Match ended 0-0
Match Information
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: M.C. Hutton (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
For Falkirk fine. For rangers not so good. And make no mistake about it the Bairns did their lessons; they earned their point. When Rangers are thinking of hoe bad the result looks for them, they can get consolation out of the fact that it could have been worse. Easily the best scoring chance of the game fell to Keyes early in the second half. How he failed to get the shot aways when he was through on his own, beats me, and probably beats Keyes. The second best scoring chance also fell to Falkirk in the first half. Dawson had to plunge at the ball, full length with Keyes going in. He managed to push it out, but before he could recovery, McPherson flashed it goalwards, and luckily for Rangers, Gray under the bar, deflected it for a corner. So, you see how near to a first-class sensation we were. Rangers forwards with Main off for then minutes played a poor first half. McKie in that period, did not have one direct shot to save. Just imagine! I am not forgetting that Rangers had the ball once in the net. That was when McKie grabbed it, apparently over the penalty line, and then lost it to Smith, who netted. Then the referees whistle for an infringement against him which I did not discern. For a fairly long period of the second half Rangers forwards showed some much-need pep, but though McKie was brought into action by Venters, Smith and McPhail, there was not enough subtlety about the Ibrox attack. Falkirks defence had no pretensions to super-class, but it was good enough for the job. One man more than any other inspired Falkirk with the will to stand-to. He was Bolt. Not only did he worry McPhail, but repeatedly he beat Kinnear, who was too fond of trying to evade his man on the outside. Shankly accepted the duty of shadowing Smith, and he did so to good purpose. In the second half, Main and Venters threatened to blossom as match-winners, but the effort fell short. Old Rangers colleague McPherson paid his way. Although mistiming once or twice, Simpsons defence was all that was required. For a long time, McKillop and Brown played too close, but improved their methods after the interval. Gray was the cleverest back on the field. He was quick to the tackle, and Dawson, before he went lame, got little chance to work his shooting left. Falkirks forwards frequently found their men but, on both sides, the heavy skidding ball had something to do with passes that went wrong. Anyhow, it was a good day for the Bairns. Their big crowd of followers let them know how pleased they were as the players trooped off
