Nicholson 9
Stevenson 30
J Smith
Nicholson
Missed Penalties
J Smith pen miss 87
Match Information
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: W Webb (Glasgow)
Matchday: Wednesday
Match Trivia
Ibrox was nor one of the places Queen of the South expected to prove a happy hunting ground. They would not, I feel sure, be disappointed at losing, though I should think they would have liked to give Rangers a keener game. The fact is, the Ibrox team had things too easy and in the first half they were inclined to be sluggish, Nicholson scored the first of his three goals after ten minutes. It was a bonnie right foot shot, as much as to say thanks you for a nice pass given him by McPhail. I saw some good goalkeeping by Fotheringham and some poor marksmanships by Rangers forwards after this. With half-an-hour gone, Culbert and Main jumped through and passes to Main, who could have shot but unselfishly transferred to Stevenson, who netted from about eight yards. Culbert returned, and a minute later Bell worked an opening for McCall, who shot. Dawson had to throw himself at the ball which came off his hands. Bell was there, and from his shot the ball hit the under part of the bar and dropped just over the line. That looked not so bad for the Queens if only they could have found somethings extra in the second half, but they couldnt. Rangers were on top. In ten minutes, McPhail sent out to Stevenson, who went on and swept the ball across to Nicholson who, running in, shot a placed ball past Fotheringham. A minute later, Meiklejohn worked a favourite trick a pass through the middle to Smith, who took the ball on the rise and shot a pretty goal with his left foot. It was nearly all Rangers, and Nicholson added the fifth goal with a whizzer of a shot. The ball, as in the case of Bells goal, hit the underpart of the bar and went through. Smith failed to convert a penalty, shooting straight at Fotheringham. Johnstone went off injured after the fifth goal was scored. Rangers were not stretched. Dawson was a spectator mostly, for the backs and the half-backs kept the Dumfries forwards from getting near shooting distance. Brown struck me as being nothing like so sprightly as last time I saw him. He was heavy-footed. Simpson did not rick too much, but his knee stood the test. Nicholsons goals were the bright feature all three well taken. He should be able to do that oftener, or something like it, anyway. Smith seemed to find amusement pot-shooting and missing. Fotheringham could not have saved any of the goals. He was one of the successes of the Queens team, and the other was Bell, who knows the game. But all over the Dumfries team was too slow, and the big pitch seemed to bother them
