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THE SCOTSMAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1962Beattie headed the ball against his arm in controversial incident Hearts better all round team by JOHN RAFFERTY Heart of Midlothian 1, Kilmarnock 0 The wonder of this very fine League Cup
final, in which Hearts won the trophy for the fourth time in nine years,
is that so many people so much further away than a very good referee, Mr.
T. Beattie headed the ball cleanly, say
Kilmarnock sympathisers. The referee, of course, according to rule
cannot explain or comment, which is a pity, but truth will out and in this
case it is that when Beattie rose to head the ball his arms were raised.
He headed it cleanly but it struck one of his raised arms before going to
the net. COURAGEOUS DECISION All must agree that it was a prompt,
courageous decision from a referee who was having a good game. Kilmarnock were not runners-up once again
solely because of this controversial decision. O'Connor's attacking usefulness was thus
reduced and the forward line, already without Sneddon, became one which
frothed spectacularly but had little substance. THE GREAT DIFFERENCE Perhaps Kilmarnock were wise to worry
about W. The first time O'Connor left him was in
the 25th minute. He was always liable to repeat such a
goal-making manoeuvre. THE IMPROVING BARRY Hearts were a more complete team than
Kilmarnock. Cumming and Higgins, Hearts' wing halves, had more attacking worth than O'Connor and Beattie because of the inhibiting effect of Hamilton on Kilmarnock's right half, but at forward Hearts had it. It was not so much in cleverness and speed
that they were superior, but they had men like Paton and Wallace and
Davidson, who could go into a tackle and come out with the ball who could
challenge defenders and prevent them coming through. FINDING THEIR FEET Hearts could be faulted late in the second
half for showing such anxiety to hold a slender lead that they dropped
into defence and allowed the Kilmarnock wing halves to come up and add
their weight to attack. Hearts, although a team laden with
experience, are still one finding their feet this season, and maybe unable
yet to believe that they are so much better than last season. TEAMS Hearts- Marshall; Polland and Holt; Cumming, Barry and Higgins; Wallace, Paton Davidson, Hamilton (W.) and Hamilton (J.) Kilmarnock - McLaughlan; Richmond and Watson, O'Connor, McGrory and Beattie; Brown, Black, Kerr, McInally and McIlroy. Referee - T. |
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