Blair pen
Brown
Match Information
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Although the last day of the season, there was a good attendance at Dens Park to see the Rangers ring down the curtain. Both directorates had team-mobilising trouble; still it was a capital game, though not, of course, on the plane of certain of the titanic struggles of other and happier days. Right from the off the Rangers found themselves closely beset, but soon shook themselves clear. The first cheer came when Blair and Brown had a bout, the Ranger kicking behind for safety. But not for long. A shot from the right rebounded from the bar, and Brown, handy as usual, pounced on the ball and scored. Six minutes only had elapsed, and in another minute Dick had the hardest of hard luck in not equalising from a delightful bit of work. Then Brown was seen waltzing along the line, beating all and sundry, until he sort of got mystified in the corner. Later Martin treated the crowd to an aerial performance which suggested boots wrong end up. The breeze had a good deal to do with the order of going, but it was oblique and choppy, so not much to the advantage of either. Near half-time there was a peculiar happening. The ball was sent from the Dundee left to Herron, Lock apparently touching it as it crossed to the Arbroath lad, who returned, and thus enabled Fisher to score at close range. It was a grand goal, even if there was an element of luck about it. With the wind and two goals against them, the position of the visitors was not bright at the resumption, nor was it improved when Livingstone was stunned by the ball striking him on the head. Whatever the cause, play degenerated greatly, Rangers had the pull for a long time, but the rising blast prevented control, and mistakes were numerous. When some twenty-five minutes had gone the Rangers were awarded a penalty kick, and from this Blair scored. The equaliser almost came from Gordon soon after, and the ‘Light Blues’ were certainly deserving something for their endeavours. Right up to the finish they gave the impression of being the stronger side, for Dundee did not play nearly so well as in the first half. The defence was very sound, and even Brown and McCulloch did not scruple to take a strong hand in it. This probably saved the situation, and accounts for the ultimate defeat of Rangers. Forward the Rangers were very smart, albeit their final concentration on goal and shooting left much to be desired. By comparison Dundee’s going, always bar Brown, was stodgy and slow, but perhaps quite as valuable. Both clubs were well served by their half-backs, McIntosh being back to form; while the defenders were sound, even if Lock did not have fortune entirely on his side. Bower is the most improved man in the Dundee team, and should circumstances permit of his playing next season great things may be expected of him. Indeed, the whole of the younger men of the Dundee team gave great promise
