Meiklejohn 35
S Archibald 36
Match Information
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: William Bell (Motherwell)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
The Clyde were unable to reproduce their League form against the Rangers in the Chairty Cup tie at Parkhead. In the end the Cup holders scored an easy triumph by 3 goals to 0. All in, the gate and stands realised £420. For more than twenty minutes the Clyde put up a stubborn fight, and quite held their own. They had to take the field without Shingleton. But Anderson, of Arthurlie, who filled the breach at goal, proved a capable substitute, and was unfortunate only in the loss of the second goal from a ball fired by Archibald which he allowed to slip between his hands. The Rangers were without Manderson and Cunningham, but Reid and Craig, who filled the vacancies, were in excellent form. After the first half-hour the victory of the Rangers seemed always in sight. To Meiklejohn fell the honour of opening the scoring after thirty-five minutes. Following a centre by Alan Morton, Craig headed against the upright, and Meiklejohn, running in, headed the all-important goal. A minute later Archibald cut in and scored a second goal with a ball Anderson failed to hold, although he got his hands to it. The second gaol sealed the fate of the Clyde, who held out until about fifteen minutes from the end, when Alan Morton worked his way through the Shawfield defence, and beat Anderson with a brilliant angular shot. The crows was treated to exhibition football by the Rangers in the second half. The Clyde players, and especially the forwards, failed to reproduce their early dash, and were more easily beaten than the score suggests. Anderson, Frame and Farrell experienced the brunt of almost incessant Rangers’ attack. Their half-backs were none too consistent. Only Chambers and McInally lasted the punishing ordeal to which they were subjected. Now and again the Clyde forwards relieved the pressure, but at close quarters the inside men were woefully slack, and seemed careless of the opportunities that came their way. There was not a weak spot in the entire Rangers’ team. Contrary to public expectation, Muirhead was in his place at half-back, and the whole line held the Clyde forwards in subjection without any special effort after the interval. Muirhead showed no traces of the ankle hurt from which he suffered recently, and now and again he worked through on his own to test Anderson. Twice the post prevented him from getting a goal. Dixon and Meiklejohn played throughout with earnest effort, and with an ease of movement that reflected the apathy of the Clyde attack. Like their opponents, the Clyde backs worked the offside game to an extent that made the rival centres, Brown and Henderson, appear foolish more frequently then should have been the case. Henderson got better position in the second half, but Brown was often caught napping when he should have been more alert. The Rangers will be hard to best in the ties. The pace of their forwards and the subtle combination they engineered with the half-backs makes them once again first favourited for the trophy. In spite of a mild attack of influenza, Archibald maintained excellent combination with Craig, and Cairns kept Morton going in his best style. George Henderson was shade erratic, and he was unfortunate not to score. McCandless was the cleverest back among four good ones, and he reproduced almost every trick in back play without turning a hair. The game revealed the Rangers to be as effective as they were early in the season, and there was little that was haphazard in the play of the entire team. The crowd seemed in merry mood latterly, and there was a ring of sportsmanship all-round the enclosure which the players must have appreciated
