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Trivia
- Celtic & World War One
- Senior debutant defender (ex-Clydebank Juniors) for the home side Frank Newton has a bad start to his Hibernian career.
- Page 14 of The Glasgow Herald names Girdwood as right back whereas Celtic FC site have Kerr in this position.
- Page 10 of The Glasgow Herald gives details of a tragic railway accident at South Queensferry when a troop of soldiers crossing the bridge to attend a church service were run down by a passanger train.
- Page 10 of The Glasgow Herald also reports the details of a memorial service to the late Keir Hardie which was held in the St Andrew's Hall, Glasgow. The service ended with the singing of the "Red Flag" and "God Save The People". HERALD LINK
Review
Teams
HIBERNIAN:
Allan, Kerr, Newton, Lennie,Paterson, R Smith, Alexander, Fleming, Kilpatrick, Taylor, W Smith
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, Dodds, Young, Johnstone ,McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher, McColl, Cassidy, Browning
Scorers: McMaster, McColl, Gallacher, McAtee.
Referee: A. Allan (Glasgow)
Attendance: 12,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
The Glasgow Herald, Monday 4th October 1915
LEADERS EASY WIN
It was thought that Celtic or Rangers or both, would meet their first defeat on Saturday and the League competition be rendered more interesting as a direct result of their fall. Under ordinary circumstances the defeat of the leaders might have been reasonably anticipated, but, as it happened, their opponents Hibernian and Airdireonians, were below strength and incapable of dealing a blow to the monopolists. The Edinburgh club were freely experimenting with their forwards, when accidents to Templeton and Girdwood compelled them to rearrange their defence, and to both sections junior players were drafted. Such an eleven could have but faint hopes of being the first to overcome the leaders and champions, and in losing by 4 goals to 0 the Hibernian fared no worse than other clubs with fairly good reputations. Though they won easily the Celtic were not seen to great advantage, and the most satisfactory feature of their play in this as in preceding matches was that scoring was not confined to any particular forward.
The Scotsman, Monday 4th October, 1915
With their two regular backs off, with a forward playing as a half, and with a half playing as a back in what was his first senior game, it was no surprise to see the Hibernians decisively beaten by a Celtic team that only wanted McMenemy to be at full strength. Handicapped as they were, the Edinburgh club put up a good fight against their more experienced opponents, and, with a little luck, might have scored. But generally speaking, their forward line was hardly a match for the strong Celtic defence. Behind, however, the Hibernians savoured of the rough and ready. They compelled the Parkhead front line, which by the way, was missing McMenemy not a little, to work for what they got, and certainly it was not for want of trying that Gallagher, the best forward on the field, did not make the Hibernian defeat heavier than it was. McMaster, McColl, Gallagher, and McAtee were the scorers.