Meiklejohn pen 61
Red Cards
Fraser sent off 60
Match Information
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: C Ritchie (Leith)
Matchday: Wednesday
Match Trivia
At Ibrox the conditions were most unfavourable both for players and spectators. But this Rangers - Partick Thistle match contained incident in plenty despite the frost and fog. Rangers for once in a way found themselves playing second fiddle. They ere up against a team that showed a better understanding and did not enjoy the least bit of luck. Yet for their defeat the Thistle have only themselves to blame. They had chances in the first half from which they should have established a winning lead. They also had Fraser ordered off the field, and Torbet failed to convert a penalty-kick. Fraser’s enforced retiral when the second half was still young. The inside-left had no sooner retired than Archibald was brought down in unauthorised fashion and the referee, after consultation with his linesmen, signalled the extreme penalty. Meiklejohn made no mistakes with the kick, but within two minutes Torbet was upset within ‘the box’. To the victim was entrusted the kick; he shot straight at Tom Hamilton, and the ball was fisted over the bar. What a chance Partick lost! But the Thistle carried on, and almost outplayed the champions, even a man short. Rangers were rattled. But the Firhill fellows frittered away their chances; and Archibald, in two quick scampers might have made the points ‘siccar’. But on such a surface it was difficult the steady for a shot. At no time did the Rangers strike anything like their usual combination. They were very so-so. Indeed, Tom Hamilton saved them at times. He dealt splendidly with Torbet and Boardman shots in the first half. Bob Hamilton was good in patches, and Buchanan never seemed comfortable against Torbet. Craig was the best of the half-back, who were not the dominating trio of the Ne’erday match, but I think Muirhead and Meiklejohn, like McPhail, were troubled by the slippery ground. Marshall was very fine. He controlled the ball and himself better than anyone on the field. McMillan was just fair, and Morton and Archibald were below par. Without being brilliant the Firhill defence was sound throughout. Lambie excelled in defence, and also as an initiator of attack. Until his moment of misfortune Fraser was as good as any forward afield. Torbet was very dangerous at time, but Ness and Ballantyne were not up to their usual. Boardman always a trier, did not get the ball to run well for him.
