McBain 48
Archibald 53
McMillan 80
Match Information
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: A Scott (Mossend)
Matchday: Tuesday
Match Trivia
Points are usually gained when teams take their chances. Rangers took theirs at Hampden against Queen’s Park, but mu sympathies are with the Amateurs, who found the fates against them. They played delightful football, better than I have seen from them for many a day, but they were baulked when it came to getting the ball into the net. I don’t wish to convey the impression that Rangers played badly. They didn’t. But it took them a long time to find the game that won them the match. They were lucky not to have a penalty kick given against them when McBain was through and looked a certain scorer. The Hampden people think they ought to have had two penalty kicks. The game held the interest of the 15,000 crowd throughout. There were moments when the spectators were thrilled. Take the first twenty minutes when Queen’s Park attacked almost incessantly. Chalmers drove a ball which looked like going into the net when Shaw, with his head, intervened. Hamilton stopped one from Nicholson which seemed a scorer. On another occasion I could hear Hamilton shout “Let it go” when Crawford sent a curling ball over, and it was a clever save that averted a score. Harkness was not idle, and he justified the confidence which the Association have reposed in him by excellent clearances. He was particularly good in getting high balls and had no chance with the balls that beat him. There was noting that could be said adversely against either goalkeeper. The backs on either side were only moderate. Not one of them appealed to me as being of that standard which is expected in the highest class. When things were going well for his team there was not a cleverer defender than McCandless, but there was a time when Crawford had him beaten. In the respective half-back lines, the men who appealed to me were Shaw and Russell. Muirhead came into the limelight late on. Meiklejohn was injured. There was a lot of clever forward play. To begin with Chalmers and Craford were an excellent combination, and it was very hard luck on them that good work on their part went for nothing. There was no better forward afield than McAlpine and Nicholson responded well to JB’s ingenuity. McBain was unlucky not to get through on several occasions when he took up perfect position. Morton was Ranger’ most dangerous forward. Fleming did well, and McMillan justified himself by scoring a goal. The same may be said for Archibald. All the scoring was done in the second half, McBain getting the Hampden goal before the Rangers had counted. Then Archibald and McMillan scored in turn
