T Cairns 29
Fleming 31
Match Information
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J Lyons (Hamilton)
Matchday: Tuesday
Match Trivia
I fancy that as many fingers as you have on one hand – if you are a normal person – almost represent in number the outstanding features of the League game at Ibrox Park last night. There was the wing play of Paterson and Bennett in the first half, with special reference to the runs and centring of Paterson; next there was the good kicking of Muir against the wind; then the recovery in the second half of McColl (who was playing left-half for the Hibs), and the improvement of Girdwood; and finally, a great save by Allan from Paterson, whose shot in the last minute or so looking a winning one, as the ball went speeding towards goal, only, however, to be dived at by the Hibs’ goalkeeper and turned aside. For the rest, the game might be summed in the remark that Rangers were the better team, both against and with the wind, but finished too badly to deserve goals. Much of the non-success of the home attack was due to the watchful eye kept by a Reid on a Reid. Hibernians’ Reid, who was at centre-half, stopped the progress of his Rangers namesake on innumerable occasions. He has been seen very seldom in the Easter Road team, but I fancy he could be trusted any time. Glenn, in the Rangers’ goal, was mostly a spectator, one of the few shots that came his way beating him for the equaliser. He might have saved it since he had the ball in his arms as he was on the ground, but it slipped through. This was after thirty-two minutes, and four minutes previously Cairns, who was full of healthy dash and spirit, had given Rangers the lead. Rangers attacked practically throughout the second half, but though all the forwards had chances. And some good one too, particularly Bennett, Reid and Cairns, and also Logan, the Hibs defence remained too strong for them
