Turnbull
A Smith
Taylor (2)
Match Information
Manager: No Permanent Manager
Attendance: TBC
Referee:
Matchday: Tuesday
Match Trivia
The opening game of the season at Goodison Park took place last evening, when the Glasgow Rangers, always a popular team, took the field against a somewhat mixed team of Evertonians, and the enclosure was lined by about 8000 spectators. The Scotchmen came down with their strongest available resources. At six o’clock the players lined up. The visitors won the toss, and from the start a steady movement was made by the Everton defence towards Drummond, who broke up the best attempt in to force the position, and headed the ball well down the field. Play for a time was maintained at a fairly good pace, and both sets of forwards were quickly testing the opposing defence. Barker and Storrier had plenty of demands made upon them, but they got well through their work, when a touch of the old Everton combination left Milward in possession and successfully rounding Jackson had his first shie at Dickie, but was slightly wide of the mark. Spirited play by the whole Scottish quintet gave plenty of work to the home halves, and when at length a spell of pressure was ably coped with, the Evertonians gave endless trouble to the Rangers last line of defence, but in this department little quarter was given, through after several abortive attempts a hot one from Robertson almost reached the converted net. Sharp, nippy passing by the Rangers inside men, backed up by capital play on the part of McCreadie- the-centre-half, brought about a complete change of venue and the eagerness with which the van and halves generally seized upon every opportunity to test Menham clearly demonstrated that they meant to put to the full the advantage they held consequent upon an earlier introduction than their opponents in the season work. Class shots were prolific and Menham had some excellent practice at shots of all descriptions, when at length he failed, as the result of a smart pass from McCreadie to Turnbull, who banged the ball through 15 minutes from the start of play. Getting to work again Menham was still kept on the qui vive, and among several shots sent in, a magnificent high drive from Gibson was loudly applauded, but the custodian got it away nicely, and following some smart tackling by Robertson, Cameron, Campbell and Chadwick were in the thick of a movement to the other end where Drummond only partly cleared, and Taylor finished up with a capital shot which Dickie had no chance of keeping out. Play was evenly divided up to the interval, when the score stood 1 goal each. After a brief interval the Rangers resumed play, but the home forwards were the first to make a decided incursion, and Milward finished up with a shot across the goalmouth, which required but the slightest touch from the right to find its way to the net. Directly afterwards Menham got a warm handful from Hyslop, but ground was lost on Mitchell fouling Taylor, and Goldie taking the kick struck the cross bar, Milward finished up by putting the ball outside. Heavy pressure followed on the Rangers goal, and Taylor drove into the net, but was ruled offside, but almost immediately afterwards the same player took a swinging pass from the left and had no difficulty in beating Dickie, an appeal for offside this time not being sustained. For some time following this second success the Evertonians had much the better of the lay, but eventually Storrier and Barker were hard pressed, and towards the finish Hyslop passed out to Smith, who easily rounded Barker, and as easily defeated Menham with a low shot neat the upright, one which ought certainly to have been saved, as the custodian was on the shop, and there was apparently only sufficient room for the ball to pass through. A clinking shot from Chadwick and fine tackling by Robertson were the main feature in the remaining play, which finally ended in a drawn game, with the score – Everton 2 goals; Glasgow Rangers 2. Of the new men Barker did well at right back, though on one or two occasions he was easily beaten, and at half Robertson was certainly a success, while Taylor, who was not brilliant in individual effort, played a fine passing game, and with better support will doubtless be a big acquisition on the right wing.
