Bellamy 15
Parker 19
Match Information
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: J.B. Stark (Airdrie)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
With depleted teams Dundee and Rangers met at Dens Park, and notwithstanding their handicap served up a stirring game before a surprisingly large crowd considering the industrial situation on Tayside. Right from the start play was fast and interesting. Indeed, so fiercely in earnest were the home men that in the first ten minutes only saving by Lock which bordered on the marvellous saved the Rangers. Almost with his first kick Bellamy might have scored, and he came again and again. Such brilliant persistency was bound to be rewarded, and at the end of the time specified the Englishman had the satisfaction of driving home an un-saveable shot from a corner kick by Wyllie, the ball being tipped to him by Phillip. After this the Rangers made a grand rally, and had Lyall all but beaten with the ball under him on the line. The big custodian managed to clear his charge somehow, but the relief was not for long as the Rangers came again, and Parker equalised in rather peculiar fashion, getting in upon Lyall before the latter had time to get rid of a shot from the corner by Smith. Thereafter there was hot work in the Rangers’ goalmouth, but again Lock proved master of the situation. Dundee’s forwards were going great guns along the wings, and with Smith also performing finely on the Rangers left the exhibition was worth going a long way to see. The score remained equal until close on the interval, when Lock was again beaten, this time by a strong shot from the foot of Wyllie. For the winners the forwards gave a rather peculiar exhibition. Bellamy and McLachlan were a sparkling wing, and they gave Ormonde and Hendry a great gruelling. The young Arbroath lad came out of it somewhat better than his more experienced club-mate, but had it not been for the extra work done by Galt now and then it would have gone badly with both. Hamilton in the centre was seldom in the picture, but the left pair have never done better, albeit Langlands failed in his shooting. The half-back line worked much better than was expected, considering the absence of Comrie and Aitken, McFarlane dropping into his new role most effectively, though Neal was the pick of the lot. Lawson was the better back, and Lyall performed a deal of excellent saving. Although beaten twice Lock gave a truly great exhibition, and that although the backs in front of him were not so sure as they might have been. Nor were the half-backs up to the Rangers’ standard, Hendry and Brown were both sorely perplexed by the cleverness of their opponents, and it was well for Galt that Hamilton was off colour as this enabled the tall Ranger to give a lot of help to his less fortunate companions. Hitherto Smith has seldom given of his best in Dundee, but for once he came out of his spell and shared with Bellamy the principal honours of the day. Hogg is another player who does not seem to get up steam on Dens Park. The inside men were good without being brilliant.
