This week in 1947...

OUR sister title noted, back in May 1947, that in the Glasgow Charity Cup semi-final between Celtic and Third Lanark: “Third Lanark supplied a surprise by fielding a Pole named Staroscik at outside-right.

“He played fairly well, and scored his side’s goal.”

Skilful winger Feliks had been on an amateur form with the English club, Wolverhampton Wanderers, when he was sent to Edinburgh to work in the Polish Consulate.

He played at Cathkin for four years before being transferred to Northampton Town, in July, 1951.

In December 2000 Bob Crampsey observed in his Evening Times column, Now You Know, that Staroscik was one of a small number of Polish players in Scotland in the late 1940s.

These included Konrad Kapler, who had a brief term in the Celtic first team.

Elsewhere in the sporting news this week 74 years ago, West of Scotland Cricket Club had got off to a flying start in the league, and Mrs EJ Linklater of Haggs Castle Golf Club was flying high in the medals competitions.

There was a ‘surprise’ in the Glasgow Association’s bowling championship, as Mr John Young, ‘twice city champion, once Scottish champion and an internationalist’ had been defeated by GW Meiklejohn.

Never mind, though, as the game was ‘splendidly contested’, according to the reporter.

And there was ‘Victory for Small Clubs’ with the news that 12 clubs from the Qualifying Cup competition would comfortably make it in to the Scottish Cup the following season.