Watson (2)
Match Information
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
To say that Falkirk’s 2-0 win against the Rangers was a surprise is probably to put it somewhat mildly, but, as a matter of fact, on the run of play the Bairns deserved their victory. The Light blues were without Gordon, and Purcell was introduced at half-back, Bowie going to the forward line. In the first half the play was really interesting, and with Falkirk at the top of their form, the best qualities of the Rangers’ defence were early brought out, and Manderson, in particular, shone. Watson and Croal had the best chances of the first half for the Falkirk side, and Archibald, Bowie and Young were the Rangers’ prominent men in attack. McCulloch, the centre forward was by no means on a par with his colleagues, and on one occasion in particular he allowed an easy thing to pass when he had a nice opening from Young. There was no scoring at the interval. The Ibrox side early made the acquaintance of Allan, but the old Hibs’ man was as cool as a cucumber. What would have been the first goal of the game had the Rangers’ centre been at all clever, resulted in nothing better than a free kick. Young foraged on his own beautifully to McCulloch, whose soft shot was tipped clear by Allan. At the other end the Bairns, who were in breezy form, had better fortune. Shearer crossed the ball and Simpson just slipped it to Watson, who was lying hardy, and in a flash the ball was in the net. Time, 12 minutes. Falkirk’s second goal was got rather simply from a corner, Watson being the scorer with his head. For a time everything seemed in favour the Rangers, but at close quarters they found themselves up against a fearless defence. Their failure to score, however, must be attributed chiefly to slackness on the part of their centre. In defence Manderson and Blair were good, Dixon was the best of the halves, and in the attack Bowie and Cairns were easily first. Falkirk were, all over, good, and played above the average of their recent display
