B McPhail 6
Thornton 21
A Venters 49, 69, 80
Match Information
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: J Thomson (Hamilton)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Nap! And Alec Venters had a hat-trick. He was the finest forward a field a level-headed lad in whose splendid soccer was seen the expression of a cool temperament and the quality of effort that counts. Do nit think this was a runaway victory. It was not. The we Rovers put up a grand and strong resistance a resistance sweetness and flavoured with many passages of harmonious football. They were very anxious. It was observed in many of their movements. Were it they were battling for safety? And the anxious for safety was especially reflected in the play near Rangers goal. There they too often lost themselves, became discordant, wandering and blundering units, unable to analysis palpable chances which did process themselves. In the open I saw Rovers advances with swift dexterity which often carried them deep into Rangers territory, only for themselves bunkered and beaten easily by their own miscalculations or by the eagerness and swiftness of the defending opposition. McCloy is still a wise and wonderful keeper. Waddell and Beath were steady who, even when the power of the opposition was alarming, shirked nothing. At half-backs, Sharpe, McClure, McKinlay, although over-wright and yearning relief, yet played good, sound football against a set of forwards that turned the heat on and kept it on for considerable periods. Bell and McLetchie were the pick of the van that could not untie. Rangers defence, in which Gray, Shaw and McKillop were to me the most effective units. Dawson had a comparatively easy afternoon. But he had the save of the match a shot by Bell, which he turned round an upright in most cent style. The home forwards moved with freedom. They varied their attack that had the Rovers defenders in a turmoil and the goal in great jeopardy. Venters, as I have said, was the star of the five a football democrat with his bag full of tricks, touches and whatnots, with Thornton and McPhail, he made use of the inside trio of power and distinction. While Fiddes and Waddell of not so prominent as clever. Were nevertheless quite good. And the goals. McPhail from a McKillop pass scored in six minutes. Thornton headed number two, following a free taken by Venters. The three Venters goals in the second half. First in four minutes from a Fiddes cross and second in 20 mins from again a Fiddes cross. Keeper McCloy then appealed against the goal, claiming that Venters had handled. Third goal, ten minutes from the end, the sequel to a burst through the defence and a first-time shot.
