Craig
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Match Information
Attendance: 5000
Referee:
Matchday: Wednesday
Match Trivia
The wretched weather notwithstanding almost 5000 people witnessed the meeting of the League cracks at Celtic Park for the benefit of Peter Somers. £42 was drawn at the gates, but when the returns from the sale of tickets are to hand it is hoped he will be rewarded with a good round sum. Bennett has yet to make his initial appearance against his old club-mates, but both sides turned out fairly representative teams, and the game was a long way above what we are used to in this class of fixture. At times, especially nearing the end, when the Rangers – three goals down – were striving their utmost to put a better complexion on the state of affairs, the spectators, who were fortunately nearly all under cover, waxed enthusiastic over the performance of the Celtic defence. During this pressure Adams lost his only goal from a 40 yards’ ground drive by Craig. The Celtic custodian throughout gave a splendid exhibition from which it can be understood that the Rangers had a greater share of the play than the score indicates. They press oftener than Celtic, but score they could not, although their shooting could not be called bad. Twice or thrice they had ‘hard lines’, the ball just passing the posts by the smallest possible margin. On the other hand, the Celts, although also playing good football, got their goals comparatively easy, the first in the opening half, taken by Sanderson, from Semple’s pass being the best of the bunch. The others fell to Kivlichan after 15 and 25 minutes of the second portion had been played. Perhaps the most pleasing feature of the game was the splendid display given by the young Parkhead halves, Dodds and Glover. The youngster especially gave a good account of himself and should be heard of later. Semple, finely supported by Somers, who gave Rennie a few tricky shots to deal with, also did well, while Moran received adequate support from Sanderson. Amongst the backs McNair – judicious as ever – and Law, were prominent. Campbell was the best of the ‘light blues’ halves, but Taylor also put in some good work. Forward, Noble, McDonald and Livingstone shone to most advantage.
