McKinlay (2)
Steel (2)
Struthers
Pringle
Match Information
Manager: No Permanent Manager
Attendance: unknown - to be confirmed
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
The first tie for this handsome cup was played off on Hampden Park kindly put at the disposal of the Glasgow Charity Committee by the Queen’s Park and ended in total defeat of the Dumbarton team by eight goals to none. The ground was in excellent condition but a strong wind interfered with the play and sent the ball frequently over the lines. The opinion of the ‘Knowing Ones’ before the game began was that as the Dumbarton men had made such a good match with the Queen’s Park and had defeated the Rangers in the Association Cup, the Rangers would not have a chance with them; but as events showed the young Glasgow club are equal to a great effort and all strained every nerve for the success which was ultimately secured. They lost the toss and had to kick off against the wind but followed up the ball so fast that it was in front of their opponents’ goal in a twinkling. A shot was however punted out by Kennedy but the ball soon came back again and a hard kick by Hill registered the first goal for the Rangers in two minutes, with the wind in their teeth. After the teams had again faced each other in the middle of the field the kick off by Dumbarton was followed well up and for a long time the strangers kept peppering away at their opponents goal, Vallance and his brother well backed up by Drinnan defended their charge in a way that excited the highest admiration and the Dumbarton men could not get the ball through, Gillespie from a corner flag kick also saved his goal in brilliant form and at last the invaders were beaten off. Some even play afterwards followed with smart tackling and then the Glasgow clubs forwards came away once more with a nice dribbling run and Struthers kicked a second goal for them. Half time was now approaching not long before ends were changed Dumbarton made a determined effort to score and all but succeeded after a second corner flag kick by Brown. This seemed to be their last chance for not long after changing ends and losing the advantage of the wind they were completely beaten but not without some hard work on the part of the Rangers who seemed to improve in brilliant combined play as the game advanced. In some ten or eleven minutes McKinlay made a third goal out of a hot scrimmage and a fourth was credited to them through one of the Dumbarton backs unfortunately heading the ball through his own posts. On coming too the middle of the field for the fifth time the Dumbarton captain rearranged his team sending Paton and Anderson further down the field. This however did no good to the strangers who lost other four goals in rapid succession. Steel gained the fifth by a lucky long shot. The sixth came from the foot of McKinlay and the seventh from that of Hill. The sixth was appealed against on the plea of ‘off side’ but both umpires were satisfied that no infringement had taken place. Not long before the contest ended the Dumbarton team made one last effort to score and got close up on the Rangers goal causing the Vallances to use their feet pretty smartly and Gillespie his hands but they were eventually driven off without gaming a point and as if to make victory doubly sure the Rangers scored their eight goal after a corner flag kick by McIntyre the ball being smartly sent past the keeper by Pringle. The game thus ended in favour of the Glasgow club by eight goals to none. The next tie of the Charity Cup will be played between the Queen’s Park and Vale of Leven. After the contest the teams were entertained at tea in the Athole Arms Hotel by the Glasgow Charity Cup Committee
