Thornton 15
Steel 30
Turnbull 44
Calder 65, 68
Kinnear 67
Match Information
Attendance: 5000
Referee: G Mitchell (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
This friendly developed into something like a cup-tie with Morton taking the honours. Recollect Morton defeated St Mirren once, drew with them at the second attempt, and now theyre laid Rangers low. Youll agree they are worthy a place in the proposed Regional League. Calder, former Morton leader, now on leave from Barnsley, made all the difference to his old club. He has improved greatly since I last saw him. He collected two goals. When Rangers took the lead after 15 minutes through Thornton, there were visions of them having things their own way. Morton had other plans. Steel quickly put on the equaliser. More surprises! With less than a minute to half-time Turnbull added a second. Did the 5000-crowd yell? The second half started with Rangers out to make amends. But Morton said, What we have we hold. After a quarter of an hour, we had three goals in as many minutes, two from Calder and one from Kinnear. That finished the scoring in a game that ended on a whirlwind note. Kinnear, Thornton and Venters in attack, with Woodburn in the middle line, and Gray and Shaw were Rangers beat. For Morton, outstanding were Calder, Steel, the entire middle trio, and Murray in goal.
