Boyd (2)
Gray
Smellie og
Unknown
Match Information
Manager: No Permanent Manager
Attendance: 10,000
Referee:
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
This friendly fixture was played on Hampden Park, before about 10,000 spectators. The Rangers kicked off with the sunshine in their faces. The opening stages found the Queen’s in form all round. Gulliland had one or two fine runs and one particularly good shot, which was nearly headed through the goal. All round the Queen’s were displaying remarkably good form at the start, and a little steadiness in front of goal might have secured them a point early in the game. Gulliland was in the mood, and Mitchell and Drummond for a time were helpless to keep him in check, with the result than getting the better of them, he banged the ball past Haddow with a shot, which that or no custodian could well, have saved. With ordinary luck the Queen’s should have scored before this mainly through the instrumentality of Gulliland. The ball had no sooner been set in motion than the Rangers executed a finely concerted run the whole length of the field, and the performance was capped by Gray scoring the equalising goal. McPherson was in grand form for the Rangers, his placing and dribbling being perfect and his tactics such as occasionally fairly nonplussed his opponents, despite the fact that Gillespie was keeping a keen eye on his movements. A free kick up to the Queen’s almost resulted in Barker getting the ball through. A corner was the result. The ball was well placed, but was cleared. A McCreadie returned it, and two or three of the Queen’s standing in their own goal allowed it to slip through, and the second and easiest possible goal brought about by a misunderstanding on the part of the Queen’s backs allowed the Rangers to score the second and leading goal. As the game progressed the play contrasted strangely with the early stages, they’re being a want of combination, slackness and an indifference all round. The Queen’s had several opportunities to equalise, but failed unaccountably. At halftime the Rangers led by 2 goals to 1. In the second half the Queen’s had to play with the sunshine in their faces, and this combined with the fact that the Rangers were one goal ahead, gave their supporters little hope of their being able to pull through. The Rangers commenced by obtaining a corner, which was fruitless, and the Queen’s getting well down on the right, Gulliland nearly turned the ball into the Rangers goal. It was only occasionally that anything brilliant was shown, and the game dwindled into a poor exhibition compared to what one expected at the opening. The form of the internationalists in the teams was closely sensitised, but so far as play as concerned there was little to show how they would perform on the eventful day. There was some terribly stiff struggles between W Lambie and Smith, and the one had about as much of it was noticed he seldom tackled the backs. Mitchell was slow but good, McCreadie was always on the alert, and McPherson in cute effective play was probably the best of the lot. After about 20 minutes play Boyd scored the third goal for the Rangers, which placed the issue practically beyond all doubt, although from a corner taken by Gulliland, the Queen’s had hard lines in not at anyrate having another goal. On the Queen’s side Freeland, was the best tackler of the lot. The game needs little further description. The Queen’s forwards failed to play the correct game, and invariably left the Rangers backs free kicks. Had it not been for the defence, and especially for the splendid tackling of Freeland, the premier eleven would have fared worse than they did. Just about the close Boyd scored a fourth goal for the Rangers. The game, which was rather disappointing, ended as follows – Rangers 4 goals: Queen’s 1 goal.
