1948-04-03: Celtic 2-4 Hibernian, League Division A

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Trivia

  • Result kept Celtic in the relegation zone area of the league.
  • Celtic's third defeat in a row.
  • This was Robert Fraser's debut game for Celtic. This was his only first team appearance.
  • This was also the debut game for Daniel O'Donnell Lavery (Dan Lavery), who had come straight from GAA. Dan Lavery also scored in this debut. Sadly he wasn't to score again for Celtic and only played four games.

Review

Teams

Celtic:
Miller; Fraser, McAuley; W Gallacher, Mallan, Baillie; Bogan, McPhail, Lavery, Evans, Paton.
Scorers: Lavery (23), Evans (35)

Hibernian:
Farm; Govan, Shaw; Kean, Howie, Buchanan; Smith, Combe, Linwood, Cuthbertson, Turnbull.
Scorers: Linwood (2 – 15, 82), Turnbull (2 – 54, 65 pen)

Referee:
Attendance: 25,000

Articles

  • Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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