1949-12-31: Heart of Midlothian 4-2 Celtic, League Division A

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Trivia

  • On the 20th December Celtic signed 18 year old goalkeeper George Hunter from Neilston Juniors.
  • At the end of 1949, Celtic stood 5th in the table on 20 points, behind Hibernian who topped the table with 25 points, Rangers, Hearts and Dundee.
  • John McPhail was out injured in the previous game against on Christmas Eve against Queen of the South. This allowed Bobby Collins to come one in from the wing and he prospered at inside right.

Review

Teams

Hearts:
Brown; Parker, McKenzie; Cox, Dougan, Laing; Sloan, Conn, Bauld, Wardhaugh, Flavell.
Scorers: Bauld 2(25, 63), Parker (60), Milne og (84)

Celtic:
Miller, Boden, Milne; Evans, McGrory, Baillie; Weir, Collins, Haughney, Tully, Rennet.
Scorers: Collins 2(49, 66)

Referee:
Attendance: 44,000

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