A Morton 30
Fleming >45
Match Information
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: R Morrison (Falkirk)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Rangers are in a winning groove again. It was not as easy as the score suggests, and there is till something needed to give the front line a touch of finish, but one thing is certain With Fleming and McGowan in the positions they occupied the attack has strength and the precious quality of go-a-headness. That the same forwards will be tried again I have little doubt, though I imagine Brown would serve the team better at half-backs. His style of forward play does not blend with that of the other. Aberdeen had a stuffy, resolute defence which made goals difficult to get, and until the third goal went on six minutes from the end they could not be said to be irretrievably beaten. Still, their forwards seldom seemed like scoring. They were poor finishers. Yorston was so cooly attended to by Meiklejohn that he could scarcely get a clear sight of Tom Hamilton. He was eager and alert, but you know what it means to have a wily one like the Rangers captain setting himself to a particular job. Adam McLean did some really clever work, but he was one of those who could not get direction or pith into his shots. Tom Hamiltons best saves were from Love and Smith, and yet these two wingers sent more ball behind than they should. There was not much to choose between the half-back lines, for McLaren, like Meiklejohn, was a sound, tactical defender, and Hill and Black often forced the game. No one controlled the skidding ball better than did Buchanan. Played to on the right way, McGowan can be trusted to get goals. He is strong and difficult to put off the ball, and he put it out to the wing with quite a deft touch when harassed. Morton was another who could master the skidding ball, and it was an old-time dribbling run of his that led to the first goal four minutes from the interval. So sweetly did the centre come across that Fleming had merely to roll the ball into the net. But je was on the right spot to do it, and that was where he showed his foresight. Smith had no chance, nor had he with the other goals. He was one of the big successes of the Aberdeen team, even if fortunate to see McPhails whiz-bang early in the first half strike the under part of the bar and come out. The second goal, 17 minutes after the restart, was finished off by Morton, but it is probable McGowans header would have gone through in nay case. McGowan had the third goal all to himself a break through and a great shot. The fourth was McPhails with an unsaveable shot that went like greased lightning
