R Hotson
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Match Information
Manager: No Permanent Manager
Attendance: unknown - to be confirmed
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
The first match of the Canadian Association football players presently on a visit to Scotland took place on Saturday at Ibrox Park, when they had a capital team of the Rangers as their opponents, and a tie with one goal all was the result. The weather was very fine just a shade warm for a hard game, as an indication of how the strangers felt it, they were perspiring much more freely at halftime than their opponents, and the umpire who did duty for them was so uncomfortable that he cast off his coat and ran about the field in his shirt sleeve. The strangers are a fine looking body of gentlemanly-looking young fellows, and we are informed they are nearly all students, and some well-to-do merchants. As the contest proceeded it became apparent that the Canadians were thoroughly up in the dribbling game, and although a little slow and erratic in tackling, their passing and general play was admirable, and very pretty to look at Thompson among the forwards and Killen as back excelling. The former, in fact put several of the older spectators present very much in mind of G Ker, of old Queen’s Park renown. The Rangers made splendid work during the most of the game, and from the manner of their play in the second half ought to have won, but J Gow was not in the usual form at goal, when he had the ball passed to him, and lost more than one great chance. The Rangers won the toss, and the strangers made a bold dash into the Scotchmen’s ground soon after the start, and had matters lively among the backs, who behaved splendidly particularly D Gow and McIntyre. The centre forward of the Canadians (Thompson) bothered them sorely at first, but Gow got into his play, and invariably tackled him. After some very even play, the Rangers made a fine combined run in and scored a goal by J Gow, who cleared his men and shot the ball through. The next kick off was followed by a fast run on the part of the Canadians, in which Thompson, Bowman and Gibson took part, and had it not been for brilliant goalkeeping the ball must have gone through more than once. The Rangers, however beat back their powerful opponents, and caused them to defend their goal again, but Thompson slipped past and ended a fine run by scoring a neat goal. At halftime the game was one all. The Canadians kicked off in the second round, and followed well up, but Gow dashed in among, the foreigners and got the ball away. Some scrimmaging then took place in midfield, and the battle waxed hot on left side. The Rangers however, had eventually the best of it, and a fine pass on by Wylie and Sloan gained more ground, for the Scotchmen. J Gow got the lather and after dodging Thompson, who was ever on the alert, let off at the Canadian’s goal, but the ball went past the post. After the kick-out in front of goal, the Glasgow men, who were playing brilliantly together, returned to the attack, and McKenzie was tackled and knocked down by on of the Canadian backs, just as he was making a shot at the goal, and the ball rose too high, and went over the bar. The young Rangers forward was put out of time for a few seconds, but soon recovered, and was as lively as ever. The play after this became more even, and the ball was worked down on the Rangers lines by Webster. The home goalkeeper went out to meet, Webster, and missed him by a few inches just as he let off with his right foot. The goalkeeper presence however must have scared the clever little Canadian for he missed the mark by kicking outside the posts. After the ball was sent off from the front of the goal the Canadians soon sent it in among the home backs, and a hot tussle was witnessed for possession about 20 yards from the Rangers goal. Steadily – slow at first and with great skill – the Rangers beat back the tide of invasion, and the ball was once more forced into Canadian ground. Here a fine series of passes across the field by Wylie and his forwards on the opposite wing gave the Glasgow team partisans lively hope of a speedy goal and these hopes looked like being realised when J Gow distanced all his pursuers and had an open goal all to himself. He was too rash in his judgment however, and although not a soul was near but the goalkeeper he allowed the ball to pass the post. No sooner was the leather kicked out in front than it was taken possession by Crary, and neatly dribbled well up among the Rangers backs, but McIntyre proved too manly for the Canadian, and after kicking it clear sent it on to Muir, who had a nice run. The last few minutes of the game saw a most exciting scrimmage in front of the Rangers goal, and from quite a shoal of busy feet the ball was kicked behind by one of the defenders, and a corner flag kick shot allowed. Not long after the ball was shot into the month of the Rangers goal, but the place of defence was brilliantly defended, and the leather sent away, although the keeper rolled on the ground in the effort. Just on the score of time the Rangers made a determined assault on the Canadian goal and all but captured it. The ball was sent back just as the whistle sounded and the match ended in a tie one goal each.
