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Trivia
- Opposing Celtic at Hamilton is their former goalkeeper Peter Shevlin who served the club well between two greats, Charlie Shaw and John Thomson, and it took a penalty-kick in 29 minutes by Frank O'Donnell to beat him. English centre-forward, David Wilson, scored Hamilton's equaliser with twelve minutes remaining.
- Scotland’s football team lost to England at Wembley by 3-0, but the Scots were not so soundly beaten as the score would appear to suggest. 92,363 people were present in fine weather, and probably close on half of them were Scots. The receipts came to £20,173,7s. The Duke of York was in the Royal Box, and the Prime Minister was also amongst the distinguished visitors. William "Peter" McGonagle was the only Celtic player on show.
- In England Arsenal top the table with 4 points more than Huddersfield, and a game in hand to boot.
- The happy position of Dunfermline which possesses amenities unparalleled in Great Britain through the agency of Andrew Carnegie’s benefactions was referred to by J. W. Ormiston, secretary of the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust in his annual report.
- Two of the five men accused of the Glasgow Dance Hall murder pleaded not guilty on the grounds that another man had committed the murder. The five men are charged with being members of the “Bridgegate Boys” or “Tote Club” gangs which formed part of a riotous mob that attacked members of the “Bedford Boys” gang in Bedford Parlour Dance Hall, 5 Kelty Street, Glasgow.
Review
Teams
HAMILTON ACADEMICAL:
Peter Shevlin, Young, Bulloch, Wallace, Hill, Thomson, King, McLaren, Wilson, Cox, Reid.
Scorers:
Wilson.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Wilson, McStay, Hughes, Crum, A. Thomson, F. O’Donnell, Divers, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
F. O’Donnell.
Referee: M. C. Hutton (Glasgow).
Attendance: 3,500
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 16th April 1934, page 14
HAMILTON HOLD CELTIC
An interesting and keenly, contested game was witnessed at Douglas Park, Hamilton, when Celtic were the visitors.
In the first half Celtic had the assistance of the breeze, and as a result were almost continuously on the offensive. Yet so stoutly did the Hamilton defenders perform that the visitors led by only one goal at the interval.
In the second half the position was reversed, Hamilton being the attackers. Oh the whole Celtic proved themselves the better combined and more methodical team, and showed traditional fighting spirit when the game was going against them in the second half. ln Kennaway, they had a brilliant goalkeeper who was strongly supported by two capable backs. Hogg, indeed, was the best defender on view.
Hughes was the pick of the half-back-line, and Crum and O'Donnell were most effective forwards. Hamilton impressed as a team, although there were obvious defects, notably at right half and on the right wing.
Shevlin, like Kennaway, gave a masterly display. Bulloch was the better back, and Thomson excelled at left half. David Wilson was an enterprising and courageous leader, but was poorly supported. Cox came into prominence with the accuracy of his shooting.
Nearly 30 minutes had gone before Celtic opened the scoring, O'Donnell converting a penalty for an infringement by Hill. The Academicals stormed the visitors' goal for the greater part of the second half, but it was not until twelve-minutes from the end that David Wilson equalised; the centre taking advantage of a misjudgement by McStay to beat Kennaway with a magnificent hook shot.
Even against the wind Celtic rallied strongly, and on several occasions came near to scoring.
About 3,500; witnessed the game.
