Lang 10
B McPhail 22, 26
Match Information
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: M.C. Hutton (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Driven back, discomfited and thrashed by a Rangers team tat released a fury in attack I have not seen from them this season, Queen of the South went home to Dumfries without an alibi. Yet let me tell you there was no disgrace in it. They fought how they fought! with all the courage and resource you ever saw, and though often trailing behind this joyous Ibrox side, never gave up. I hadnt seen the Light Blues for a week or two. Immediately I detected a difference. Many have wondered at their swing to power. Now I know why. Gone is the speculative pass. In its place has come a close harmony in front and a buoyancy and coolness in the middle. Whoever brought about the change of tactics has been instrumental in producing an Ibrox side that should restore all the glory that seemed to be slipping from them. Yes, it is bot too much to say that. Where before we had an attack that occasionally burst into brilliance, then became a fitful, ragged thing, we had here sustained co-operation, strategy and strength. That up-and-coming youngster, Thornton, not only provided the link but his swerving and skilful control gradually brought about the distress of the courageous Bruce, as plucky a pivot as you will find anywhere. And how the crowd love a scoring McPhail. Bobs three goals he might have had six were taken with an airy aplomb, assurance and anticipation that sent memories rushing to the mind. What a wonderful player he can be! With Symon, the most methodical and aggressive half-back afield, bringing Kinnear so often into the action with McPhail, the left winger had every opportunity to dazzle. He did, bit not all the time. When Kinnear is good, he is very good, but when he beings to draw up, be becomes irritating. Still, he was good most of the time, so we must include him in the general praise. Two Dawson saved proved, if such were needed, that Jerry is ready for all the Hungarian forwards can direct at him on Wednesday. And wat of the Queens. A noble force. Mathieson gave a copperplate display. Seemed to have second sight, so magnetic did his influence appear when the ball was hovering around as it most of the afternoon. In ten minutes, we sat back with a start. Lang piloting a 20 yards free kick past a wall of Blue and jumping with exultation when he espied it eluding Dawsons upstretched hands. Then came an all-in Rangers thrust. Came two goals in three minutes by McPhail, glorious effort. The first was the outcome of a subtle Thornton manoeuvre and the second the climax to an intelligent Waddell raid. Thirteen after the turn, Thornton and Kinnear set off on a bewildering run that completely bamboozled the Dumfries right flank and ended with a raging Kinnear shot that gave Mathieson no earthly chance. Came McPhails third. Here again Thornton had a hand in it. The Referee Mungo played his part with efficiency and dignity. I ask for nothing more.
