J Smith (2)
Meiklejohn
Match Information
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
There was only one thing worth writing home about at Ibrox. That was Davie Meiklejohns goal. It was scored seven minutes after the start, when the game looked like a real contest, and the pity is that admiration of the effort is tinged with regret that it marked the definite end of a very, very brief period of entertainment. A corner kick by Gillick was punched out by Hill, and Meiklejohn was waiting for the ball on the penalty line. Without hesitation, taking it a foot from the ground, he whipped it back goalwards, and Hill had not the slightest chance of saving. It was a spectacular goal, just the sort to rouse a crowd to enthusiasm. Unfortunately, subsequent play entirely failed to sustain the level of that goal. When, in fifteen minutes, Jimmy Smith caught the rebound from his own header off the crossbar and scored Rangers second goal, the game was dead. The first half saw two more goals, one from Main, who walked the ball in after Gillicks ground cross had eluded Hill, and the other from Hibernians Smith, at the only time that Rangers defence seemed at all worried. There was a touch of excitement in the second half, but it was the wrong kind. McPhail seemed to have a hang-over from Old Firm days, and his bouts with Wilson did not do him much credit. They made the crowd shout, however, and that produced something like the atmosphere of a real football match. Even at that, Rangers never had to put in a real effort to win. They started and finished in a canter, and the impression was always there that they were not being tested. Smith, who developed some sort of thigh trouble in the first half, went to outside-left when he returned for the restart, and Gillick took up the centre position. As often happens, it was the cripple that got the goal, for Smith snapped at a chance and scored with a good, angular, left-foot shot. Three minutes later, Simpson missed his kick and let Moffat in for a goal for Hibs. In a game of this quality intimate criticism of the players is hardly worthwhile. Gillocks one footedness was glaringly revealed although he did some thing extremely well. Rangers were clearly the masters in front and behind, and one pleasing feature is the way in which Cheyne is coming on. Hill did well in the Hibernians goal, but their defence was not so solid as usual. Urquhart was the only one who maintained his expected steadiness
