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Trivia
- Debut for Thomas Craig who scored a double in this match against a Kilmarnock side that would go on to win the Scottish Cup in April.
- Page 15 of The Glasgow Herald reports that the US government have announced that they will be withdrawing their troops from Siberia where they have been fighting the Russians. LINK
- Also in the Herald is report of a talk given in Edinburgh by Dr. J Comrie who voices regret that Britain withdrew from Russia and gives his experiences as an officer with the North Russian Expeditionary Force where he found that a third of Bolshevik prisoners were unwilling conscripts and the great bulk of them were Jews.
- The Herald also reports that as of 1 minute past midnight on Friday last every nook and corner of the United States became “dry” with the advent of a nationwide prohibition of alcohol consumption and sales.
Review
Teams
KILMARNOCK:
Blair, Hamilton, Gibson, Bagan, Shortt, Mackie, Higgins, M Smith, J R Smith, Culley, McPhail
Scorers: Gibson, McPhail
CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, McStay, Gilchrist, Cringan, McMaster, McAtee, McMenemy , Craig, Cassidy, McLean
Scorers: Craig; (2), McAtee.
Referee:G. H. McKenzie (Glasgow)
Attendance:10,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
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Articles
The Glasgow Herald – Jan 19, 1920
A Promising Debut
Celtic on the other hand, were favoured by the elements on a ground that has unhappy memories for them, and they had to strive desperately in the last twenty minutes to prevent Kilmarnock drawing level. Craig justified his preferment over McInally and McColl, not so much by the two goals he obtained as by the attitude shown for the centre forward position, which was most remarkable in a player who had hitherto been known as a wing support in lower grade football. Though clearly superior to the home team in method, Celts owed their success mainly to the storming rushes of McAtee, the one forward on the side physically equipped for a contest demanding strength and endurance.