Brown (3)
T Cairns
Match Information
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
When a team has made some sort of reputations they usually find opponents well primed to counter them. Airdrieonians had defeated Rangers greatest rivals at Broomfield, therefore it behove the ‘Light Blues,’ to show that they were not to be so humiliated. And they were not. They met the Lanarkshire men with spirit and will which hasn’t always been evident in their work this season., and they had the satisfaction of recording an emphatic victory. When I say that their victory was fully deserved, I don’t forget that Airdrie were unlucky not to open the scoring when Yarnall shot a grand ball against the post, and that the same player was baulked by Hempsey when he had a gilt-edged opportunity of reducing the home team’s half-time lead of two goals. But, taken all over, Rangers were far and away the more aggressive side, and all round gave a brighter display than their opponents did. ‘Brown at centre-forward, besides scoring three goals, added dash to the Rangers’ attack and pleasure, from the spectators’ point of view, to the game. Cairns, who was also in his best form, took the first goal. In the Ibrox front rank Archibald, too, came prominently into notice. He got the ball often, and generally made good use of it, while two of the goals came from inviting crossed by him. He was well supported by Bowie, who, if not quite at his best, did much useful work. The play of the Airdrie forwards was stereotyped compared with that of the home team, and once the defenders found that Yarnall was almost continuously played to they either lay beside him or put him into an offside position – the latter for preference. Donaldson and Anderson did occasional clever things, but the line as a whole was badly out of joint. None of the half-backs play was of the highest standard so far as placing was concerned, but the Ibrox trio were always able to cope with the opposition. Dixon was most prominent, and never lay far away from his fellow-countryman on the other side. The best of the Airdrie intermediates was Hart, who held the ball too long at times. Kennedy worked hard, but was suffering from an injury sustained at his work, and McDonald at back played under a similar handicap. There was little fault to find with the Airdrie defence, for Watson put up a stout resistance to the Ibrox pressure, and Bernard, although beaten four times, did a lot of saving. Hempsey, who was not often called upon, saved a certain goal when he ran out to meet Yarnall in the second half. Blair played a fine game, and young McQueen also did well. His kicking was generally accurate and well-timed
