Oswald <45
A Cunningham 75
Match Information
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: William Bell (Motherwell)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Rangers got just a little more than they bargained for on Newtown Park yesterday. Doomed Bo’ness set about the champions and Cup-holders with a zest that was most refreshing and came very near to sending the all-conquering Ibrox brigade home pointless. With a telling breeze behind them in the first half, Bo’ness had the better of the argument, and at the interval held a single goal lead. Turned round, I expected to see Rangers wipe out this deficit without undue delay, but it was some considerable time ere the ‘Light Blues’ got through for their equalising point. As a matter of fact, only ten minutes or so remained when Cunningham nullified Oswald’s first half goal. And there was more than a touch of luck about ‘Andy’s’ scoring effort from twenty-five yards. Simpson would have stopped it, I am sure, but for the intervention of Hume, who in an attempt to kick clear deflected the ball in at the goalkeeper’s left-hand post. Rangers were a particularly ineffective company before the interval. The wind against them, coupled with the narrowness of the playing pitch and a light ball, upset them completely, and rarely did they prove dangerous. Indeed, Simpson’s only serious concern this half was the stopping of a twenty-five-yard shot from Muirhead in the twentieth minute. Bo’ness on the other hand, were always dangerous, and previous to and following Oswald’s goal, Tom Hamilton was kept constantly in the hop by the nippy home forward quintette. Gray was not altogether blameless for the loss of this goal after twenty-five minutes. The Aberdonian left Oswald unattended near goal, and when Lynas slipped away on the opposite wing and sent across, Bertie had the simplest of tasks in scoring.
