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Trivia
- Two down after a 5 minute second-half Hearts' bombardment Celtic looked out of it, but goals by McGrory, (2), and Bertie Thomson turned the tables and were enough to give the Parkhead men the points. Sandy Herd was Hearts best player.
- In the crucial top of the table clash between Motherwell and Rangers the teams were level with no score after 65 minutes but then in an incident between the Motherwell keeper Alan McClory and the Rangers forward Sam English a penalty was awarded and the keeper sent off. The referee had not seen the incident but was alerted by the linesman. Rangers scored from the penalty spot and went on to win easily. The result allowed Rangers to topple Motherwell off top spot in the league table.
- In the English League, Aston Villa, with ex-Kilmarnock player Joe Nibloe and ex-Clyde player Danny Blair starring, were the only winners amongst the first six clubs. The Arsenal drew at home with Blackpool. In the Liverpool derby at Annfield the home side beat Everton by 7 goals to 4.
- In the Fourth Ashes Test Match in Brisbane England’s captain Douglas Jardine fell victim to Bill O’Reilly’s leg break on Monday. Harold Larwood had been the best of the England bowlers on Saturday with four wickets with his “leg theory” bowling.
- In a US broadcast by CBC to mark the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, Mr de Valera described partition as the worst crime committed by the British against Ireland.
Review
Teams
CELTIC:
Wallace, Hogg, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Hughes, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Napier, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
McGrory, (2); R. Thomson.
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN:
Harkness, Anderson, O’Neill, Massie, J. Johnston, Herd, R. Johnstone, White, Gardiner, Smith,Howe.
Scorers:
Smith, R. Johnstone.
Referee: D. F. Reilly (Port Glasgow).
Attendance: 12,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Scotsman – Monday, 13th February 1933, page 15
CELTIC WEAR DOWN THE HEARTS
After being two goals behind, and in danger of defeat Celtic recovered and scored a stirring victory over the Heart of Midlothian at Parkhead, Glasgow.
The teams were evenly matched, and defence was superior to attack throughout a dull first half, but the game afterwards had many thrilling fluctuations and success deservedly went to the Celtic for the way they fought back.
The Hearts disappointed after being in a winning position. Their backs and half-backs, after dominating game for nearly an hour, seemed unable to cope with Celtic's rigorous retaliation, and they gave way under the pressure.
A closing spurt almost gained the Hearts a draw, but their efforts then were typical of what had occurred earlier. There was a lack of resource at centre forward where Gardiner was not the alert player he had been in earlier games. McGrory, on the other hand, was the Celtic match-winner. He had to face keen tackling from J. L. Johnston , but he never left off trying to bore through and his dashing play went far to stir his colleagues into effective collaboration.
The Hearts scored twice within five minutes following the interval. Passes from Herd and Howe led to Smith scoring the first goal with a well-placed shot. The other goal was a soft one in so far as Wallace, who was deputising for Kennaway, was tempted out of goal to forestall Gardiner, and R. Johnstone was left to shoot into the empty net.
The Celtic were like another team after that. McGrory reduced the leeway with a great, header off a cross by A. Thomson. The Hearts survived numerous corner kicks, but R. Thomson, after a free kick given against J. Johnston, equalised with a shot at a difficult angle.
McGrory's match-winning header came twelve minutes from the end from a ball put in by R. Thomson.
Restored to the Hearts' team, White put some life and enterprise into the forward play, but the line did not pull well together at any time. Smith showed clever footwork and ball control, but the extreme wings Howe and R. Johnstone were erratic. Herd stood out as an aggressive left-half, and the other defenders had a good match until the crisis came in the second half.
The Celtic's blend of youth and experience brought off a coup of some significance in view of coming Cup-ties.
There were about 12,000 spectators.
