Dr Marshall
McCandless pen
A Cunningham
Match Information
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: William Bell (Motherwell)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
To say that Clyde were outplayed at Ibrox is to put the matter mildly. In every department, with the single exception of goal, the Rangers were streets ahead. More particularly in the attack was the gulf between the abilities of the two teams shown. Rangers’ forwards from early on set a standard of play which their opponents could scarcely hope to emulate, and like Ibrox Park itself, the Clyde half-backs were enveloped in a foggy haze. Seldom in the game could the Clyde middle men fathom the intentions of their clever opponents. For the outstanding excellence in attack Andy Cunningham was in great measure responsible, though Muirhead’s scheming and feeding of both Morton and Marshall, were notable factors. Andy’s judgment was never at fault, the man best positioned invariably got the ball, and nothing finer could be conceived than the neatness of that flick which placed the ball for Marshall to head the opening goal. Had the Rangers won by a score reaching double figures it would have been a better indication of the domination they held almost throughout. True, there were spells when Clyde gave the Ibrox rear a gruelling time, particularly in the second half, when the Light Blue’s goal was lucky to escape. It was then that Gray particularly, and McCandless in lesser degree, played a heroic game. Young Gray’s game was the personification of steadiness. It looked as if Meiklejohn was set on getting a goal off his own boot. That shot which Gibson palmed against the post gave the penalty from which McCandless counted. The last goal of all was a peculiar affair, Marshall’s part in it being quite involuntary, though he gets the credit of scoring the goal. Cunningham’s left-foot drive was going straight for Fraser’s hands when it struck Marshall on the leg and found a haven in the net.
