McKenzie
J Gow
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Match Information
Manager: No Permanent Manager
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Wednesday
Match Trivia
The second tie of the Glasgow Charity Cup, which fell to be played between the Rangers and Cambuslang, came off last evening at Hampden Park, and after what turned out to be a very good game ended in favour of the Rangers by four goals to two. The evening was somewhat cold, but on the whole favourable for football, and about 2,000 spectators attended. The wind however was pretty strong at times and caused nearly the whole of the play to be confined to the pavilion end of the field where all the goals were scored. The Cambuslang having lost the toss kicked off against a pretty strong breeze, and made good use of the advantage, but McIntyre soon returned the ball. Some scrimmaging ensured, but the Rangers had the best of it, and after a fine pit of passing by Fraser, Peacock and J Gow the latter made a shot which just passed the left post. After the kick out the Glasgow men worked splendidly together, and McKenzie getting a chance made a long shy at the goal. The ball landed in capital line, and the keeper got hold of it all right, but it slipped from his fingers as he was in the act of returning it, and went clean through between the posts. The respective teams then faced up in the centre, and before other five minutes elapsed the Rangers were at it again, and after gaining no fewer than three corner-flag kicks, all of which were pluckily cleared away, the forwards could not be shaken off, and Fraser, starting a fine run never halted till he sent the ball through goal. This was now a couple of points for the Rangers, and in less than other five minutes a third goal was put to the Glasgow club credit by J Gow, who shot the ball over the head of the keeper when the latter was half a dozen yards away from his goal. After this the Cambuslang wakened up a bit, but the strong wind and brilliant back play of the Rangers told against them, and the ball was soon back to its old quarters, where a couple of corner-flag kicks were taken by the Rangers without effect. A hard scrimmage eventually occurred about twenty yards from the Cambuslang lines when McIntyre passed the ball to D Gow (one of the backs), and that players put in a shot which grazed the inside of the right post and passed through. Not long before halftime was called, the Cambuslang men, through J Buchanan made a hard run u to the Rangers lines, and Hotson in kicking allowed the ball to go over his own lines. The corner-flag kick was well placed, but McCartney saved very smartly, and Gow and Peacock taking up the running, another raid was made on the Cambuslang lines, and before the halftime whistle sounded the Glasgow Club had four corner-flag kicks, but no more scoring occurred. The Rangers had now the kick-off from midfield with four goals to the good, and got pretty well down on the Cambuslang lines before the ball was returned, but a clever piece of tackling by Jackson sent it to the right about, and it was now the Cambuslang turn to press the Rangers. That did this with increasing vigour and obtained a corner-Flag kick, beautifully placed by Lowe, but scrimmaging in front eventually sent the leather over the lines. Another attack on the same lines enabled Buchanan to make a fine shot that caused Chalmers to use his hands. He did so however, not a moment too soon for he was pounced upon by two of the Cambuslang forwards, and had just thrown away the ball when he as grassed by his opponents. The Rangers backs however kept up a fine defence, and despite the fact that the Cambuslang men were pressing their opponents hard they could not get near enough for making an effective shot. On one occasion the Cambuslang right wing men made a grand run down to the mouth of the Rangers goal, and Gourlay had a shot which would have taken effect had it not been for the fine play of Chalmers, who twice cleared the ball away in grand form. With about a quarter of an hour to play, the Cambuslang men still persisted in the attack, and succeeded in getting a well-earned goal from a scrimmage, after a corner-flag kick. The light was now getting bad and it was difficulty that the players could be distinguished, but the Cambuslang men were still having the best of it, and without loss of time again invaded the Rangers lines, one of halfbacks made a neat goal from a long shot. The game now stood at four goals to two, and after the next kick-off the Cambuslang men had again the best of it, and three corner-flag kicks fell to them in rapid succession, but no more scoring occurred, and time was called leaving the Rangers the winners of a very hard match by four goals to two.
