W Waddell 44
MacDonald 85
Match Information
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Monday
Match Trivia
Out of the Press box, I looked down on a blanket of grey fog that almost obliterated proceedings for the first ten minutes of the contest, and completely concealed the swing of the play during the final twenty minutes. Only from the roar of the crowd at one end did we in the heights realise that Celtic had equalised a quarter of an hour from the finish a bonny goal scored by Waddell two minutes before the interval. From the parts of the game that I did see I would say that a draw was the correct result. The play that natures conditions did permit us to see was good, especially considering the fact that the contestants were asked to negotiate a pitch that was frozen hard and made footwork a thing of the most utmost difficulty. The goals, Rangers counter was the result of a masterly piece of work by Venters. The inside left in the middle of the field about thirty yards out dummied the Celtic defence and slipped the ball forward inside Morrison, who was caught on the turn. Waddell cutting in from the touchline, rounded the right back, and first time shot hard and low for the ball to strike the inside of McKays right hand post before finding a billet in the net with the goalkeeper helpless. The equaliser, I was told later by some of the players, was netted by McDonald. Malcolm took a pass from Divers, beat Symon and let drive a low one from twenty yards that gave Dawson no chance. Just how difficult were the conditions will be readily understood when I quote Dougie Gray. There were times, he remarked to me, when you didnt know where ethe ball was, especially when it was kicked high into the air. You lost sight of it. Celtic, I thought, were a shade unfortunate to be down a goal at the interval. Certainly Rangers, attack was a more compact affair than that of the opposition, but Carruth putting plenty of energy into his work, led a line that could produce just as clever football as the other fellows. Kinnear, in the first half, frequently passed Hogg, but Lyon was always there for the cover up, while on the other side of the field the fine understanding between Paterson and Morrison discounted the efforts of Waddell and Gilmour to get going. There were some grand duels between Shaw and Gould, while Murphy was enterprising against Gray, who however, was ever watchful. Nevertheless, there were many dangerous crosses sent over from the wing men, and it was in dealing with them that Dawson put finish to innumerable dangerous situations. Everything, it seemed, ten yards from Rangers goal was Jerrys. His interception was beautifully timed. Under the conditions it was a grand game and although not a little of it was concealed from the spectators, the 40,000 crowd must have enjoyed that they did see, judging from the roars that came from the terracing
