Fleming 15, 17
Dr Marshall 30
S Archibald
G Brown
Dr Marshall
S Archibald
Match Information
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: R Innes (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Well, what about it? When I tell you that Hepburn saved all that could be saved, you will get an idea that there was just one team in it. But of course, the score tells you that. The Rangers, who surprised us by fielding George Brown, were on their own simply because they had the feet. The difficult conditions were a test of expect manipulation, the ability to hold the ball, to subdue it and make it answer to the will. Some of the jugglery of Rangers half-backs and forwards was wonderful. Once you had men able to do such things, the opposing defence was at a severe disadvantage. Consequently, the Ayr half-backs were toiling most of the time, while Robertson and Fleming never could get properly to grips with the Ibrox forwards, who got most of their goals from close range. Fleming scored four, the biggest individual ‘kill’ of the season. Marshall and Archibald had two a piece, and Brown signalised his League debut with a goal and a general display which captivated the crowd. Nothing came amiss to the old Ashfield boy. At not time did he seem out of his proper company. His play had the hallmark of the nature footballer, and I have no hesitation in saying that he is ripe to come into the team at any time. McDonald, the other reserve, hit it off as if to the manner born. But really, the Rangers team was a team, and making allowance for the difficulties, gave a marvellous display. Some will probably say they should have stopped short of such a total, but they couldn’t really help themselves unless at the price of making a fool of the game. It was quite apparent that there was ability in the Ayr team, especially among the forwards, but their game should have been to let the ball have boot, though it is to their credit, perhaps, that they tried to follow the Rangers example. McCall limped off twelve minutes after the restart by which time six goals had been scored.
