1936-02-22: Queen’s Park 2-3 Celtic, League Division 1

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Trivia

  • John Gardiner marked Jimmy McGrory closely, but Jimmy slipped his experienced marker twice to put the ball past Desmond White.
  • Celtic go to the top of the league table, having better goal difference than Aberdeen, who have played a game more than the Celts.
  • Scots feature in the scoring in England with Benny Yorston on target for Middlesbrough and the Ex-Celtic O’Donnell brothers, Frank and Hugh as well as Jimmy Maxwell scoring all the goals in Preston North End’s 3-1 win at Maine Road.
  • Scotland suffered defeat by 4 point to 10 at Murrayfield in the Home International rugby match against Ireland before 40,000 spectators.
  • 30 people were injured in a collision between two tram cars in Paisley on Saturday afternoon. One car was descending an incline in Neilston Road when the brakes-failed and it ran into another tram which had stopped at the foot of Braids Road.
  • Press reports from Dolo (Italian Somaliland) stated that an Italian aeroplane destroyed an Abyssinian camel convoy. Almost all of the 700 camels in the convoy are said to have been killed as they were slowly fording the Webbe Gestro River.

Review

Teams

QUEEN’S PARK:
Desmond White, Campbell, Dickson, Buchanan, Gardiner, Hosie, Souter, Kyle, Dodds, Martin, Wright.
Scorers:
Dodds, Kyle.

CELTIC:
Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Hughes, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, Crum, Murphy.
Scorers:
McGrory, (2); Murphy.

Referee: W. Bell (Motherwell),
Attendance: 12,000.

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

Articles

The Scotsman – Monday, 24th February 1936, page 4

CELTIC'S SUPERIOR BALANCE

QUEEN'S PARK GO DOWN FIGHTING

Only the superior balance of the Celtic forwards enabled them to turn the issue against Queen's Park, who were more skilful and resolute at back and half-back. Celtic's forwards were a cohesive body, and played some delightful football on the wings, particularly Delaney and Buchan.

Queen's Park's forwards played a more open game, and could be quite as dangerous, but neither Dodds nor Martin was at his best, and that made all the difference. Had they come up to the standard of the other three, Queen's Park would not have been beaten. Dickson was the best back on the field, and the amateurs were superior at half-back, where Gardiner did great things in defence. The fact that McGrory scored two of Celtic's goals was no reflection on the Hampden pivot.

Queen's Park took the lead after five minutes, where Dodds beat Kennaway with a well-judged shot. A resolute Queen's Park defence prevented Celtic equalising at half an hour, and then McGrory headed through a good goal. It was McGrory, again, who gave Celtic the lead four minutes from the interval. Kyle equalised 19 minutes after the re-start direct from a free kick, but two minutes later Murphy restored Celtic's lead, which they held to the end of an exciting tussle.

Attendance, 12,000.
Queens Park v Celtic Feb 1936