McKenzie
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Match Information
Manager: No Permanent Manager
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
The undecided tie in the first round of the Glasgow Charity Cup competition between the Rangers and Dumbarton came off at Hampden Park and strange to add again ended in a draw, this time one goal each, after an extra half-hour was played. The day was one of the finest we have had this season – just a shade too warm for football – and the attendance of spectators was large certainly not less than five thousand. Football clubs have been again and again twitted about convenient drawn games to supplement the funds – impossible contingencies to those who know the Association rules thoroughly – and a better illustration of the fallacy of the statement than that of Saturday (when the entire funds are put at the disposal of the Charity Committee) could not have been given, for the two clubs after playing twice in succession will be obliged to face each other a third time. Although the ground was in splendid order for dribbling, the game was more taken u by long kicking and following up and the small scoring may be accounted for by defective passing in front of both goals. The Rangers won the toss and played with a slight breeze in their favour during the first half. A smart return by McIntyre after the ball had left the Dumbarton captain’s foot was well followed up by the Rangers forwards and McKenzie had a shy, which went outside the Dumbarton posts. McKinnon however got well on the leather after it was kicked out in front by McAulay, and put it pretty close on the Rangers line, but McHardy cleared the place and a second shy was made over the Dumbarton goal by Gossland. Some even play followed and a mistake by Miller gave the Rangers the first corner kick of the contest, but Paton headed out a good one, and saved the Dumbarton goal. After this some neat exchanges occurred between the opposing back division, and if anything the home team were showing up best by playing better together in front, but a splendid run by Lindsay and the younger Brown ended by Chalmers being obliged to threw out the ball from a shot by Lindsay. The Rangers however warmed up a bit after this and some fast passing, backed by severe tackling enabled their forwards to get within nice range of the Dumbarton goal, at which Peacock had a grand shot that hit the bar and toppled over. The kick out in front did not relieve the Dumbarton men from anxiety, for the ball kept pretty close to their lines for sometime. A ’foul’ against Kerr gave the Rangers a free kick, and after a desperate melee in front McKenzie headed the ball in, and being touched by the points of McAulay’s fingers it went through amid great excitement. Both teams afterwards played up with much dash till halftime, but failed to alter the goal record. In the second round the strangers had the wind in their favour, and after an exchange of shots by Paton and McIntyre the forwards came to close quarters and for some time the ball was as often over the touchlines as in the field, and ‘hands’ were getting painfully frequent, more in consequence of the hard ground and sun than anything else. At length however the forwards were at it again, and for five minutes at least the Rangers had fully the worst of it near their goal, which eventually fell to a determined rush on the part of Miller, McKinnon and the Browns. These players having passed the Rangers back division got within a few yards of the goal through which McKinnon headed the ball. This dashing bit of play was received with cheers, and the teams again faced up in the centre of the field on terms of equality. After this the backs got a lot more to do and the brilliant play of Paton on the Dumbarton side was especially noticeable – the most of the Rangers apparently shying clear of the Dumbarton back and allowing him to get on the ball before attempting to tackle. Matters went on in this way for some time, but no more scoring occurred, although both goalkeepers had to clear the ball away with their hands. Time was drawing on, and when the referee’s whistle sounded no decision was arrived at. An arrangement was come to however to play an extra half hour, but this too failed to decide the tie. In the first fifteen minutes of the extra time the home team had the wind at their backs and soon bore down on the Dumbarton goal, but wild passing in front by Gossland and Peacock caused them to lose several nice chances to score – on one occasion the ball going over the bar and at another when McAulay was away from his goal it was ‘headed’ past the left goalpost by Heggie. The Dumbarton forwards too had several good chances to score but also failed at the proper time by erratic movements in front – Lindsay being splendidly tackled by Young at the very mouth of the goal just when he was preparing for a shot. Towards the close, when the Dumbarton team had the wind in their favour, they pressed the Rangers pretty hard but no more scoring occurred and the game for the second time in succession ended in a draw, and will have to be played over for the third time. As the next tie is between the Queen’s Park and Renton, the Charity Committee will have to arrange about a date for the undecided game.
