Rangers, Celtic To Meet In Scottish Cup Final

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30106, 15 April 1963, Page 15

Rangers, Celtic To Meet In Scottish Cup Final

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright)

LONDON, April 14. Rangers and Celtic, Glasgow soccer rivals, will meet in the final of the Scottish Cup on May 4 for the first time since 1928.

In Saturday’s semi-finals Rangers beat Dundee United, 5-2, at Hampden Park, and Celtic defeated Raith Rovers by the same score at Ibrox Park. Between them. Rangers and Celtic have won the trophy 34 times—lB by Celtic and 16 by Rangers. A crowd of over 56,000 saw three goals by J. Millar pave the way for Rangers’ victory over Dundee United. Millar put Rangers two up after 25 minutes. United fought to score twice within five minutes. The hectic spell of scoring continued when Millar added a third goal before half-time.

Celtic dominated the game at Ibrox. although being held to 1-1 at half-time by Raith. Two well-taken penalty kicks gave Celtic a 3-1 lead in the second half.

Spurs Regain Lead In England, the championship race became even more intense when another turn of form left Tottenham Hotspur at the top of division one on goal average over Leicester City. Tottenham, which lost 5-2 at Liverpool on Good Friday, was held to a 1-1 draw at home to Fulham, but Leicester, top of the table before yesterday’s games, went down 0-2 at West Ham. Everton, in third place, won 2-1 at Blackpool to get within a point of Spurs and Leicester. The struggle for promotion in the second division remained keen with the three leading contenders all winning. Stoke heads the table with 46 points, one ahead of Chelsea and two In front of Sunderland. Results of matches on Good Friday were:— ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I.—Arsenal 3. West Bromwich 2; Blackburn 3, Sheffield Wednesday 0: Burnley 4, Fulham 0; Leyton 0, Bolton 1: Liverpool 5, Tottenham 2; Manchester City 1, Nottingham Forest 0; West Ham 1. Ipswich 3. Division H.—Chelsea 2. Bury 0: Grimsby 2, Preston 0; Middlesbrough 5. Derby 1; Newcastle 1, Huddersfield 1; Plymouth 2, Southampton 1; Scunthorpe 2. Luton 0; Sunderland 0, Stoke 0. Division in.—Bournemouth 1, Coventry 1; Brighton 0, Northhampton 5; Carlisle 2, Barnsley 1; Hull 2, Halifax 0; MiUwafl 4, Reading 1; Notts County 3, Bradford 2; Port Vale 0, Shrewsbury 0; Queen’s Park Rangers 3. Bristol Rovers 5; Swindon 2, Peterborough 3; Wrexham 3, Crystal Palace 4. Division TV.—Aidershot 1, Torquay 1: Chesterfield 1. Crewe 2; Gillingham 4, Exeter 0; Hartlepools 1. Barrow 1; Oldham 1. Darlington 0: Oxford 2. Bradford City 1; Southport 0. Lincoln 0; Stockport 2, Workington 3; Tranmere 0, Newport 0; York 1. Brentford 1. Results of matches on Saturday were: —

ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I.—Aston Villa 0. Sheffield Wednesday 2; Blackburn 3, West Bromwich 1; Blackpool 1, Everton 2; Ipswich 1, Leyton 1; Liverpool 1, Manchester United 0; Manchester City 2, Bolton 1; Nottingham Forest 0, Birmingham 2; Sheffield United 3, Arsenal 3; Tottenham 1, Fulham 1; West Ham 2, Leicester 0; Wolverhampton 7, Burnley 2. Division H.—Bury 3, Derby 3: Charlton 1, Huddersfield 0; Chelsea 2. Grimsby 1; Leeds 4, Preston 1; Luton 4, Norwich 2: Rotherham 4, Middlesbrough 1; Southampton 2, Walsall 0; Stoke 1, Cardiff 0; Sunderland 1, Portsmouth 0; Swansea 2, Plymouth 1. Division lll.—Barnsley 4. MillWall 1; Brighton 0, Bournemouth 1; Bristol Rovers 2. Coventry 2; Crystal Palace 3, Bristol City 2; Halifax 4, Bradford 4; Hull 0, Reading 1; Northampton 1. Shrewsbury 0; Peterborough 1, Southend 3; Queen's Park Rang«rs 3, Port Vale 1; Swindon 6, Colchester 1; Wrexham 0, Watford 0.

Division IV.—Aidershot 1. Exeter 1; Barrow 1. Stockport 0; Bradford City 2, Brentford 1; Darlington 2. Manefield 1; Hartlepools 1, Doncaster 1; Lincoln 1, Crewe 2; Newport 2, Gillingham 0- Oldham 2. Chesterfield 1; Oxford 0, Rochdale 0; Southport 6. Workington 3; Torquay 1, Chester 0; Tranmere 2, York 1. SCOTTISH CUP Semi-finals.—Raith Rovers 2, Celtic' 5; Rangers 5, Dundee United 2. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division I.—Clyde 0. Falkirk 1; Dundee 5, St. Mirren 1; Dunfermline 2, Airdrieonians 0; Partick 2, Hibernian 2; Motherwell 2. Kilmarnock 1; Third Lanark 1. Queen of the South 0. Division ll.—Albion Rovers 3, Cowdenbeath 3: Brechin 1, Berwick 2; Dumbarton 3, Arbroath 1; East Fife 4. Hamilton 0: East Stirling 2, Montrose 2; Forfar 0. Queen’s Park 4; St. Johnston 4. Alloa 0; Stirling Albion 4. Stenhousemuir 1; Stranraer 7, Ayr 2. IRISH LEAGUE Ballymena 3. Distillery 1; Bangor 2, Portadown 2; Cllftonville 0, Coleraine 3; Derry 1, Crusaders 1; Glenavon 2. Ards 0; Linfield 1, Glentoran 1. AMATEUR CUP Semi-finals.—Ley tonstone 1, Wimbledon 2; Sutton United 4. Hitchin Town 0.