B McPhail
J Smith 65
Match Information
Attendance: unknown - to be confirmed
Referee: J Baillie (Motherwell)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Try and visualise pressmen shouting themselves hoarse in an effort to get one or other of the players to tell them who had scored a goal, and you will get some idea of the conditions at Ibrox. At times it was like looking into a woolly blanket, but as the fog lifted slightly with the breeze it did not lift for long it was possible to get some idea of how things were going. The balance and superior driving power of the Rangers attack gave them a victory they deserved, but not to the extent of three goals. With more snap, St Johnstone might have turned round in front. Indeed, it was only when Smith and English changed places in the second half that the Rangers front line began to move with the confidence that is their wont. The Muirton defenders repeatedly threw the Rangers attack back with comparative ease. Welsh and Clark went out to break the Ibrox thrusts full of fight, and not until late in the game did, they use their grip. The handling and anticipation of McLaren could not have been improved upon, and he was in no way to blame for the lose of the goals, although there may be some who will tell you he should have averted the second. Priestleys tenacity proved disconcerting to English, but he found Smith a most elusive and difficult man to foil. Mason and Ferguson wrought unceasingly and gave their comrades in front grand service. The response, however, was none too good. Hamilton was seldom in action which at once reflects much credit on Gray and McDonald, and also tells of St Johnstones forward failings. Once again Meiklejohn was the guiding light in the middle. His driving power and craft time and again showed the way goals should be got, but his lead was not always accepted. In construction, Brown excelled but he often left a cap that should have been exploited by Ritchie and Dickie. I saw kittle of Campbell, who was getting his First League baptism, owing to him being obscured by the fog, but when he came across to the stand side in the second half, he showed himself an enterprising forward with grand control, his crossed being a feature. We had to with until eighteen minutes after the restart before we saw a goal, or rather were told about it. Someone had netted for Rangers, but we did not know who it was until George Brown shouted McPhails name. Shortly afterwards Smith chased a long through pass, got up to the ball before McLaren, who had run out and promptly scored. The third was recorded by McPhail, but most of the credit goes to Campbell. Off bounded the ex-Shawfield Junior, and his perfect centre left his partner with the easiest of tasks. The debutant was warmly congratulated by his comrades.
