G Brown
T Craig 23
S Archibald 65
Match Information
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: P Craigmyle (Aberdeen)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Losing a goal in four minutes, and facing a stiff breeze to begin with, Dundee were set a task that was beyond them. Rangers’ combined strength at half-back and forward was always a winning factor. McDonald and Craig worked close up behind their wings, they put their passes along and across, and the forwards, working the ball on the heavy ground with dexterity, all contributed to put a severe tax on the resources of the Dundee half-backs. Meiklejohn was a barrier to Feenie, who got poor support from his wings, who depended mostly on Ferguson’s centre to give Hamilton any trouble. The great man on the Dens Park side was Marsh. He saved shots that seemed certain to score, and perhaps, also he was a little bit lucky at times to find the Rangers forwards not always on the target. McPhail, who was keen on a goal, could not get the range, and Fleming twice was a yard or so wide with only Marsh to beat. I give Brown and Gilmour credit for a big-hearted display. McNab, who was ill at ease in the first half, got on to his game on turning round, but he went slightly lame, and then Alan Morton went on the romp. I thought McCarthy and Thomson should have tried their luck oftener with a shot when the wind was with them in the second half and when their forwards were not showing penetrative ability. Buchanan filled the bill as a back; he and Gray were a sound partnership. McDonald played one of his best games, and in front the five worked well to together. The inside game was exploited to advantage, and it was astonishing that more goals did not result from it. Brown opened the scoring in four minutes, although McNab, in rushing back to clear, made a tingling ball go into the net with a bang. This was one of the few mistakes Marsh made – he failed to gather the ball from Brown’s shot, and it went off his hands. Craig got the second goal and Fleming the third before the interval. Dundee brightened up when they got the wind, and when Feenie rammed the ball into the net 18 minutes after the restart, it seemed as if they might come on. But in a couple of minutes more the Rangers forwards were through in a body and Archibald scored the fourth, after which everything was easy
