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Trivia
- Jack Harkness saves Willie Lyon's penalty kick to deny Celtic a share of the points after Tommy Walker had put Hearts ahead.
- A mixed programme of Scottish Cup-ties and League games took place Saturday. The first time in three weeks weather conditions allowed all matches to be carried through.
- In England, Sunderland played Chelsea at home and in an ill-tempered game and Chelsea's Billy Mitchell, the Northern Ireland international wing-half, was sent off. The visiting forwards appeared to be targeting Jimmy Thorpe, the Sunderland goalkeeper, who took a battering during the match, so bad that he was taken to hospital after the game suffering from broken ribs and a badly bruised head. Sadly Jimmy Thorpe died on 9th February, 1936.
- Scotland's first match of the season for the International Rugby Championship, played at Murrayfield resulted in a well earned victory for Wales by 13 points to 3.
- Chairman of the Scottish Herring Producers' Association, has written to the Secretary of State for Scotland, asking him to grant a guaranteed wage of £2 per week for herring fishermen.
Review
Teams
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN:
Harkness, Andy Anderson, Herd, Russell, Reid, Harvey, Murray, Walker, Alec Anderson, Robson, Black.
Scorers:
Walker.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, Crum, Murphy.
Referee: K. Boyd (Denny).
Attendance: 30,930
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 3rd February 1936, page 5
A REVERSE FOR CELTIC
WALKER'S GOAL FEATURE OF STIRRING MATCH
In contrast to their Scottish Cup display earlier in the week, the Heart of Midlothian were in sprightly form against the Celtic at Tynecastle, and by a solitary goal won a game that has not been surpassed for excitement since the season opened.
From a tearaway start to the finish, fought out in fading light, with watches being anxiously consulted, there was hardly a dull moment.
The Hearts just merited their win, and it was enthusiastically received, but the Celtic fully maintained their club reputation for hard fighting, and on second half pressure went very near to forcing a draw. That they failed was due partly to the hold kept on McGrory by the Hearts' centre-half and partly to the fine goalkeeping by Harkness, who saved a penalty kick at a time when the Celtic's challenge was beginning to develop.
The Celtic were at full strength, but with Munro off duty the Hearts had Robson at inside-left, and played Murray and Black on the extreme wings. Despite these changes, the Hearts were under no handicap in the forepart of the game. Walker showing more dash than he has done for a while, sent some fine passes to the foot of Murray, who responded with crosses that put a heavy strain on the Celtic defence.
Fully 20 minutes had gone when Walker, having the ball returned to him from Anderson, scored with a right-foot drive of great strength. A minute later Robson hit a post with Kennaway stretched on the ground. The Celtic did not lack scoring chances, but Delaney, shooting too hurriedly, missed a good one in the first minute, and on later occasions timed the ball badly for McGrory.
It was no lucky day for the Celtic centre. The penalty kick granted when he was bowled over proved ineffective, Harkness fisting Lyon's shot into the air. Later, when he touched a pass into the net, McGrory was adjudged to be offside. Crum and Murphy were prominent in the Celtic's closing rally, but Harkness defied them.
The visitors were well served all round, and played fine football in the second half, but with less deadly finishing than usual. Their first half blows, directed mostly by Walker, put the Hearts in good key. Anderson was none too alert at centre, and Black did not look happy at outside-left, but generally the winners were a good, aggressive side, and pleased their followers for once.
There were 23,000 spectators.
