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Trivia
- On the 27th Jimmy McGrory went to watch Andrew Bell of Arthurlie. The goalkeeper was attracting a lot of attention and played in a game against Kilsyth. McGrory was suitably impressed and Bell was signed. Bonnar ruled in goal for the Celts but George Hunter had been packed of to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. This left Alex Devanney as backup keeper.
- On the night before Charlie Tully had been the celebrity referee in a charity game between maryhill Harp and the Galsgow Taxi Drivers association. The game was played to the benefit of Maryhill Pensioners.
- T Brown of Airdrie was carried off after 20 minutes with a fractured jaw following a collision with Walsh and Airdrie played the rest of the game with 10 men.
Review
For the first goal , clever interplay between Tully and Peacock allowed Peacock to shoot which Fraser could only parry and Walsh was there to put the ball away. Celtic monopolised the game after Brown was stretchered off. Herons goal arrived after he had had two tremendous shots parried by Fraser. He picked the ball up from Baillie in midfield and went on a run evading Dingwall and released an unstoppable shot past Fraser. heron by all accounts had a great game.
Teams
Celtic:
Bonnar; Fallon, Rollo; Evans, Mallan, Baillie; Collins, Walsh, Heron, Peacock, Tully .
Scorers: Walsh (10), Heron (38)
Airdrieonians:
Fraser; T Brown, Elliot; Cairns, Dingwall, Shankland; McMillan, Baird, McGurn, Shields, McCulloch.
Scorers:
Referee:
Attendance: 25,000
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