B McPhail 15, 19
A Cunningham 30
Fleming 80
Match Information
Attendance: 19000
Referee:
Matchday: Wednesday
Match Trivia
I told yesterday of our being presented with the freedom of the City – Toronto; before the match another honour was thrust upon us. From the Scottish citizens, on behalf of the Rangers Club, Bailie Duncan Graham accepted a handsome illuminated address. At the field 19,000 people awaited our arrival – the bulk of them Scots or of Scots extraction. Men from Govan, Partick, from all over Caledonia, stern and wild, greeted the players with the greatest enthusiasm. It was a truly wonderful reception! And at the close the boys received another ovation after winning by seven goals to nothing. The magnitude of the defeat was evidently forgotten in admiration. Our fellows played superb football. And this against the best side we have been up against to far. Although the margin was so big, the Ulster United Combine showed real ability – they were quite a clever side. They kept us out for a quarter of an hour; then Bob McPhail started out to go one better than the ‘hat-trick’. Bob’s second success came four minutes later, and just on the half-hour Andrew Cunningham collected the third one. Thus, matters stood at the interval – 3-0. Rangers resumed pressing persistently, and in the fifteen-minute Jamie Fleming fired home the fourth goal. McPhail cane again just as the half-hour was clocked, and yet again five minutes later; then Jamie Fleming finished off the proceedings with a seventh goal. While Bob McPhail’s quartette proclaim him the hero, he was merely the man who put the copestone oftenest on his own good work and that of his colleagues. Still, it was the big Barrhead boy’s joy day. As I have indicated, every man-Jack was at his best – what more need I say?
Glasgow Rangers demonstrated to 15,000 fans at the Maple Leaf stadium last night that there was no fluke when they captured the Scottish Cup, the championship of the Scottish League and the Glasgow Charity Cup last season. They defeated Ulster United by 7 goals to 0 in as good a demonstration of the dribbling code as has ever been seen in the Queen city. They are past master at the art of ball control and their brilliant foot work brought many rounds of applause. The Ulster team were just strong enough to bring out the best in the boys from across the seas. What the ‘Red Handers’ lacked was control of the ball and a little more speed in deciding what to do with it. There is one thing in their favour and that is that they never gave up. They fought right to the end of the 90 minutes, and with a little luck might have got in an odd goal or two. Fraser, the Ulster goalie, though beaten seven times covered himself with glory. He is a real net guardian and would be an asset to any team. The shots that got by him could not have been stopped by anyone. Of course, the chief interest was in watching the style of the visitors. Captain Tommy Muirhead struck me as being the star of the game. His work on the half-back line was a great help to his forwards, while when it became necessary, he was a tower of strength in breaking up any of the Ulster attacks. He passes the ball along the ground with the minimum of effort, and his passes are always right where his player should be. Big Andy Cunningham came in for his share of the applause, and the one goal he did get was one of those powerful drives for which he is so famous. He got a pass from his wing man Archibald, and without hesitation let go with a good hard kick and the ball ended up in the net. Robert McPhail gave an exhibition of play at inside right such as has never been seen in Toronto before. He scored no less than five of the seven goals of the evening. Some of these he headed in and some he kicked but it did not seem to matter much how the ball came to him. He always finished up with a shot on goal or a pass to a team-mate who was better placed. During the second period Archibald dazzled the fans with an exhibition of dribbling and ball control when he tricked no less than four of the Ulster players, keeping the ball at his toe all the time. He has a wonderful control. The Scottish defence of Hamilton, Gray and McCandless worked well together. The two backs rarely kicked the ball too far for their forwards as was the fault with the ‘Red Handers’. They know how to place the ball to the best advantage. Hamilton, the goalie, is a real master at caching the ball and clearing it away from the danger zone. He has a powerful kick and on the few occasions when danger threatened, he cleared the ball in a very cool manner. The ‘Red Handers’ won the toss and set the Rangers to play the first period with the sun in their eyes. It was not long before Archibald got in a hard shot that tested Fraser. A couple of seconds later with Morton coming in fast Fraser pulled off a magnificent save. It looked like a certain goal. A rush down to the other end and Faulkner sent over a perfect cross to Moir, but the sorrel top shot wide and his chance to open up the scoring was gone. Just 17 minutes of the play had gone when McPhail got the opening goal. Three minutes later Fleming hit the cross bar with a shot and McPhail got the rebound and drove another shot into the net. The third goal went to Cunningham. It was la low hard drive from twenty yards out. This ended the scoring for the first half. At the start of the second period Cown was substituted for Faulkner who was injured. Fleming opened up with a hard shot, but Hamilton cleared. At the other end Fraser had to step in lively to save shots from Cunningham and McPhail on quick succession. The fourth goal fell to McPhail ten minutes after the start and twenty minutes later he headed the fifth into the net. Just after this the ‘Red Handers’ missed their first real chance. Moir had an open goal in front of him with the goalie drawn to one side, but instead of shooting he elected to pass the ball and the chance was gone. McPhail’s fifth goal came a few minutes later and the final goal fell to Fleming who got a nice pass from Morton and dribbled the ball past the Irish defence and into the net.
Prior to the game the pipe band of the Toronto Scottish Regiment kept the crowd in a good humour with the Scottish music. Baillie Duncan Graham the Rangers president was presented with an illuminated address from the Glasgow and District Association of Toronto. The rangers, players and officials will be the guests of the Toronto and District Association on a motor tour this afternoon, leaving the Carls-Rite hotel at 2 o’clock and calling on David Brash, a Rangers player of 1906, at his country residence at Clarkson, where afternoon tea will be served. At half-time a party of girls took up a collection to help defray the expenses of the woman’s team at the 1928 Olympiad, and the result exceeded the imagination of all the committee. The total collection was $409.89. The girls wish to me to take the opportunity of thanking the Ulster club and officials for allowing them to take up the collection.
