Fleming 1, xx
McDermid 36
Match Information
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: T Small (Dundee)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Because of a crafty first-half display Rangers merited the success they gained at Pittodrie. They had an advantage at half-back and forward, where the brilliance of Cunningham was never more pronounced. Not an Aberdeen man had touched the ball before Rangers were a goal up. From the kick-off, Archibald went off like lightening and passed to Fleming, whose shot was a scorer all the way. Aberdeen replied with a powerful attack, and Hamilton saved cleverly from Smith. Aberdeen were in Rangers’ territory for a minute or two, but Cunningham eventually let the Ibrox side away. Morton trapped the pass and was meandering through when he was pulled down. McSevick saved the free-kick after McHall had tested Hamilton with a shot from long range. Rangers by methodical play took a form grip, and in the seventeenth minute Cunningham, Fleming and Archibald outwitted the opposing defence, and Fleming scored a second goal. The Rangers nearly went further ahead. Had Fleming’s shot counted nobody could have grumbled, for the Rangers were the tricker, but Aberdeen in their haphazard way persevered, and eleven minutes before the interval McDermid scored with a great shot from a ball centred by Wilson. However, four minutes later McPhail gave a perfect pass to Morton, who ran on, beat Jackson, and regained Rangers’ two goals lead. Less than three minutes of the second half had gone when Aberdeen again reduced the leeway, Cosgrove smartly hooking the ball into the net after Smith had taken a free kick. There was a stoppage until Meiklejohn recovered from a back injury, an incident which led to the warning of Bruce. Play threatened to become tousy. Archibald, Muirhead and Cunningham just missed the target with raking drives. It was all Rangers for a spell, but the Aberdeen defenders were putting up a doughty game, and Rangers were compelled to do their shooting from far out. McSevick did well to save a Cunningham grounder. Then he had one shot from McPhail. More long shots by Cunningham and Archibald went past, but Fleming made a woeful attempt to shoot from four yards out. The Rangers held the whip hand until the close, but in the final minutes one or two Aberdeen attacks caused excitement
