Turnbull 25
T Walker 66
Match Information
Attendance: 28,811
Referee: W Webb (Glasgow)
Matchday: Wednesday
Match Trivia
Tommy Walkers stock went soaring last night if it is possible for it to soar higher than it has already done. The spectators at Tynecastle 30,000 of them looked on enthralled as Walker diddled his way round Brown and Cheyne and whipped in a shot that brought Dawson to his keens. Tommy did a lot of this sort of things in the first half. But Brown would have none of it in the second. He made it his business to keep the closest of close watches on the man who was public enemy No 1 from Rangers point of view. Yet in the end Walker eluded him. He turned up towards the left when a full hour had gone, and rammed the ball so hard in from close range that Dawson could do nothing to stop it. Great was the Tynecastle glee. Hearts record of being undefeated at home this season still held. Walkers goal nullified one which Turnbull had scored in the sixteenth minute. Turnbull took his chance splendidly but would probably never have had it if McClure had not made the mistake of standing appealing for offside instead of making after his man. Hearts certainly ought not to have been down at the end of the first half. They had been pressing most of the time, and pressing hard, but between the magnificent goalkeeping Dawson and the inability of Alex Anderson to snatch the chances that came his way, they had nothing to show for all their work. Rangers were not strong at centre either. They had McPhail there a good man in the wrong place. Venters tried to get the line going, but any progress made was the result of fugitive raids by Turnbull and Kinnear. With the wind to help them, Rangers made a better start to the second half. Harkness had something to do to stop a hot shot from McPhail. Then an accident to Miller, which caused some rearrangement of Hearts side, made the outlook even worse from the Tynecastle point of view. But the changes didnt turn out so badly after all. Munros play at inside left came as something of a revelation. He shot freely, and let Dawson know that he was about. But it has to be confessed that, while play was always interesting, the forward display was nit in keeping with the usual Hearts-Rangers standard. Take away Walker, the forward magnificent, and there would not be much left to say in praise of the hearts lot except, perhaps, that Robson fully paid his way. The praise must go to the defenders, and especially to the Rangers lot. Dawson comes first. He took the ball so cleanly, and did all his work so well, that he can now count Tynecastle crowd among his admirers. Gray was a great little back, and Cheyne showed up particularly well in the second half. The Ibrox half-backs may not have been at their best, and Simpson may not always have kicked the ball too well, but it would be interesting to know just how often the ball and the head of the centre-half found contact. Harkness, who had a much quieter time than Dawson, was sure and safe. The best of the hearts rear men was Anderson steady as ever. While the half-backs hardly touched their top form, Harvey is entitled to credit for the amount of honest work he put in.
