B McPhail 9
S Archibald 14, <45
Match Information
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: T Small (Dundee)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
The Light Blues will have an opportunity tomorrow for another trial spin for the Cup final, when they meet Dunfermline at Ibrox. Their form yesterday was wholly satisfactory. Hamilton had rearranged their team in an attempt to make one of their periodic slashes against the top-hole brigade. They did not succeed. For one thing their men had not the pace of their opponents – nor the craft. The football was hard enough, but the Rangers won without having been quite extended. The inside forwards, from Hamilton, Black and McKay, lay much too far back to make the attack what it should have been. The form of attack was practically one of three leading forwards lying well up, ready for what came their way. The Light Blues had their task made more simple. Their own half-backs comprised a second line of attack. Hence why the Ibrox men, playing at home, were able to press the attack home and take the initiative. Every man was fit for his job, and the work was well divided among them. McPhail was one of the big successes of the line, and Morton was as sprightly and as clever as one could wish. Simpson was an earnest worker and played hard on to the Hamilton backs. Fleming distributed the ball well and was always enterprising in the support of his wing men. McPhail got the first goal in nine minutes, to atone for a miss with the wrong foot earlier. Then Archibald distinguished himself with a second goal a few minutes later, taken from a free kick well out. A third goal from Archibald after twenty minutes reflected the true run of the game. There was no alteration of the score at the interval. Most of the play in the second half was developed from midfield by the Rangers, the pressure on Hunter, Johnstone and Gilmour being most incessant. The trio came well out of the trying ordeal. The Academicals opened out better in the last fifteen minutes, and from a corner kick by Howe, Weir scored five minutes from the end, Gray making a vain attempt to clear. The Academically’ left wing was better than the right. Watson was their best half-back. Victory took the Rangers to the top of the League
