACADEMICAL:
Wright, Allan, Bulloch, Dougall, Hill, Young, Wilson, McLaren, Crawley, Herd, King.
Scorers:
Crawley, (2); King.
Referee: W. L. McArthur (Edinburgh).
Attendance: 8,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 2nd January 1933, page 4
CELTIC BADLY BEATEN AT HOME
At Parkhead, Glasgow, before an attendance of 8,000, the Celtic suffered a severe defeat from the Hamilton Academicals.
In the early stages of the game, the Celtic, with the wind behind them, appeared to have the better of their opponents, but there was little power in their final efforts.
The visitors, while not so often in the Celtic half of the field, were more dangerous, and a miss by Hogg was cleared with some difficulty by McStay, Napier made poor us of a pass back by F. O'Donnell by shooting wildly over the bar, and Smith made a like mistake immediately afterwards.
Crawley, the visitors' centre-forward, seemed nervous, and finished weakly when well placed.
The shooting of both sides was poor, but the visitors were always the more likely team to score.
F. O’Donnell made poor use, of a chance to open his team's account when he had only Wright to beat. Napier also missed a splendid opportunity. The Academicals gradually assumed the ascendancy and it was no surprise when Crawley scored for them after twenty-two minutes' play.
Encouraged by that success, Crawley began to worry the home defence, and quarter of an hour later he added another goal from a scrimmage after the ball had rebounded from a post.
Wallace had a great save from Herd at the start of the second half and, if the Celts responded well, they put far too much play on the ball, and in consequence fell easy prey to the confident visitors' defence.
In eighteen minutes the Hamilton team went further ahead by King. McGonagle was forced to go to outside-Ieft owing to a strained muscle, and the change improved the Celtic's attack. The injured player gave Wright his one dangerous shot to stop.
The Academicals won deservedly owing to the open game they adopted, and to their fine team work. The Celtic attack was woefully weak; scarcely one good shot went towards the Hamilton goal. The defence was sorely tried, but did well.
