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Trivia
- Celtic were drawn against Raith Rovers away in the next round of the Scottish Cup
- Billy McNeill was out with 'flu; into his position at centre half stepped John McNamee for his first team debut. Willie Fernie returned replacing John Divers who had strained knee ligaments in the previous cup tie against Montrose. Hibernian were undefeated in 11 games and were unchanged for the game.
- Celtic A reserves played Hibs A Reserves. The team was Fallon, Donnelly, O'Neill, Kelly, Kurila, Clark, "Newman", Murdoch, Conway, McMillan, Auld. – the first appearance of Bobby Murdoch on a team sheet.
Review
Celtic started well and Hibs were quite lethargic. Celtic were two goals up in 16 minutes, both from Chalmers. McNamee played well at centre half and was little troubled by a Hibernian attack. Both Chalmers goals came from a neat crosses from Gallacher. The first headed home and the second five minutes later from a shot. All the Celtic forwards then proceeded to pepper the Hibs goal and only poor shooting and the uprights saved Hibs from being overwhelmed. Charlie Gallacher was becoming master of the right wing and had a great day.
Teams
Celtic:
Haffey; MacKay, Kennedy; Crerand, McNamee, Peacock; Gallacher, Fernie, Hughes, Chalmers, Byrne.
Scorers:Chalmers 2 (11, 16)
Hibernian:
Simpson; Fraser, McLelland; Grant, Easton, Baird; McLeod, Preston, Baker, Baxter, Ormond.
Scorers:
Referee: R H Davidson (Airdrie)
Attendance: 33,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
