McKay 4
Fleming <45
Match Information
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: J Martin (Glencraig)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
A goal in four minutes neatly taken by McKay, put Rangers in the humour. They never looked like being made to surrender a point, let alone two. On a ground that afforded insecure foothold the champions played some pretty football in the first half, first one wing and then the other coming into the eye with shafts of go-ahead combination, which kept the Cowdenbeath defence on the alert for long periods. Seven minutes from the interval Fleming rounded off a delightful bit of left wing passing by scoring the second goal. All this time, the Fife forwards had been striving to weld together. They worked up towards Robb frequently and Devlin and Leonard got away shots which Robb had to save. But usually, the defence was too strong. It was a disappointing second half, largely because the Cowdenbeath forwards could so seldom create anxiety in the Rangers rear. They were not very well served by their half-backs, who were too addicted to long passing. The ball required to be held and nursed, for it jumped peculiarly off the soft and the hard bits. Rangers without straining themselves were able to keep the play running forward Falconer and ten minutes from the end, Malone dropped over one of many-nice centres, and McKay taking the ball on the drop, shot low and hard into the net. I was disappointed with the Fifers but of course the early goal shook their confidence. Falconer did well, and he could not be blamed for any of the goals. Murray and Hopewell were also sound, and Rankine did his part in shadowing Fleming who, nevertheless, took his goal in good style. The visitors’ forwards had an off day. Young Osborne who got his League baptism, can put the ball about to some purpose. Condition were mostly against half-backs going into the man on the ball, but I think Rangers have a promising one in this Greenock Academy boy. The Ibrox forwards were best when they needed to be and that is all that need be said. Further behind, each man met the call made and completed the sense of excellent team work
