1914-12-12: Celtic 5-1 Queen’s Park, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • Celtic & World War One
  • This match saw Dubliner Billy Crone score one third of his goal tally in the three years he was with Celtic.
  • The Scotsman reports that Captain C. G. Westhead was in Glasgow at the weekend and on Saturday paraded with Locheil's pipers recruiting for Kitchener's army and The Territorials. The captain was the man who recruited The Sportsman's Battalion, and the pipe band and recruiting team were at Celtic Park on Saturday. Their weekend efforts produced results, 37 men enrolled on Saturday, and 20 on Sunday.
  • The Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper reports that the Pope's representations to the warring factions governments that a truce be declared during Christmas have failed as all of the combatants could not agree to this measure.
  • A child was burned to death in a fire at the Oldmill Poorhouse, Aberdeen. The poorhouse houses 600 people and all were evacuated safely but for the two and a half year old child, the son of George Philip, who is in prison.

Review

Teams

CELTIC:
Shaw, McNair, Dodds, Young, Johnstone, McMaster, McAtee, Crone, Quinn, McColl, Browning
Scorers:
Crone (3), Quinn (2)

QUEEN'S PARK:
Gordon Kerr, John B. Kerr, Watson, Sankey, Peter Thorpe, Broadhead, Alan L. Morton, John A. McLaren, Christopher Laidman, Ralph Risk, Robert C. "Bob" McBean
Scorer: Laidman

Referee: J. Weir (Airdrie)
Venue: Celtic Park
Attendance: 6,000

Articles

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Pictures

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Articles

The Scotsman, Monday 14th December, 1914

At Celtic Park, Glasgow, before 6,000 spectators, Celtic gained an easy victory over Queen’s Park. The Queen’s had the assistance of half a gale in the first portion, but made poor use of it, the forwards failing to control the ball.

The Celts were in their element, and from a well-placed corner Crone cutely slipped the ball past Kerr. This was followed by a second from the same player after grand work from McAtee.

The visitors had several raids on Shaw, but McNair and Dodds defended strongly. Before the change of ends Crone completed the hat trick, giving Kerr no chance with a great drive. In the second half the Celts, with the elements in their favour, had all the play, but twenty minutes elapsed before Quinn beat Kerr.

The Queen’s played on pluckily, and Laidman cleverly outwitting McNair and Dodds, gave Shaw no chance with his parting effort.

In the closing stages, Quinn completed the scoring by adding a fifth goal. The Celts victory was deserved on play, there being no comparison between the teams.