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Trivia
- Willie Buchan who left Celtic in 1937 makes a very welcome guest appearance. Despite his wishes the board ridiculously turn down the opportunity to keep him for a longer term.
- About 800 of the crew of the British battleship Royal Oak lost their lives when the vessel was sunk by an enemy U-boat. 414 men survived.
Review
Herald.
ANGLO SCOTS WELCOME
And at Falkirk Napier, once of Celtic and now of Sheffield Wednesday, showed that his power is not waining, and his goal, from long range, was a typical effort. The reappearance of Buchan in Celtic's ranks helped to attract 5000 spectators to Tynecastle, and Buchan as our match report indicates, was his usual artistic self.
Teams
HEARTS:
Scorers:
Phillips, (3); Donaldson, Regan.
CELTIC:
Scorers:
Carruth, Murphy.
Referee:
Attendance: 5,000
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Glasgow Herald
FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
HEARTS, 5; CELTIC, 2.
Walker and Black, Hearts’ sharp-shooters in chief, had their “thunder” stolen at Tynecastle, where Phillips, who has been out of the game for many months through injury, scored three glorious goals.
Phillips, a Welshman, who served Dundee before arriving at Tynecastle, made this “friendly” a “fireworks” display – and the moral is there for Celtic. The full-blooded drive within shooting distance was worth all their frilly attempts to walk the ball into the net.
Hearts with Baxter, the Scottish internationalist, marshalling their defence and Phillips and Donaldson introducing the spectacular in attack, were an attractive side on Saturday.
In fact there was an abundance of clever football from both sides, with Hearts, as indicated possessing the match-winning forte of finishing their work. McKay the young Celtic goalkeeper, had scarcely as many shots to save as the goals he lost, and those scored by Donaldson and Regan, the former Partick Thistle winger, were as memorable as Phillips’s.
The graceful body swerve and manipulation of the ball have not been eradicated in faster-moving English football, and Buchan has now cultivated the ability to pass without a preliminary “address” to the ball.
Donaldson, Hearts outside right, spoiled a clever display, by an unfortunate tendency to resent an opponent’s tackling. Morrison deserved some recognition for the manner in which he controlled himself.
Patterson was the outstanding Celtic player. Carruth and Murphy predictably were Celtic’s scorers. Phillips’s third goal was the only one of the passed sort.