1933-09-19: Celtic 7-0 Cowdenbeath, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • Hat-tricks form Charlie Napier and McGrory with a goal added by Hugh O'Donnell wrap up the points for Celtic against a Cowdenbeath side in which only Charlie Gronbach and right half-back Priestley get honorable mentions.
  • The only other Scottish match played on this Tuesday night was in the First round of Stirlingshire County Cup, at Brockville. The score was Falkirk, 5; Falkirk Amateurs, 1.
  • King Levinsky beat Jack Sharkey, ex-heavyweight champion of the world in Chicago last night. “Sailor Jack” was down in the first round for a count of seven, but got up to last the ten rounds but lost heavily on points.
  • The trial of the five men accused of being concerned in the Reichstag fire on February 27 opens at Leipzig to-morrow, and is expected to last at least three weeks.

Review

Teams

CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, McGonagle, Wilson, McStay, Hughes, Crum, A. Thomson, McGrory, Napier, H. O’Donnell.
Scorers:
Napier, (3); McGrory, (3); H. O’Donnell.

COWDENBEATH:
Dudgeon, Gronbach, Glancy, Priestley, McCurley, Hamill, Moran, Renfrew, A. Venters, Robertson.
Scorers:

Referee: H. Watson (Glasgow).
Attendance: 9,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

Articles

The Scotsman – Wednesday, 20th September 1933, page 16

BIG WIN FOR CELTIC

CELTIC, 7; COWDENBEATH, 0.

Cowdenbeath's prospects received a further blow when they were trounced in a First League match by Celtic, at Parkhead, last night.
From the opening minute there was never any doubting the superiority of the Celtic, whose teamwork, with Napier and Thomson again in the forward line, was irreproachable at times, and a burst of scoring after ten minutes play soon settled the issue.

Actually four goals were scored in the space of eight minutes and five before the interval, by Napier (three), McGrory; and O'Donnell, and though two of the first-named's scores, came from-penalty kicks, they were well deserved, as Gronbach averted certain counting efforts when he conceded them, first by bringing down McGrory, and, secondly, by fisting clear.

Celtic also pressed steadily in the second half without showing much thrust until McGrory scored twice in quick succession from close in from crosses by H. O'Donnell.

In the easy-moving Celtic team, Napier was the strongest forward, and McStay was a forceful pivot, besides breaking up the majority, of the raids by the Fife team, for whom Gronbach and Priestley alone showed up well, the former at right back, putting in some fine kicking.

There was an attendance of little more than9,000.

Celtic v Cowdenbeath Sep 1933