Dr Marshall 35
Lowe 37
Match Information
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: J Hudson (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Well, what do you think? The most exciting match played at Ibrox – and we were expecting Rangers to make a meal of the Bairns. And you might say they did, if goals meant nothing. Practically three-fourths of the match was a battle between the Falkirk defence and the Rangers’ forwards and half-backs. Ferguson’s goal had breathless escapes. He was fortunate at times, for these is no doubt the heavy ground meant all the difference to the velocity of the shots, although a lot of them were hard enough to cause Ferguson to lose hold of the ball. But his recovery was good enough to foil the too eager Ibrox forwards. His best work was the tipping of scoring shots over the bar. I could not count the corner kicks Rangers secured, but though nearly all of them were well placed, Rangers could profit nothing by them. Scott, who miskicked frequently, nevertheless held on grimly, and Hume played a sturdy, solid game. The half-backs were struggling all the time to hold the Ibrox attack. They got so used to it that they seemed almost to thrive on it. Getting little of the ball, the Brockville forwards had to make the best of their opportunities, and occasionally they caused a breeze in the Rangers’ defence. Howieson was a flashy raider until he came by an injury, but Cox, I thought, did not always snap at the chance of sending the ball through to Lowe, whose smartly-taken goal showed how well worth he was of attention. Gail and Bell did well when the opportunity came to them. Bell was usually right with his centres. Rangers’ chief weakness was in centre where Fleming often failed to clinch the good work of McPhail. In the second half, Marshall went into the centre, but by that time the Falkirk defence had their plans well laid and were not going to depart from them. Every forward and half-back had a try at getting the winning goal. There were eight forwards, you might say. But Rangers were not to win – even Morton, in the centre, with the goal to himself, went down all of a heap when about to apply the finishing touch. Marshall scored after 40 minutes, and a minute later. Howieson was allowed to run half the length of the field before parting to Lowe, who shot a clever equaliser. And there the scoring ended.
