G Henderson 7
Match Information
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: H Dickie (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
To blame the players who participated in the game at Ibrox, which made Rangers League champions, for the poor quality of the play, would be unfair. Wind (the greatest enemy of the player) and the dry ground made it almost impossible for the man to master the ball, and because of that I will let the participants down lightly in discussing a game which was one of the poorest I have seen this season. There were bright moments. Alan Morton, when he got the ball favourable placed to him aroused the enthusiasm of the bulk of the 15,000 spectators who were present. On one occasion the little fellow was badly fouled and for the first time I saw him threaten an opponent. No one plays the game fairer than the Ranger. On the other side, and in the earlier stages of the game Jackson was the outstanding Kilmarnock man. He was almost through on several occasions and was frequently beaten just as he was about to get his shot in. I could not have been more fitting than that George Henderson should score the Rangers championship goal. Regarding the Arbroath man, it might aptly be quoted: “With all your faults we love you still.” Time and again he has come to the rescue of his side during the season. His goal, which came round about ten minutes from the start, was cleverly taken from Morton’s pass, but his effort was perhaps not so good, certainly no better than Cunningham’s two drives. One of which got a post, and the other which goalkeeper held; nor Morton’s lightning shots, which met with an exactly similar fate. Morton’s save from his namesake was masterly. So scraggy was the play throughout that it is scarcely worth while dwelling upon it. The facts I have mentioned were the salient features. Robb was never troubled as the Kilmarnock goalkeeper was. The defences were sound. Manderson was safer than Jamieson, and I congratulate the Irishman on being captain of the championship team. Hod and Gibson were seldom beaten. Rangers’ best half-back was Dixon, and Ramsay was the cleverest of a Kilmarnock trio who were slightly superior to the more famous lot opposed to them. Morton was Rangers’ best forward, and next to him Cunningham and Henderson. On the Kilmarnock side, Lyner, Smith and Jackson were the men I fancied most
