W Reid <45
T Logan >45
Match Information
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: W Grieve (Kirkcaldy)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
I heard it said at Ibrox Park that the Rangers had less of the play in the game with Motherwell the other Saturday when they won decisively by 7 goals to 1, than fell to their lot in this match, and yet despite all their brilliant effort, no better luck than a division of the points fell to their lot. In outfield play the ‘Light Blues’ eclipsed Falkirk whose attack was disjointed and well held for the greater part of the struggle. Some of the movements of the home team were as perfectly engineered as could be conceived, and the footwork of the forwards was deserving of much better success. All the same, the unexpected result will do Falkirk a world of good, for the side has been none too successful in recent games. At the last minute they were deprived of the services of John Simpson, their best forward, who was laid aside through illness, and during the week Alexander Logan was transferred to Bristol City. In the right winger’s place was HH McKinnon, a Glasgow school teacher, whose bright and confident play against Hendry and Richmond early caught the fancy of the spectators. Morrison, who is one of the most versatile members of the team, was pivot for the day, and he bustled along fairly well. Brown came in once again at outside left. To the Rangers’ supporters the chief attraction in the match was the debut of James Bowie, late of Queen’s Park, whose partnership with Hogg proved a happy one all through. Bowie fell easily into the combination of the other forwards, and although his game was affected by new boots which blistered the toes, he gives promise of strengthening a section of the Ibrox attack which has caused some little concern of late. In the first half the Rangers, with a fairly strong breeze at their backs, monopolised the play, but nothing more tangible rewarded their efforts than a goal neatly headed by Reid, off a nice centre by Alex Smith, who later on might easily have enabled the Rangers to win, had he passed the ball instead of shooting, when two of his forwards had followed him through the Falkirk defence and were ready for a pass when the goal seemed at their mercy. Logan equalised the game about fifteen minutes from the end, from a breakaway, his shot being about the only difficult one Lock got during the game. Lively play followed. First Falkirk threatened at the top goal. In the darkness the Rangers pressed them back and forced a few corners. Agnew and Anderson were stalwarts in defence at the critical juncture and they held out. The Rangers if a shade unlucky not to win, may be given credit for much good football. When pressed the full backs were not too impressively safe, and the one fault to be found with the half-backs was the failure of the wing men to vary the passing in the direction of Hogg, who was often lying open, when the ball went to the left. Hendry could benefit his side a lot by keeping the right wing in remembrance. Stewart was the chief obstacle to the Rangers success, and whose brilliant goalkeeping seemed to inspire the rest of the Falkirk defenders with confidence. Agnew appears to be renewing his youth. His back game was sound and courageous, and he assisted Orrock in many an emergency. In a tireless half-back line Anderson was outstanding, and he kept a close watch on Reid. None of the forwards bettered the display of Logan, but as a line they were not so clever as their opponents.
