A Morton
Fleming <45
S Archibald
J Simpson
Match Information
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: J Mackay (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
It is a one-sided score right enough, but deceptive. Dundee played a nailing good game in the first half – good enough to create a feeling that ‘something’ might probably happen. People were sitting up and taking notice when suddenly Rangers struck home – twice. Morton got the ball nicely slung over to him by Cunningham. He evaded Brown with a quick side-step and smashed the leather, from close range, into the net. This was a set-back for Dundee, and they sustained a second one a couple of minutes later. Morton went careering along the wing and centred. The ball seemed to have passed Fleming, high when he jerked his head to it and completely deceived Marsh. Meiklejohn scored what I thought a good gaol, but the referee did not think so. Anyhow, Dundee rallied strongly nearing the interval, and had Cook kept popping the ball into the centre something might have accrued. He was too clever altogether, but it didn’t pay. Smith came near it after running through, and McNab, ever ready for a shot, brought out a couple of fine saves by Hamilton, who came out of this match with an enhanced reputation. The early feeling of suspense was restored when O’Hare finished a clever movement with Godfrey by scoring half a minute after the restart, but when McPhail whipped on a third goal for Rangers two minutes later, the champions got a better grip than ever they had had, although Dundee never ‘threw in the towel’. Before Archibald scored the fourth goal there were some exciting moments – as when Fleming clear through, was wrongly called back for offside, and again, when he ran in by himself and was beaten by Marsh coming out to meet him. Archibald’s scoring shot was taken from the by-line, and the ball went through off Marsh’s hands. The last goal of the lot set the crowd cheering. Simpson, who had sustained a shin injury, had changed to outside right. Archibald gave him the ball and he took time to ger it to his left foot before delivering such a tremendous shot that the ball was in the net before anyone could realise it. Rangers’ team work did the trick but the men who excelled were Hamilton, Meiklejohn, Craig, Archibald and Morton. I sympathise with Dundee defence. Their forwards let them down by not adopting direst methods. McNab was as good a half-back as any. For his pluck young Simpson earns a pat on the bac
