Match ended 0-0
Match Information
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
All that can be said of the match at Paisley is that it was hard and keen. There was nothing brilliant or thrilling, and, like the majority of games without goals, it failed to arouse enthusiasm. In that respect it was unlike many of the contest between St Mirren and Rangers. As the lack of scoring suggests, the forward divisions were kept well in hand. This was due to the overpowering influence of the half-back lines, from which the best play of the afternoon came. There was a distinct similarity in the style of the two intermediate divisions. The wing men co-operated with the forwards, while Logan and Dixon did more defensive than attacking work. Comparison as between the centre half-back was inevitable. They each were in the position of playing against old club-mates. On the day it was difficult to see why any change was necessary. Logan was as good as Dixon, and if anything, did more attacking work than the ex-Saint. The Oldham man, however, kept a watchful eye on the inside players all the time. It is no new thing to say that the mainstay of the Paisley team was their half-backs. Brown and Walls played clever and useful football, and their work was only equalled by that of Gordon on the other side. In saying that I don’t wish to belittle Pursell, for the Campbeletown player had a good grip of his wing all the time. With those immediately in front doing so well, there was not a great deal for the backs to do. The most harassed was Callaghan, but the Paisley skipper kept at the opposition all the time. He had often to kick out when pressed by Archibald; still, he succeeded in stopping the Rangers’ progress on that side of the field. Marshall did all that was asked of him with ease. I saw him made only one mistake, which gave McDiarmid a scoring chance he failed to take advantage of. Blair and Manderson were seldom beaten. I would give the Irishman first place because of his surer kicking, the skidding ball seeming to give the Wednesday man more trouble. Neither goalkeeper was seriously troubled. Still, Hillcoat must be given credit for stopping Blair’s penalty kick in the first minute, and so blocking the way that the ball sent the ball over when it rebounded to him. He got rid of a fast cross shot from Archibald in the closing stages, and in the first half picked up nicely a low ball from McDiarmid. Hempsey had less to do. A high ball from Higginbotham in the first half was a nasty one to deal with, but he got it safely away. I can dismiss the forwards in a word. Cairns, Archibald and McDiarmid did well at times, a remark which applies to Higginbotham, Lindsay, Pringle and Durward on the other side. Black, the ex-Celt, was too slow to be successful, and Bell and Martin were little seen. Rangers made changes from time to time in their attack, finishing up with Gordon in the centre, but these brought no reward. I should say that Bowie enhanced his value by his absence, for he was just the man needed to pull the line together. The rearrangement was due to his absence, owing to cold, and the failure of Muirhead to put in an appearance
