Hill 35
Meikleham 40
Miller xx, 61
Lindsay 66
McKinnon
0
0
Match Information
Manager: No Permanent Manager
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
The undecided tie in the seventh round of the challenge cup between Dumbarton and the Rangers was played off on the ground of the country club at Dumbarton and ended in a most deceive victory for them to the extent of five goals to one. It may be recollected that in the first match between the two on the previous Saturday the Dumbarton scored two goals to one, after a close game, but a protest lodged by the Rangers that the referee had called time five minutes too soon was sustained on appeal to the Association and hence the present meeting. Boghead ground where the match took place is by no means an inviting or suggestive lace for a brilliant exhibition of the dribbling game and it is not to be wondered that some of the club in Glasgow and even their next door neighbour the Vale of Leven themselves should have felt somewhat nervous when Dumbarton came out of the cup-tie drawings first. Two or three heavy showers of rain shortly before the game began and one while it was progressing did not improve matters and near the gate goal where no fewer than five of the scores were recorded, the clay was almost ankle deep. From the beginning to end the game was a succession of long kicking heavy charging and smart backing-up. Now and again it is true particularly when the ball got clear of the middle of the field dribbling was done by the men on the right and left wings but owing to the uneven nature of the ground little command could be exercised over the ball. The steady backing up general good combined efforts of the whole of the winning team however and their superior staying powers fairly baffled the Rangers. The choice of ends fell to the Rangers but there was little or no advantage in the absence of wind and Dumbarton kicked off from the gate end. In less than five minutes the Glasgow club got well up on the Dumbarton lines and just as Inglis was arranging for a side shy at goal, he was pressed over the touch-line by Paton. The home eleven soon cleared their lines after the throw-in and the forwards by short kicking and passing had the ball in front of the Rangers goal where Young in trying to clear the place allowed the ball to slip over his head close to the posts. Gillespie however soon rectified the mistake and a pretty run by Corbett and Hill transferred the some of operations to the Dumbarton ground. The first corner flag kick fell to the local men, but the Rangers cleared the ball away in brilliant form and two long kicks by T Vallance and his half back well followed u by the forwards cause some anxiety in the ranks of the Dumbarton team as a shot from R Young (who was disabled for a short time by a heavy charge) had to be cleared away by Kennedy. The Rangers at this point played in dashing form and had the best of several hard scrimmages in Dumbarton territory. After one of these R Young cleared the ball away and followed up so smartly that he sent it right in front of the goal. Watt did his best to return it but Hill got possession and scored the first goal of the day. That took the local club and their followers completely by surprise but before ends were changed Meikleham equalised matters for Dumbarton. On resuming after change of ends the nimble Dumbarton forwards were away with the ball and a side shot by Miller went out of Gillespie reach and under goal. This additional score had apparently the effect of serving the home team to greater effort, for they played with renewed vigour and after Gillespie had saved his charge several times from determined assaults a third goal was registered by Miller and not long after a fourth by Lindsay, who put the ball through with his head after a desperate scrimmage. The Rangers played the rest of the game somewhat half-hearted manner. Their goal was taken for the fifth time by Gillespie being driven through the posts with the ball. The game thus ended in favour of Dumbarton by five goals to one. After the game the teams had tea together in the Railway Restaurant where a pleasant evening was spent.
