C Johnstone 1
Gillick
Walker pen 4
McCall 63
Match Information
Attendance: 4000
Referee:
Match Trivia
A year ago, I suggested the Army put an eleven in our League tournament. How useful they would have been in the way of breaking the Rangers supremacy was proven last night at Somerset, when a soldiers X1 met the Light Blues in the Ayr County Councils £20,000 drive for their War Fund. Rangers got away with a draw, but I consider they were fortunate to do so. It was a long time since I saw them having to face and stand up to such spirited and skilful opposition. The Army fellows gave of everything they had and shows up as a hard-grafting team, if not exactly endowed with the highest tenets of skill. Their best performers were the backs, and Laurie and McCall. Andy was the real driving force in attack from the first to lest, either as inside forward or leader of the attack. Williamson, from Petershill, making his debut as a Ranger, showed up quite well, but obviously will require to come a bit before staking a claim for regular inclusion in the Ibrox eleven. In the opening minutes Rangers were a goal up, Lynch losing rather a soft thing to Johnstone. The winger cut in, and as the keeper stepped out a couple of yards the ball was slipped between him and his right-hand post. It looked then as if the Light Blues would make a picnic of the game, but the Army steadied and in the fourth minute the scores were level. A penalty kick was awarded for hands, and Walker beat his old Internation pal, Jerry Dawson from the spot. After that the Army were on top for a time, but Rangers came again, and in the course of quick, hard going football, Gillick, one knee on the ground, guided home a cross from the right. The Army started off the second half with real offensive action and Rangers were made to fall back so that Jerry Dawson for spells on end was a very busy man. In the 18th minutes I saw one of the cleverest headed goals when McCall neatly turned a cross from Simpson inside Dawsons left hand post. Encouraged by the crowd the Army went out for the winner, but Dawson, his backs and centre half, put up a stout resistance and the efforts of McCall, who had gone to centre forward, were unavailing
