1920-09-04: Celtic 3-0 Third Lanark, Glasgow Cup 1st Rd

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Trivia

  • The holders Celtic start the defence of their trophy in fine style with a convincing win over Third Lanark, something the Glasgow Herald didn’t think it worthy of much commentary, but they did think the English cricket card merited more than a mention! LINK
  • The Hi Hi fielded three players with the surname Walker, Jim, Isaac and Frank.
  • The Herald also reports Arab forces defeating the French in the Hauran and moving on Damascus which the French control following it’s capture from King Faisal’s Hashemite forces.
  • Cranston’s Picture House, Glasgow is showing “Mr Wu” all week, featuring Matheson Lang and billed as the greatest Chinese play ever written.

Review

Teams

CELTIC:

Shaw, McNair, McStay Gilchrist Cringan, McMaster, McAtee, Gallacher , McInally, Cassidy, McLean .
Scorers: McInally, Cassidy, McStay

THIRD LANARK:

Brownlie, McCormack, Orr, McAndrew, McCourt, J. Walker, Chas. H. Campbell, I Walker, Wm. M. Cullen, F Walker, Flannigan

Referee: A Jamieson (Glasgow)
Attendance: 20,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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Articles

Match report from The Scotsman, 6th September 1920

In the Glasgow Cup competition the Celtic gained an easy victory over Third Lanark at Celtic Park, Glasgow. The visitors, who had McCormack at right back, had the assistance of a strong breeze in the opening half, but failed to control the ball properly, and Shaw had very few shots to negotiate. Indeed, the best scoring attempts were at the other end, where Brownlie was thankful to concede corners from express drives by McInally and McLean. In the second half, the Celtic made full use of their opportunities, and within a minute McInally had Brownlie beaten. Cassidy headed through a second goal, and a few minutes before the finish McStay scored a third from a penalty kick. The Celtic, all over, were the superior team, and thoroughly merited their win. The attendance would be about 20,000.