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Many thanks to Colin Jose who researched and supplied details of Celtic’s 1931 North American tour.

Players: William Cook, Denis Currie, Charles Geatons, William Hughes, Joe McGhee, James McGrory, Peter McGonigle, James McStay, John Morrison, Charles Napier, Peter Scarff, Hugh Smith, Alex Thomson, John Thomson, Robert Thomson, Robert Whitelaw, Peter Wilson.

May 23  Eastern Pennsylvania  1: Celtic  6 in Philadelphia, Pa.

May 24  New York Giants  2:  Celtic  3 in New York, N.Y.

May 30  New York Yankees  4: Celtic  3 in Boston, Massachusetts

May 31, Fall River F.C.  1:   Celtic  0 in Tiverton, Rhode Island.

June  6  Pawtucket Rangers  3: Celtic  1 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

June  7  Brooklyn Wanderers  0:  Celtic  5 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

June 13  Montreal Carsteel  0:  Celtic  7 in Montreal, Quebec

June 14  Hakoah All-Stars  1:  Celtic  1 in New York, N.Y.

June 21  Chicago Bricklayers  3:  Celtic  6 in Chicago, Illinois

June 27  Ulster United  1:  Celtic  3 in Toronto, Ontario

June 28  New York Yankees  1:  Celtic  4 in New York, N.Y.

June 30  Canton S.C.  1:  Celtic  4 in Baltimore, Maryland.

1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Celtic  6 (McGrory 2, A. Thomson, R. Thomson, Napier, o.g.)

Eastern Pennsylvania  1 (Ryan, pen)

HT: 1-0       Att: 12,000    Ref:

  Celtic: J. Thomson – Whitlaw, McGonigle – Wilson, McStay, Geatons – R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Scarff, Napier.

  E.P: Cooper – Al Harker, Smith – Laird, Purvis, Larkin – Francis Ryan, Deal, William Lingelbach, Nicols, Davis.

May 24, 1931 at the Polo Grounds, in New York, N.Y.

Celtic  3 (McGrory 2, Napier)

New York Giants  2 (Gallagher, O’Brien)

HT: 2-1       Att: 30,000    Ref: Charles Creighton

  Celtic: J. Thomson – Cook, McGonigle – Wilson, McStay, Geatons – R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Scarff, Napier.

  Giants: Jock Brown – Teddy Glover, James Martyn – Paddy Flanagan, Hugh Lafferty, Johnny Slaven – Jimmy Gallagher, Herbert Carlson, Davey Brown, Shamus O’Brien, Bart McGhee.

May 30, 1931 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts

Celtic  3 (A. Thomson, McGrory, Scarff)

New York Yankees  4 (Patenaude, Gonsalves 3)

HT: 0-3       Att: 8,000     Ref:

  Celtic: J. Thomson – Cook, McGonigle – Wilson, McStay, Geatons – R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Scarff, Napier.

  Yankees: Johnny Reder – Charlie McGill, George Moorhouse – Bill McPherson, Dave Priestley, Billy Horner – Alex McNab, Billy Gonsalves, Bert Patenaude, Ballantyne, Tec White.

May 31, 1931 at Mark’s Stadium in North Tiverton, Rhode Island.

Celtic  0

Fall River F.C.  1 (Watson)

HT: 0-0       Att: 7,000     Ref:

  Celtic: J. Thomson – Cook, McGonigle – Wilson, McStay, Geatons – R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Scarff, Napier.

  Fall River: Joe Kennaway – Tommy McMillan, Johnny Rebello – Billy Watson, Jimmy Montgomerie, Johnny Caldwell – Scott, Willie Ballantyne, Bill Paterson, Mike McLeavy, Tom Florie.

June 6, 1931 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Celtic  1 (Napier)

Pawtucket Rangers  3 (McIntyre, McAuley 2)

HT: 1-2       Att:           Ref:

  Celtic: J. Thomson – Cook, McGonigle – Wilson, McStay, Geatons – R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Scarff, Napier.

  Pawtucket: Joe Begos – Ned Tate, Donald Ferrie – Robert Fleming, Hugh Coyle, Billy Pitt – Arthur Scott, Sam Kennedy, Bob McIntyre, Andy Auld, Jimmy McAuley.

June 7, 1931 at Ebbets Field, In Brooklyn, New York.

Celtic  5 (Scarff, R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory 2)

Brooklyn Wanderers  0

HT: 1-0       Att: 10,000    Ref:

  Celtic: J. Thomson – Whitelaw, McGonigle – Wilson, McStay, Scarff – R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Napier, Hughes.

  Brooklyn: Johnny Pentland – Deszo Grosz, Alex Wood – Willie Ballantyne, Jimmy McGuire, Pepi Schneider – James Brown, Leslie Lyell, Willy Crilley, Jimmy Wardrop, Josef Eisenhoffer.

June 13, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec.

Celtic  7 (Scarff 5, Napier, Hughes)

Montreal Carsteel  0

HT:           Att: 6,000     Ref:

  Celtic: J. Thomson – Cook, McGonigle – Wilson, McStay, Whitelaw – R. Thomson, A. Thomson, Scarff, Napier, Hughes.

  Carsteel: Dick Shorrock – McLain, Bob Calder – Bob Campbell, Bill Finlayson, Bill McKean – Erno Schwarz, Sam Chedgzoy, Marks, Jack, Dave McEachran.

June 14, 1931 at the Polo Grounds in New York.

Celtic  1 (Napier)

New York Hakoah  1 (Nikolsberger)

HT: 0-1       Att: 20,000    Ref:

  Celtic: J. Thomson – Cook, McGonigle – Wilson, McStay, Whitelaw – R. Thomson, A. Thomson, Scarff, Napier, Hughes.

  Hakoah: Fischer – Ludwig Grosz, Laszlo Sternberg – Philip Slone, Bela Guttmann, Pavel Mahrer – Josef Gruenfeld, Moritz Haeusler, Rudolph Nickolsberger, Siggy Wortmann, George Moorhouse.

Note: Guttmann and Nikolsberger (Hakoah) and Napier and Scarff (Celtic) were sent off.

June 21, 1931 at Cubs Park in Chicago, Illinois.

Celtic  6 (R. Thomson, Wilson 2, Napier, Hughes, McGhee)

Chicago Bricklayers  3 (Imrie, Cuthbert)

HT: 3-0       Att: 11,000    Ref:

  Celtic: J. Thomson – Cook, McGonigle – Wilson, McStay, Scarfe – R. Thomson, A. Thomson, Hughes, Napier, McGhee.

  Chicago: Neate – Bob Gregg, Hugh Davidson – Bob Thompson, Tom Scott, Billy Ogilvie – Greenless, Baba Vicek, Imrie, Clem Cuthbert, Willie McLean.

June 27, 1931 in Toronto, Ontario.

Celtic  3 (McGrory 2, A. Thomson)

Toronto Ulster/Scottish  1 (Hagen)

HT:           Att: 10,000    Ref:

  Celtic: J. Thomson – Cook, McGonigle – Wilson, McStay, Scarfe – R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Napier, McGhee.

  Toronto: Bobby Kirk – Dave Eadie, Dick Pryor – Joe Clulow, Billy Somers, Davie Weir – Andy Spence, Johnny Cairns, George Graham, Jimmy Hagen, Andy Stevens.

June 28, 1931 at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Celtic  4 (R. Thomson, A. Thomson, Napier, ………)

New York Yankees  1 (Patenaude)

HT: 1-0       Att: 10,000    Ref:

  Celtic: J. Thomson – Cook, McGonigle – Wilson, McStay, Scarff – R. Thomson, A. Thomson, McGrory, Napier, Hughes.

  Yankees: Johnny Reder – Charlie McGill, George Moorhouse – Bill McPherson, Dave Priestley, Bobby Ballantyne – Alex McNab, Moritz Haeusler, Bert Patenaude, Billy Gonsalves, Tec White.

June 30, 1931 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Celtic 4
Baltimore Canton  1

(at the moment there are no details on this game.)