Gilmour 8
Msaon 24
Thornton 33
Sinclair 44
Missed Penalties
Waddell pen miss 14
Match Information
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: William Webb (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
The guy who shouted the air-raid instructions through the loud speaker during the interval at Ibrox gas a sin to answer for. For up till then wed forgotten all about the carry-on in Europe. It was real pre-war football, backed up by a pre-war crowd. Glorious play. Glorious goals. Everything that goes to make up an old-fashioned cup-tie. But oh, that second half! If the players showed us in the first half just how good they could be, they certainly took advantage of the second to prove how bad they could be. So, lets forget all about those forty-five minutes of aimless booting about. All Rangers it was at the start. A different bunch this from the lethargic lot of the friendly days. A goal up in seven minutes was quite in accordance with the run of things. Gilmour was the scorer, but the goal had its genesis in a throw-in from Bolt to Venters. Alec passed to Gilmour, whose shot on the run beat McAffrey all ends up. Quickly in top of this Rangers got a penalty for Black obstructing Venters. Waddell took the kick and missed bursting a balloon only by a couple of inches! Thirds showed their appreciation of this by notching the equaliser. As scrappy a goal as ever Ibrox saw. A shrewd, quick-time pass from Blair to Mason found the inside man right on his toes. On the turn he hit it. Dawson was beaten to the world. Only fitting too, that the equaliser should come from a Blair-Mason move. It was enterprising can trips of this pair which kept Rangers from throwing defence to the winds and concentrating all their big guns in attack. Rangers second was another tit bit. To Johnnie Shaw goes the bouquet. This sturdy lad with the health of a truck driver and the strength of a steam engine dribbled his way right into thirds penalty area. When surrounded by defenders he passed to Kinnear. The left-winger whipped the ball into goal. Thornton, uncovered, headed home. Having once more smelt blood, Rangers went out for the kill. But the more they tried the more they found a stonewall in McAffrey. The keeper was having one of those days when, if he had stood on his hands, he could have saved shots with his feet. A different tale with Dawson. Jerry seemed uncomfortable. And never more so than when Thistle equalised. Woodburn had rather foolishly fouled Dewar about 30 yards out, Dawson stood a couple of yards out of his goal to narrow the angle. Sinclair let go a full-blooded drive. The keeper caught it high up. Then, to everyones consternation, it was seen the ball had eluded Jerrys grasp and tickled over the line. That finished the scoring and the most entertaining half. The highlight of the second half the only one in it in fact was when Dewar struck the uptight in the last minute. So, Thirds were actually unlucky, although Rangers have only themselves to blame that the result should have been in doubt at all. Shaw and Carabine were rare defenders. Blair was No 1 half-back. Young Sinclair started well, but rather lost the place later on. Still, he neednt worry. Rangers had three halfs who did likewise. Thornton and Mason took the honours in attack. Waddell missed a 14th minute penalty
