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Trivia
- If Celtic were late in arriving at the park they were quick off the mark on it and Jimmy McGrory put them in the lead in 16 minutes, but Jackie Law equalised with a header from a cross from Jackie Oakes. Hay then put Queens on in front on 25 minutes but Willie Buchan equalised a minute later.
- On the opening day of the League season, kick-off is delayed at Dumfries as the Celtic team are held up in traffic and have to make a quick change and get on the park right away.
- After one game six teams share top place in the Scottish First Division on 2 Pts.
- In the Scottish Second Division St. Bernard's beat Dundee United by 7 goals to one at Tannadice.
- Heavy rain falls throughout the country and the Test Match between England and New Zealand is a wash out.
- General Franco's rebel troops are making a push towards Santander in the North of Spain.
Review
Teams
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH:
Mason, Savage, Anderson, McPherson, Bruce, Thomson, Latimer, Burns, Hay, Law, Oakes.
Scorers:
Law, Hay.
CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, Crum, Murphy.
Scorers:
McGrory, Buchan.
Referee: D. Reilly (Port Glasgow).
Attendance: 14,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 16th August 1937, page 4
THRILLS AT DUMFRIES
CELTIC HELD BEFORE RECORD CROWD
FOUR QUICK GOALS
The ground record was broken at Palmerston Park, Dumfries, when dose on 14,000 spectators saw Queen of the South draw 2-2 with Celtic.
On the run of play, particularly during the second half, the Dumfries team should have won. Celtic played their side of last season, while Queens had a side which was, in a way, experimental, half of the players sporting the club colours for the first time.
It was a tremendously exciting game, and all the scoring was crammed into a period of ten minutes in the first half. During the first quarter of an hour Queens quite held their own, but McGrory opened the scoring for Celtic at the end of sixteen minutes. There was great excitement when Queens replied by scoring a couple of goals in rapid succession, Law emulated the Performance of McGrory by heading the ball into the net from an opening by Oakes, and then Hay scored the leading goal for Queens. The crowd's delight did not last for long, because a minute later Buchan had the equalising goal.
Mason, Queens' young goalkeeper, had some amazing saves in the second half, and he was cheered to the echo for one superb clearance of a powerful shot by McGrory.
Celtic had only ordinary service from their inside forwards, and Buchan was at fault when he failed to score from an opening made by Delaney. Kennaway had a lot to bother him and he undoubtedly saved his side when he made a fine clearance from a shot by Burns, the best effort in the whole game. Hogg was a great defender for Celtic, and Paterson and Lyon played soundly in the half-back line. The pick of the forwards were McGrory and Murphy.
All of Queens' new players did well and the team should face the future with confidence. The finest individualist amongst the forwards in the game was Burns, the inside right. Queens had also first-class service from their wing half-backs, Thomson and McPherson. Oakes the outside-left, played so well that the absence of Tulip was scarcely noticeable.
