W Reid (2)
A Cunningham
McLaren
Match Information
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: A Allan (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Tis a long time since I saw a match in which the result gave such a deceptive idea of the game as this Glasgow Cup tie at Hampden Park. For fully an hour Queen’s Park held the Rangers tight. During that period some clever, swashbuckling football was played by both teams. The amateurs, to those seeing them for the first time this seasons, were a bundle of surprise. Resolute to a degree, their defence countered the best of the Rangers’ attacks with an easy confidence that grew greater as the game grew older. It was ten minutes from half-time before Rangers could score, and then Reid took up a pass from Pursell, and swerving round Haydock, beat goalkeeper Hudson with one of his very own shots. Just previously McLaren had allowed the chance of the match to slip through slowness in shooting, but he made amends by deftly glancing a centre from Sibbald past Lock to equalise. The whole movement was done with a neatness and finish that nonplussed the Rangers’ defence, and particular Lock, who scarcely saw the ball go past him. A 1-1 score at the interval did not flatter Queen’s Park whose only palpable fault was keeping the ball too much on their clever right wing. The game had been fast, interesting and full of possibilities. There actually was the prospect of an amateur victory. This aspect was maintained for some fifteen minutes of the second half, when even against the wind, Queen’s Park had Rangers stretched to their utmost. Then the turn came. Cairns led through a defence that was tiring – little wonder – and when nearing goal slipped the ball out to Paterson. Paterson central, and Hudson, only managing to palm the ball out, Cunningham was able to get in a shot that left the goalkeeper with little or no chance. A goal lead at this stage was all that Rangers required to send them away on their swing. Their forwards manipulated the ball with rare precision, and three minutes later Reid carried on a pass from Cunningham and scored with a shot unsaveable. The fourth goal was Paterson’s. He ran off by himself, and was chased by Haydock. Near goal they fell in contact. Paterson was first up, and with a pot shot eluded Hudson’s guard. Thus ended a game that for an hour was anybody’s. Never has losers’ greater credit. Experience, and the ability it gave them to stay the course, was Rangers’ best friend. They were always the better team for balance, but while Queen’s Park’s strength lasted, their dash and their undoubted cleverness, especially in parts, enabled them to challenge the Ibrox side. Lieut. Haydock was Queen’s Park’s great man in defence. Ife he could cultivate the feeding of his wing forwards he would be an even more useful player. Thorpe and Wilson fell away only when Rangers took the lead for the second time, and Hudson made many good saves. Mercer, at right half made an excellent combination with Sibbald and Keith, a clever right wing. Keith’s control of the ball was delightful. The left wing was not so good. A decisive win would not blind Rangers to one or two defects. Their left wing took a long time to get going. Cairns was especially slow to settle. I wonder if the insecure foothold which the short-cropped grass afforded had something to do with it. Nor was the half-back line always impressive. Slowness in recovery was the chief fault. Muir’s play was a feature for excellence. He is tackling with more certainty than before, and his kicking was well nigh perfect. Duncan and Cunningham were a fine wing, and Reid though beaten many times by the upstanding Haydock, was too persevering to be denied
