Gordon pen
S Archibald
Morton
Morton
Match Information
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Because the game at Hampden was so intensely interesting, I could gather that many were disposed to believe that we were prevented by the breeze from seeing an even finer contest. The theory may be all right, but I am inclined to the view that it does the gale scant justice for the part it played in making the match the thrilling affair it was. It was the help of the hurricane that enabled Queen’s Park to take a two-goal lead in the first half – it might easily have been more but for Hempsey and his posts – and so set the Rangers a task the accomplishment of which became so difficult that only three minutes remained to play when the deciding goal was surrendered. That straining second period ought to be long remembered by all who saw it. A sterner spirit of defence against a more experienced, more crafty, and perhaps cooler opposition had seldom been witnessed than that shown by those young Queen’s Park players. Going with the wind, the Amateurs opened the game with a free, fast-moving style that took only seven minutes to produce a very fine goal scored by Alan Morton after the Rangers’ defence had been outplayed. Play ran almost entirely in favour of the Amateurs, because the ‘Light Blues,’ though preferring to try and keep the game open, found it well-nigh impossible to work through the gale and the home defence. And then the Queen’s Park pressure told again, To RM Morton entirely unmarked, the ball came over from the left, and with his left foot he promptly swept it past Hempsey’s right arm. The Amateur’s forwards went in on the defence with rapid sweeps, and Hempsey three times saved with extreme brilliance – from Alan Morton, ‘R M,’ and Grant, who, on another occasion, hit the post. The real fight began when the teams turned round. Instead of galloping through the Amateur defence, the Rangers found themselves countered at all points. Not until 25 minutes after the restart were they able to score, and then it was from a penalty, given away by Stevenson, who, with his hand, kept a shot by Cairns from going into the net. Gordon converted. Eight minutes from the end Brown scrambled the ball home, and with three minutes to go, Archibald met a centre from the left and shot a lovely winning goal. In awarding the Amateurs credit for a remarkable display of courage and skill, we must not forget the merits of the winners, Rangers won because they refused to see themselves beaten. How much they owe to Gordon for inculcating this sense of security I should not like to say, but certainly, his example had a most inspiriting effect on forwards who showed no tendency to master the home defence. Both Hempsey and Duncan were splendid, and the young Amateur backs compared more than favourably with the too self-confident Manderson and Blair. At half, also Queen’s Park held their own, and none did better than McKenzie, who held Brown effectively. No forward was so impressive as Alan Morton, but the Rangers’ line was the better balanced. Cairns and McDiarmid came away well in the second half. Archibald’s goal was a fine effort, but, after all, the best shots from a Rangers’ player were those from Gordon
