Millar 7
A Cunningham
Match Information
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: T Dougray (Bellshill)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
The game at Ibrox yesterday between Rangers and Partick Thistle ended in a victory for the home team by 2 goals to 1. It was a rousing encounter, full if many possibilities. By that I mean that either side might quite easily have run up a much bigger score than was the case. As it was, sometimes fluky defending, and oftener puerile finishing by forwards limited the goal total to three. Patrick set out from the start on an open throttle. Their half-backs proved capable of locking the Ibrox attack, and at the same time purveying to their own forwards splendidly accurate passes. Kinloch having called off at the last minute, Jamie Gibson played at inside right, and Richmond stepped into the right half berth. Gibson as a forward was tip-top. He distributed play with great effect, and Grove and he was responsible for Miller beating Robb after ten minutes play. The Rangers’ defence was patchy. Gray was far and away the better back. Time and again against the fleet-footed McDougall-Salisbury wing he showed himself as a master of tactics. Muirhead and Dixon steadied up after Thistle’s goal, and the former worked in splendid harmony with the Cairns-Morton wing. One of their deft moves ended with Cunningham smashing a left-foot drive past Ramsay. The Thistle half-back line was a prickly thorn in the champions’ side. McMullan was more subdued than he generally is, but all his moves were shrewd, and his every pass paved the way for an attack on the Rangers’ goal. The winning goal came when Rangers’ attack mastered the Firhill intermediate men for a short spell. Ramsay caught the ball as it bobbed about the goalmouth, but ere he could clear Cairns made him drop it, and it rolled into the net. A draw would have been a fairer reflex of the first half play. In the second half it was mostly Rangers, but the visitors threatened danger every time they broke away. Grove and Gibson formed the most dangerous wing on the field. Miller’s beautiful passes out to the winger were a feature of the game. Salisbury found himself unable to circumvent Gray very often. Lambie wrought hard and kept his forwards ever in motion. McMullan was effective in a quieter manner. The Ibrox left wing played more like their old selves. Their combination was very sound. Cunningham’s generalship dominated the Ibrox line, however, and he fed Archibald lavishly. The winger responded in sparkling style. Osborne was the weak Ibrox half. He showed bad judgment frequently. The other two were in rampant form. Gray played himself into the hearts of the crowd by a masterly display, but Hamilton was very erratic, and grove found him easy prey. The Thistle rear trio were very resourceful. Donald was the best back on view, his kicking and tackling being very powerful
