CELTIC’S SCOTTISH CUP FINALS – Number 3…CELTIC 4-3 QUEEN’S PARK – IBROX, 14th APRIL 1900 – This game was known as the “hurricane final” with a strong wind blowing from the west. Celtic had not had the best of seasons in the League but had defeated Rangers decisively in the replayed semi-final and now faced Queen’s Park in what would turn out to be their last ever Scottish Cup final now the professionalism was taking over.
Celtic played with the wind in the first half and were 3-1 up at half time with goals from Sandy McMahon, John Divers and Jack Bell. Early in the second half Divers scored against the wind to make in 4-1, but Queen’s Park kept pressing and pulled a couple back to enter the last 10 minutes with the score at 4-3. But Celtic held out heroically against the wind (“blasty Boreas” as The Scottish Referee puts it) with Dan McArthur in top form, and the Cup was won for the third time. The full backs Storrier and Battles were outstanding.
The Celtic teams was: McArthur, Storrier and Battles; Russell, Marshall and Orr; Hodge, Campbell, Divers, McMahon and Bell.
