A Cunningham 5
G Henderson 23
Match Information
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: A Allan (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
While there was all the excitement of a Cup-tie at Shawfield Park, where the Rangers comped home as they liked, it could not truthfully be said that the play was of the class usually associated with a knock-out game. Too often a match of that description is a scramble from beginning to end, but in the ‘glaur’ at Oatlands the ‘Light Blues’ served up play the like of which had probably not been seen for many a long day. After the players had slipped about for five minutes trying to get their feet, so to speak, Cunningham trapped the ball in the most approved style from a perfect Alan Morton cross, and with unerring precision the inside left sent in a swift shot which gave Shingleton no chance, as the ball went past him at his left hand side. Another goal twenty minutes later helped to seal the fate of the home team, who, however, had not done so badly up to that time. The play which led up to the goal was marvellous considering the state of the ground. The Rangers’ quintette passed and repasses on their way to Shingleton’s end, and the way in which they kept the ball low and still contrived to glide it along so accurately was an education in the finer points of the game. The run finished up when Archibald forced a corner, and it was so well placed that Henderson headed into the net without another player touching the ball. If the game was not won when the teams crossed over with the Ibrox lot leading by two clear goals, it was well lost so far as Clyde was concerned when Morton scored with a typical Morton goal twelve minutes after the resumption. The dapper outside left, who was the finest forward afield, accepted a forward pass in his beat style, glided past Cowan, and lifted the ball over the head of Shingleton, where it landed in the far corner of the net – just such a goal as Alan has been known to score in an international match against England. As if Clyde had not been overwhelmed enough, there followed fifteen minutes before the finish what many considered to be the finest and last goal of the game. Cunningham, who had played ‘as if to the manner born,’ neither tried to trap or dally with a pass from Henderson, but with a superb first-timer he drove straight and with lightning speed into the net at Shingleton’s right hand. It must not be supposed that the home players were never in the hunt, but if the truth must be told, Robb had probably the easiest afternoon’s work that he may have, even should the Light Blues get into the final of the Scottish Cup. The spasmodic efforts of Manager Thompson and the four men on his right hand gave the visitors’ defence little trouble, and McCandless raised a laugh on several occasions when he essayed the role of a dribbling forward and showed that he might make his mark in that department of the game. On the extreme right it was clearly Brown’s off-day, for not only was he at fault in crossing the ball, but his attempts at taking a couple of corner kicks were woeful, and if the other home forwards the less said the better. It was vastly different with the winners. Morton, who was well supported by Cairns and Muirhead, scintillated on the touch-line as he had seldom done previously, but no doubt the weakness of Cowan, and in a lesser brilliant play. Next in order of merit came Cunningham, and when he was not purveying to Archibald, he would send a swinging cross to the left wing. Henderson was fairly successful, but Archibald has been seen to better advantage. The Clyde officials gave the attendance as 40,000.
