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Trivia
- In this eventful match there was crowd trouble when the home crowd thought that George Paterson had feigned injury [See Match Pictures], and a young man named James Delaney made his first-team debut for the visitors.
- The Scotsman refers to Hearts scoring feats of the previous Wednesday, when in a testimonial match they beat Sportklub Rapid Wien (Rapid Vienna) at Tynecastle 5-1. Rapid were touring at the time and were the first foreign team to play Hearts at home.
- This early in the football season only three clubs in the First Division have retained full points—Rangers, Hibernians, and Clyde. Heart of Midlothian might have been of their number but they dropped a point to Celtic in a stirring game at Tynecastle, in which the goalkeepers starred [See Match Pictures].
- All previous records for the Channel swim from England to France were broken by E. H. Temme, whose time was 15 hours-54 minutes. He is the first person to swim the Channel both ways.
- Huge crowds in the Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin cheered a smiling Adolf Hitler who appeared on a balcony waving to acclaim the result of the Hitler-for-President plebiscite in Germany, which gave him 90% support. Over 38,000,000 people voted "Yes" and over 4,000,000 voted “No”.
Review
Teams
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN:
Harkness, Andrew Anderson, Hearty, Massie, Reid, Herd, Walker, McKenzie, McCulloch, Alex Anderson, Robertson.
Scorers:
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Dawson, Geatons, Paterson, Delaney, MacDonald, McGrory, F. O’Donnell, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
Referee: J. Hutton (Glasgow)
Attendance: 30,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 20th August 1934, page 3
CELTIC HOLD THE HEARTS
A Celtic team drastically changed, although winning the previous week, proved a good match for the Heart of Midlothian in the opening League game at Tynecastle. It was not a brilliant Celtic team by any means, but the defence came well up to the old standard, and against it the Hearts' forwards were unable to repeat any of the scoring feats which marked their game with the Austrians a few days earlier.
A draw was a fair enough verdict on a fast and exciting game. The Hearts had a slight pull in pressure, and at one stage in the second half they looked like wearing down the opposition, but there was little initiative and no real thrust among the forwards, who, in more or less equal measure, must share the blame of losing a point in their first big test.
The best scoring chances occurred early, and the Hearts had most of them. Walker, playing outside right, paved the way for one by swinging over a ball which McCulloch allowed to run to Robertson, who, with only the goalkeeper to beat, crashed the ball against the crossbar.
Another of Walker's crosses was missed in the goalmouth by Geatons and in the scramble to save Kennaway sustained a cut above the eye and was off the field for ten minutes.
Even with ten men the Celtic were still able to meet all calls, and on Kennaway's return McGrory and Delaney gave the Hearts' defence some anxious moments, Harkness making fine saves from both players. A header by McCulloch following a cross by Walker was one of the Hearts' best tries and it just missed.
A few "incidents" enlivened the second half. After Harkness had made a brilliant clearance Reid and H. O'Donnell almost came to blows and had to be lectured by the referee. Later Paterson of the Celtic went down heavily and caused the referee to interrupt a promising Hearts' attack. When the player leapt to his feet apparently unhurt, there was a noisy demonstration, and quarrelling at the south-west corner of the field led to some of the crowd leaping the barrier. The police shepherded them back, and play was not interrupted.
By that time Walker had changed to inside right without effecting much improvement in the Hearts' attack. Anderson also forced the game a little more, but Hogg and McGonagle had their measure. A new outside right in Delaney showed good running and shooting for the Celtic. McGrory missed a chance or two by faulty shooting, and for the most part was well held by Reid and Anderson.
The Celtic's half-back recruits made a promising show, though McStay's absence at centre-half was noticed. To the backs and goalkeeper fell the chief honours of the day.
The Hearts also were strong in defence, with Anderson and Harkness in top form. Massie and Herd were unequalled for constructive half-back play. Walker at outside right looked a good forward spoiled. His four colleagues were disappointing.
Fully 30,000 spectators attended, and they saw a stirring game.
The pace at times was tremendously fast, and excitement reached a fever pitch among the spectators.
During the closing quarter two players got at loggerheads, and the referee lectured the offenders. This and other scenes created an uproar on the terracing, and many spectators jumped the barriers on to the field. A break-in threatened, but prompt action by the police quickly restored order. Two spectators were taken into custody [See Match Pictures].
Honours for Celtic
Celtic took what honours there were in the game. Kennaway played an heroic part, the goalkeeper receiving a head injury in the first half which required to be stitched.