MacLachlan 14
A Cunningham 22
McDonald 82
W Reid 87
Match Information
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Willie Bell (Hamilton)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Rangers opened their home League schedule with Aberdeen as visitors. The gate topped 20,000. The feature of the game was the tenacious never-say-die defence of the Northerns, who were making their reintroduction to First League football in the West. A well-balanced side are the Aberdeen lot, and all triers. Wylie, at last signed, was played in conjunction with Hutton, and MacDonald, an Inverness Citadel player was out as leader of the attack. Rangers were in the happy position of playing their last weeks winning side. The game never struck a very high standard. Aberdeen carried no forward of outstanding ability, and their real ginger lay in the rear. Rangers were clever forwards to a point, but their extreme men wasted as many scoring chances first half by rank bad finishing as would have settled Aberdeens hash early on. Aberdeen went with the wind, Walls flattered, and wright shot, and Lock had to stretch for a flag kick. A fast pace was set, and a terrific shot by Archibald was wasted on Humes anatomy. Generally, Rangers were worsted in the tackling, and they failed to make good against a rear rank who gave mothering away. Aberdeen were the first to score, and Ritchie played Archibald for a flag kick. It was well played, and McLaughlin got his head on the ball for the first goal of the match. It was a real good try, and Lock was beaten all the way. Hefty punting paid its way, and it was well on in the first half before the Rangers equalised Bowie to Cunningham, the Galston man was not tackled by Hume as he should. Cunningham shot from well out, and Anderson was beaten by a ball close to his left upright, and it was one all at the interval. The Dons carried a good punch in the second half, but generally, the Govanites did the attacking. After fifteen minutes Rangers got ahead in the scoring. Muir head put over, Anderson palmed it down instead of punting, and Reid, lying handy ruched it into the net. The Gunners goal was well received by the crowd. McDonald put a different complexion on the going by a brilliant drive which beat Lock, and just on time got through for the winner. All over Rangers had no easy passage for the odd-goal victory in five. Bar their finishing, Rangers played quite a good opening. Lock was OK, Ritchie the better back. He kicks a good ball, and though easily beaten at times, he should improve in good company. There was a lack of fire about the Ibrox halfs, where Dixon, perhaps, was the beat. Gordon was well off the mark on many occasions, Bowie and Cunningham fielded to reputation, but the outside men never finished worth a rap, and Reid was seldom allowed to be dangerous. For Aberdeen, Anderson and his backs were steady throughout, and of a good middle line, Brewster was the man of note. Robertson and Hutton were the better front-rankers, with McDonald to the slow side, but shaping well.
