G Brown
Dr Marshall
Match Information
Attendance: 40000
Referee:
Matchday: Sunday
Match Trivia
Forty Thousand people saw Rangers and the Sportklub Rapid team play in sweltering heat at Vienna yesterday and demonstrated their appreciation of a splendidly contested match. Rangers lost by the odd goal in seven but came well out of a match which was a test of skill and stamina. Before the start, the rangers officials and players were presented to the President of the Republic, and when the players tined up the crowd raised cheer upon cheer for the Glasgow team. After the game the secretary of the Austrian FA told Mr Struth, the Rangers manager, that they were the best foreign team seen in Austria in the last ten years. The match was played on a fine pitch very fast, and the enclosure was one of the most beautiful the tourists have seen on the Continent. From the ground, the tourists were motored to a hotel to be entertained to dinner. Playing fast, clever football, the Rapid team opened the scoring after 12 minutes from a free kick outside the penalty box. Twelve minutes later Brown equalised. Rangers were forcing the game strongly, and only three more minutes had gone when Marshall put them in the lead. A powerful drive by McPhail looked a certain scorer, but the ball struck Raftl and was cleared in a scramble. They looked like retaining their advantage until the interval. But three minutes remained when, following a corner-kick, Dawson was badly impeded, and the ball was turned into the net. Rangers made a brisk restart, and were pressing hard when Pinder, the Rapid inside-left, broke away, and beating Simpson in the tackle, scored a third goal. Then Rangers put on the screw. The forwards kept swinging in on Raftl, the Rapid custodian, who gave a brilliant display at Ibrox in January. He made some great saves, but was completely outwitted by a shot from McDonald, who had been playing close up behind the half-backs. Level one more, Rangers went out for a winner, and were attacking practically all the time. Just when they looked like wearing down the Rapid defence, the Vienna forwards broke away, and a shot from the outside-right hit the post and caused the ball to squirm along the line and into the net. Until the finish it was an exciting tussle, with the crowd cheering every piece of clever play. Both teams deserved credit for a clever exhibition. It was a good performance on the part of Rangers, who on the run of the play, did not deserve to lose. Smith had to stand down owing to the injury sustained in Germany. English played well, but he found the big Austrian centre-half difficult to get round. The team work was splendid on both sides, but the Austrian depended more on quick individual effort by their forwards. Their eleven was much on the same lines as in the Ibrox match
Glasgow Rangers completed their Continental tour with a defeat, being beaten by the Vienna Raid Club X1 by 4 goals to 3 at the Stadium. The Austrians led by 3 goals to 2 at half-time Rangers have thus lost two matches during their tour the last two one in Germany and the other in Austria. There were 40,000 people present when the game started at 5.30 on a glorious summer evening. President Miklas attended, together with several representatives of the British Legation and consulate. Many other Austrian and British notabilities were also present. Play opened strongly, and in the first few minutes the Austrians almost scored through Wesselik, who played in the international against England at Stamford Bridge last December. In the 13th minute the home team scored through Binder, and a minute later Brown put the tourists on level terms. Rangers took the lead through Marshall in the 24th minute, but this lead was short-lived. Binder put the Austrians on level terms again four minutes later from off a corner. Binder completed his hat-trick seven minutes before the interval to give his team a 3-2 lead. On resuming, the Scots attacked and after 21 minutes play McDonald equalised. A ding dong struggle ensued which the Austrians got the better of when Wesselik put his team ahead in the 35th minute. Incited by this reverse the tourists rallied strongly in the closing stages, but the strong Austrian defence stood firm, and the Rangers were thus defeated by the odd goal in seven. Interviewed after the match, Robert McPhail, the Scottish captain, said that the Rapid team had played excellently and fairly. He had, however, criticism to make of the referee. The Austian team were superior in speed, combination and strategy. In fact, they were first in almost every department of the game and well deserved their victory. Both teams are taking part in a banquet in the Grand Hotel, for which over a hundred invitations have been issued. Prominent persons in the diplomatic service, sport and operatic world have been invited.
