Dundee Utd 2
Celtic 3
Scottish Cup (2nd Round)
Dundee UtdDundee Utd |
2 - 32 - 3 |
CelticCeltic |
|
Scottish Cup (2nd Round) |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Colvin Bennett Jacky Kay |
Peter Scarff Peter Scarff Charles Napier |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jimmy Brownlie |
Willie Maley |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Bill McCallum Jimmy Milne George Gardiner Frank Penson Bill Taylor Bruce Harley Tim Williamson Denis McCallum Jacky Kay Colvin Bennett Jimmy Cameron |
John Thomson William Cook Peter McGonagle Peter Wilson James McStay Charles Geatons Robert Thomson Alex Thomson William Hughes Peter Scarff Charles Napier |
| Match Officials | |
|
P.Craigmyle (Aberdeen) (Referee) |
Match Report
DUNDEE UNITED GIVE CELTS A SCARE.
The postponed cup game between Dundee United and Celtic was played at Tannadice Park, Dundee, yesterday, and provided a thrilling battle.
The game was played on what was almost a snow-field. Great keenness was shown, and, remarkable vagaries of fortune were seen by a big crowd.
For the whole of the first half and part of the second Dundee United were in the ascendancy, and Celtic were out of the picture.
Every man in the United ranks pulled his weight, and the visitors' defence was swept aside time and again during this inspired period.
Three goals came all in a bunch when the game was still young; McCallum had a big hand in the two which fell to United, and gave them a lead, to which they hung on until the interval.
Kay headed the first one. Then Scarff scored for Celtic, with a brilliant shot, levelling matters up. Another thrill followed when Bennet headed another for United.
The second half saw United giving promise of renewed aggression, but they later faded out unaccountably.
Relying on defence, they were swamped by the Celts' irresistible combination and half-way through the second half came the goals which clinched the issue. Scarff, who had gone to the centre berth, got the equaliser, and Geatons notched the winner with a free kick.
The attendance was 13,000, and the drawings were £514.
Squad Statistics (as at February 4th, 1931)
| 1930-31 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Bill McCallum (GK) | - |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Frank Penson | - |
|
26 | - | 26 | - |
| George Gardiner | - |
|
22 | 4 | 62 | 4 |
| Bill Taylor | - |
|
26 | - | 120 | - |
| Jimmy Milne | 19 |
|
24 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Denis McCallum | - |
|
15 | 8 | 15 | 8 |
| Bruce Harley | 26 |
|
14 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Tim Williamson | - |
|
24 | 20 | 24 | 20 |
| Jacky Kay | 24 |
|
26 | 20 | 141 | 65 |
| Jimmy Cameron | 24 |
|
22 | 8 | 66 | 18 |
| Colvin Bennett | - |
|
18 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
League Table (as at February 4th, 1931)
| Pld | W | D | L | G Av. | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Third Lanark | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2.69 | 42 |
| 2. | Dunfermline | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1.94 | 38 |
| 3. | East Stirling | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 1.31 | 34 |
| 4. | United | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1.63 | 32 |
| 5. | St Johnstone | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1.50 | 32 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1.27 | 32 |
| 7. | Montrose | 25 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1.04 | 31 |
| 8. | QOS | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 1.37 | 29 |
| 9. | Albion Rovers | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1.16 | 28 |
| 10. | Dumbarton | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1.04 | 28 |
| 11. | King's Park | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 1.15 | 24 |
| 12. | Arbroath | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 1.02 | 24 |
| 13. | Brechin City | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 0.82 | 24 |
| 14. | Forfar Athletic | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 0.96 | 23 |
| 15. | Alloa Athletic | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 0.60 | 21 |
| 16. | Stenhousemuir | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0.74 | 20 |
| 17. | St Bernard's | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 0.85 | 18 |
| 18. | Armadale | 27 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0.57 | 15 |
| 19. | Clydebank | 26 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0.44 | 11 |
| 20. | Bo'ness | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 0.38 | 10 |
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 31st January 1931 |
|---|
| Clydebank | 0-1 | QOS |
| Dumbarton | 0-0 | Dunfermline |
| Raith Rovers | 2-1 | Brechin City |
| Stenhousemuir | 1-2 | East Stirling |