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Trivia
- Malcolm MacDonald, Celtic's pivot gets praise but the man-of-the-match is Queen's Park's centre-half Willie Lyon who by his performance in shackling Jimmy McGrory in this game made his services desirable to Celtic manager Willie Maley.
- Celtic's goal drought continues, they have now gone 360 minutes without scoring a goal.
- Clyde top the Scottish League, First Division, just ahead of Rangers with Celtic lying in 13th place.
- In England Arsenal played like real champions at Highbury, London, where, before a crowd of 57,000, they, overcame Liverpool by 8 goals to 1. They gained the initiative early, and never lost it. Long before half-time Liverpool showed signs of yielding against the brilliant attacks carried out at a fast pace, and after the interval the visiting defenders were simply overrun. Foremost in the triumph was Alex James (ex-Raith Rovers), who, playing well up the field, moved the ball about in very subtle style. Besides developing a fine understanding with Cliff Bastin, his winger, he kept the whole line attacking in splendid harmony by his clever passes.
- Geneva,September 1—That young Saarlanders recruited for voluntary work in the Nazi labour camps in Germany, are being trained in some cases for directly "endangering public security." in the Saar territory; is a charge made by Mr. G. G. Knox, the British Chairman of the Saar Governing Commission, in a letter to the League of Nations, which was issued by the Secretariat this afternoon.
Review
Teams
QUEEN’S PARK:
Smith, Walker, Dickson, Stewart, Willie Lyon, Grant, Souter, Martin, Dodds, Bremner, Taylor.
Scorers:
Taylor.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, MacDonald, Hughes, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, F. O’Donnell, McInally.
Scorers:
Referee: D. F. Reilly (Port Glasgow).
Attendance: 10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 3rd September 1934, page 4
AMATEURS' SUCCESS OVER CELTIC
Although there have been definite weaknesses exposed in the Celtic attack since the season opened, few anticipated their defeat by the Queen's Park at Hampden Park. The Celtic have now played six hours in their last four matches without once finding the net, which is a sad reflection on the quality of their forward play. It was poor against the amateurs.
McGrory worked unceasingly, but did not receive much assistance from his colleagues in line with him. Moreover, in Lyon, he was confronted by a resourceful, courageous, and virile pivot, who invariably seemed to sense what was in the Parkhead leaders mind.
O'Donnell was not successful, and neither was McInally, although revealing many flashes of cleverness. McDonald, however, should have established himself as the Parkhead pivot. Strong in the tackle, he won the admiration of all by his enterprise, exploitation of the cross pass, and splendid foraging.
Geatons and Hughes did not sustain their promise, although they never gave up scheming with a purpose. The tenacity of Hogg meant much, and his judgment in a challenge was invaluable. He overshadowed McGonagle, who, nevertheless, made few, if any mistakes. The confidence of Kennaway was in his best form.
T. H. Souter the Glasgow University athlete, made his debut in J. Crawford's place, and fitted nicely into the scheme of the line. In T. G. Smith, W. O. Walker, and H. Dickson, the amateurs had a mobile rearguard.
Lyon, the man of the moment in the half-back line, was flanked by able half-backs in J. Stewart and R. Grant, who were not artistic, but very effective in destroying the stereotyped Celtic forays.
The goal which gave Queen's Park the victory and the Celtic their second defeat in five engagements, came eight minutes after the restart. A free kick against Hogg saw the ball swept out to Taylor, who smartly headed it behind Kennaway.
The attendance in what was an engrossing encounter would be about. 10,000.
