Donaldson 12
B McPhail 17
Match Information
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: P Craigmyle (Aberdee)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Jimmy Simpson, we are told, had a hard job in Ireland on Saturday. If his task was any harder than that of his deputy, Whitey McDonald, at Shawfield, I sympathise with him. Whitey will not readily forget this game. Or should I say that he will want to blot it from his memory as soon as possible. Clyde won by sheer merit. Their youthful forwards excelled quite definitely the more experienced Rangers men. Their ninety-minutes gallopers at half-back out-strode the Ibrox fellows. Their backs were more reliable than Rangers frequently uncertain pair. And Stevenson was one hundred per cent superior to Jenkins. Actually, the one goal margin in no way flatters Clyde. With the least bit of luck, theyd have had a two or three goals lead. In an opening ten minutes that raised no enthusiasm, the chief feature was the oft-repeated cry from the stand or the terracing Keep the ball in the field. I sat back, hoping for something brilliant, something to justify my writing a paragraph. Just as I was bewailing the fate that sent me to Shawfield. Rangers defence gave me the incentive. They foozled; got mixed up. Gray, nor Cheyne, nor McDonald appeared to know how to check Donaldson. The young fellow accepted a chance following an Angus McPhail pass. He went on a step or two, in the inside-right position. The far side of the goal was gaping open. The centre sent the ball there, well and truly shot! In this connection, let me mention that late in the game Main had a precisely similar chance. He shot wildly wide! Referring back to the first-half, I have to record that Main accomplished some pretty but entirely ineffective work on the wing and that McPhail burst almost clean through on three occasions. Once, when he was downed by Summers, Clyde were fortunate in that the foul occurred a foot outside and not inside the box. Fleming, never unattended by Wood, might have opened Rangers count, but for the proximity of the Clyde pivot. However, the ball travelled from Main to Bob McPhail, who hooked it home. Clyde downhearted? Not a bit. Carroll and diminutive Douglas danced along the touch-lines, leaving Brown and Meiklejohn standing and worrying Cheyne and Gray no end. Carrolls goal can be said to have been conceded by Jenkins. The winger was almost on the bye-line and travelling pretty fast when he sent in the ball square from a few yards off the goal. Jenkins was down to it but allowed it to slip into the net. Second half no scoring. Rangers change Gillick to centre and Fleming to outside-left made only a slight improvement. Now, about the players whom I havent especially mentioned. Clyde Smith, at left back, was not uniformly good. Beaton came into his own in the second half. The forwards require no further praise than I have given them. Of the Rangers, Meiklejohn, Macaulay and Main played fairly well at times. But not nearly so well as they usually do. The team, as a whole, appeared to have an off day. But much of the off must be attributed to the whole-heartedness and cleverness of as game an eleven as Ive seen this season Bully Wee Clyde
