A Morton 51
T Cairns
Match Information
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: W.F. Campbell (Dundee)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Although the better team, Rangers had no easy task betting Morton at Ibrox. The Greenock defence stood up to the strong Rangers attack with great courage and had immense credit in reaching the interval with a blank score sheet. In a first half interesting all the way through, there were some narrow escapes at both goals. The Rangers forwards played the more heady game, and sometimes Fotheringham’s charge seemed at their mercy, but what with the mud and the study defence of Moir and Orr combined with some wonderfully good saving by the Cappielow custodian, not a ball reached the net. Robb had his anxious moments too. Buchanan, Campbell and McPhail all come near getting one home, and so, when the interval was reached, there was a keen feeling of expectancy among the 17,000 crowd. But only five minutes of the second half had gone when Rangers put themselves on Easy Street. Morton, dainty on the dry bits, danced through with a pass from Cairns. Fotheringham was enticed out, and Morton judged his puzzling lob so nicely that it was a scorer from the moment it left his foot. After that, Morton’s defence had a gruelling time, but no man funked the task set, and the game was well towards a finish before Cairns, a lion for work, got through and shot a good second goal. In this second half, Robb saw little of the ball, except from a distance. The Ibrox half-backs repeatedly stopped the Morton forwards in midfield, and pushed the ball ahead to their own forwards, who kept going in with all the appearance of scorers. Fotheringham and the men front of him deserve great credit. They never flinched, and I should think that Rangers would go to Greenock next Saturday with a wholesome respect for their opponents. All the Morton half-backs stood up to the pressure well, and the forwards in the first half, showed they had a bite in them. McKay may have been missed in a way, but Buchanan’s strength was important compensation, and no man did more to force the game for his team than he did. Wilson was quite clever on the wing, but Dicon watched Campbell too well for the centre to be often dangerous. Rangers gave further proof of their ability to meet an emergency. The two wings had great driving force, and Chalmers was always in the tick of it. All the half-backs tackled strongly, and Manderson and McCandless were steady and safe. Robb had one or two grand saves in the first half, and that about finished him for the day. It was a wonderfully good game considering the conditions.
