A Venters
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Match Information
Attendance: 12,924
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Wednesday
Match Trivia
Rangers and Clyde, at Hampden last night, finished level in goals, but Rangers lifted the Glasgow Charity Cup by a superior margin in corner-kicks. On the whole they deserved victory. Clyde suffered, as they have been suffering all season, from the lack of finishing power, and this was accentuated last night by the front line being without the powerful Wallace. There were several occasions when Taylor and his mates made their team supporters cry out for a finisher. Not one of the five seemed able to shoot from any distance, and it was ironical that their goal, when it did come, was a hard-driven ball from as far out as 30 yards. Rangers early on suggested they carried the more power in attack. They were a lot more snappy and incisive than the front line fellows of the opposition. Proof of this was the fact then in the first half-hour they secured a goal and four corners against a single flag-kick by Clyde. The actual score was the outcome of a left-wing movement initiated by Venters, who ultimately accepted a ground pass from Little to drive to the corner of the net from 15 yards. Noble, shortly afterwards, was nicely positioned for a possible equaliser, but instead of having a go with his right foot he tried to bring the leather to his left, and Woodburn stepped in to clear. Thanks chiefly to the forcing tactics of their wing halves, particularly Beaton, Clyde became more dangerous bear the interval, but the forwards lacked strength at close quarters. Clyde made themselves busy immediately after the interval, adopting hustle-bustle tactics that had the RangersÂ’ defence busy for frequent short spells. There was one near thing when Agnew crossed a grounder to Taylor, who was just wheeling to shoot from four yards when Gray got in a foot to block the effort. Shortly after, Kirk threw himself in front of Thornton to kill a drive towards an empty goal. The game was faster this half, due to the spirit Clyde were putting into the exchanges, but Brown continued to be the busier goalkeeper. He should have been given no chance when Waddell got clear away through Gavin and Company trying to play him offside. The winger tried to lob the ball over Brown. Instead, he lobbed it high over the bar. In the final minutes Noble slammed a hard shot from nearly 30 yards out that beat Dawson all the way. A glorious goal, and there was no time to place the ball before the final whistle
