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Trivia
- Jimmy McGrory opens the scoring for Celtic in 6 minutes before Robert Walace equalises for Hibernian in 60 minutes. Hibs lead was short-lived and Hugh O'Donnell scored the winner for the bhoys in 66 minutes.
- On the feast-day of St. Partrick, Dublin born Ex-Celt, Peter Kavanagh, is in the Hibs side that loses to Celtic at Easter Road.
- The centre-forward in the Hibs team is Peter Flucker who played for three Edinburgh clubs, Hibs, Hearts and St. Bernards.
- As the labour troubles continue in Spain a precautionary state of emergency has been proclaimed in Barcelona by the Catalan Home Secretary, says Reuter. This does not mean that martial law has been declared, but that the civil authorities can, without handing over to the military, call upon them in case of need.
- Addressing a crowd of 5,000 in Trim, County Meath, General O’Duffy said the proposed law to ban the wearing of Blue Shirts was disgraceful. “It is not the Blue Shirts that are the trouble”, he said “but the fact that the boys and girls who wear them are a source of political anxiety to local Fianna Fail branches throughout the country.”
Review
Teams
HIBERNIAN:
Blyth, Wilkinson, Urquhart, Langton, Watson, McFarlane, Walls, Wallace, Flucker, Smith, Kavanagh.
Scorers:
Wallace.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Geatons, McStay, Hughes, Crum, Smith, McGrory, F. O’Donnell, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
McGrory, H. O’Donnell.
Referee: D. F. Reilly (Port Glasgow).
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 19th March 1934, page 7
CELTIC TOO STRONG FOR HIBERNIANS
The meeting at Easter Road of the rival wearers of the green ended in a narrow win for the Celtic, whose teamwork and finishing were slightly, but definitely, better than those of the Hibernians.
Each side had their winning elevens of the previous week, and in a keen game played on muddy ground and amid showers of sleet, the Celtic showed that their recent Cup-tie defeat was but a temporary lapse.
After losing an early goal the Hibernians made a plucky fight, and when they equalised in the fore part of the second half, victory appeared to be within their grasp. The Celtic, however opened out the game with a measure of cleverness lacking in their opponents, regained the lead, and held on to it during an exciting finish in which both sides appeared to exert every ounce of strength.
From goal to half-back line the sides were well-matched, but in forward play Celtic were superior. They owed their two goals to the clever left-wing play of the brothers O'Donnell. The game was but six-minutes in progress when H. O'Donnell rounded Langton with a ball that Blyth palmed out and McGrory headed strongly into the net. Hughes at half-back was among those who troubled Blyth during the first half, but for the remainder of the game the Hibernian defence was firm.
Kavanagh, a former Celtic man gave Kennaway several difficult cross-shots to deal with, and as the game advanced Walls tackled McGonagle with greater confidence and got in several of his cannon-ball shots, but in the end the equaliser came from a free-kick placed by McFarlane to Wallace, whose scoring shot atoned in some measure for a lot of faulty passing.
The Celtic afterwards threw off several bouts of vigorous pressure and a run by the O’Donnell’s ended with H. O'Donnell cutting into centre and scoring with Blyth a few yards out of his goal. Later Crum hit the cross-bar and in twenty minutes of a tight finish Kennaway’s goalkeeping was a big asset to the Celtic.
Smith was the only Hibernian forward to approach the Celtic standard, but Langton, Watson and Macfarlane compared favourably with the opposing half-backs. Macfarlane being in particularly good form.
About 9000 spectators enjoyed a wonderfully good game considering the unfavourable conditions.
