Fleming 6, xx
A Morton
A Cunningham 30
Fleming
Barr 43
Barr >45
Match Information
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: W Bell (Motherwell)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Before the Queen’s Park – Rangers match at Hampden yesterday I held the opinion that if Queen’s could lock up Andrew Cunningham, they had a good chance of winning. They failed – and more than that, they failed to hold any of the Ibrox forwards. The first half of the game produced eight goals – six for Rangers and two for Queen’s. Fleming got four, Morton had one, Cunningham had one – six. Barr got Queen’s two goals. Midway through the opening half Rangers lost Meiklejohn. He had one of his knees damaged and took no further part in the game. Turned about, handicapped, and battling against half a gale, Rangers found Meiklejohn’s absence and the wind too much for them, and they were unable to augment their score. With a strong wind blowing towards the west goal, it appeared as if ball control would be difficult. It was, but nevertheless Rangers, with the wind at their backs, showed admirable powers of control. They played beautifully accurate football, and Queen’s were in Queer Street ere long. Their backs showed a decided lack of judgment, and their tactics were not of the type to combat such an opposition successfully. Rangers’ middle men kept the ball moving, and their forwards responded by crisp passing and quick shooting. Cunningham’s leading-out work was good, and he held the line in position throughout. Queen’s raids on Robb were infrequent. The wing halfs were too busy thwarting the Ibrox forwards to give sufficient attention to their own. The attack was straggling, inharmonious, lacking in punch. Queen’s should have made a much better show in the second half with the wind to aid them, and Rangers a man short. Certainly, they clustered around Robb, but sometimes desperate tackling by Rangers and oftener puerile finishing by Queen’s saw the minutes flit away without Queen’s narrowing the margin. Rangers’ backs were no better than Queen’s under pressure. Hamilton rushed blindly when cool action was imperative. Cunningham was the super-man. He darted right, left and about. Foraging here, a half-back one minute, next a forward, he took Rangers out of many a scrape. Queen’s Park lost a glorious chance of beating the champions – the best chance they have had for a while and failed to take it. For Rangers, Cunningham was the shinning light. Others who took the eye – Robb, Craig, Fleming and Morton. Queen’s best were Gillespie, Crawford and Nicholson.
