S Archibald
Slade
McKenzie <45
G Henderson xx, xx
T Cairns
A Cunningham pen
Match Information
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: J Black (Glasgow)
Matchday: Wednesday
Match Trivia
Seldom have I witnessed such a fine exposition of forward play as that given by the Rangers against Ayr United at Ibrox. They struck a delightful game, which would have put the best of defences in a quandary – the Light Blues deserved their seven goals. Ayr, who registered a couple of points, made a vital mistake in policy. They attempted to play the champions at their own studied game, instead of lashing the ball about on the heavy turf and giving their opponents no time to settle. Strange to say, Ayr scored first. After five minutes Slade tapped home a Scott centre. Then the Rangers counted thrice in quick succession. Archibald beat Nisbet with a rocket drive after Cairns had crashed the ball against the crossbar; Alan Morton diddled man after man, and a made it a simple natter for Henderson to score the second goal; and Archibald did all the work leading up to the third point, which was also notched by Henderson. Near the interval McKenzie shot wide after breaking right through, but he made amends later with a ball which struck a post and rebounded past Robb. Rangers never relaxed their pressure in the second half. With a clever first-time shot Henderson brought the total to four. Two minutes later the centre lofted the ball across the goal-mouth and Cairns headed it into the net. Later, Morton was brought down inside the ‘box’ and Cunningham rammed home the ‘penalty’, and close on time Henderson crowned an excellent day’s work by dashing through the defence and registering his side’s seventh and his own fourth goal. Rangers were sound in all divisions. Johnstone acquitted himself creditably at left half-back. The reserve tackled smartly and was seldom beaten, but his placing at times lacked judgment. Nisbet, who did well in the Ayr goal, had no chances with any of the balls that beat him. McCloy was a hero at back, while Hogg strove hard and well in the middle line. Reid was the only forward to impress. He often rounded Manderson, but there were no takes of his accurate centres
