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Trivia
- George Fulton, St. Johnstone's centre-forward scored the only goal of the game in which Celtic's stand-in goalkeeper John Wallace was praised by the press for keeping the score down. Wallace saved well from Fulton, the scorer, and inside-right Percy Dickie, or St. Johnstone's victory could have been by an even bigger margin.
- Football on both sides of the Border suffered extensively from the violence of the weather with no fewer than 25 matches abandoned in the Scottish and English Leagues. The Scottish First Division escaped and key results were Motherwell losing 4-2 at Hampden to Queen's Park. This result was good news for Rangers who beat Dundee 6-2 to give them a lead of four points in the league.
- In the English League Arsenal took heavy toll of Blackburn Rovers winning eight goals to none. Chelsea and Bolton drew 1-1 with Scots starring for both sides. Allan Craig (ex-Motherwell) was a stalwart in the Chelsea defence and George Gibson (ex-Hamilton and Dundee) for Bolton, scoring their equaliser.
- Herr Hitler has placed a ban on leaders of any of the Opposition parties broadcasting election speeches. As polling day in the General Election—next Sunday— approaches, the Government is intensifying its campaign to prevent its opponents putting their case to the electorate.
- The finals of the Junior Imperialist Union public speaking competition will be held to-morrow evening in the Unionist headquarters in Glasgow. The competition, which is for the Sir Robert Horne Trophy, has attracted teams from branches all over the West of Scotland, and the finalists who have emerged from the preliminary contests are representatives of Bearsden, Kelvinside, Kilmarnock, and Stepps.
Review
Teams
SAINT JOHNSTONE:
Wylie, Walsh, Clark, Mason, Ireland, Ferguson, Ritchie, Benzie, Fulton, Dickie, Stewart.
Scorers:
Fulton.
CELTIC:
Wallace, Hogg, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Hughes, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Napier, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
Referee: M. C. Hutton (Glasgow).
Attendance: 5,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
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Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 27th February 1933, page 15
CELTIC WELL BEATEN
Celtic were well beaten by St. Johnstone at Muirton Park, Perth.
St. Johnstone won the point by one goat to nil, but it was only the good goal keeping of Wallace that prevented the Perth side from substantially consolidating their position At no period during the game did Celtic play to their reputation, and except for very brief intervals, they were always behind.
St. Johnstone' great advantage lay in attack, where Fulton, Benzie, and Dickie gave the visiting defence little rest. They were supported by a strong mid-line in which Mason was outstanding, while the defence kept a stranglehold on the Celtic forwards, who never combined to any purpose.
The Saints were set to face a stiff wind in the first half, but despite this they were the more enterprising body, and Wallace was frequently called upon to handle. Wylie, the Perth side's new goalkeeper, on the other hand , had only one real shot to negotiate, Celtic's good outfield play being nullified by bad finishing. McGrory missed the only real chance that came his way by shooting wildly past.
Fulton got the only goal two minutes from the interval after Ritchie had beaten the defence. Celtic were again on the defensive in the second period, and Wallace saved splendidly from Dickie and Fulton.
Celtic made a belated rally to save the game, but although pressing strongly towards the end never got in a shot worth mentioning.
For the winners, Welsh and Clark were sturdy backs. Mason and Ireland outstanding middlemen, and the inside forwards far ahead of the visiting trio, Celtic were best served by Wallace, McGonagle, McStay, Thomson , and McGrory.
The attendance was 5,000.
The inside trio were strangely impotent, and R. Thomson was the only one of the five to have the correct conception of ball despatch suitable for wind vagaries.