Dr Marshall
Connaboy
Match Information
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: William Bell (Motherwell)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
All smiles were Cowdenbeath -. And why not? They got a point out of a match in which they were struggling desperately practically all the time. In fact, on the run of the play Rangers might have won by half-a-dozen goals and Cowdenbeath would have had no complaint. But there you are that’s football. Cowdenbeath’s chief asset was the pluck of their defence. McDonald and Moyes had a gruelling time, and it would have again no discredit had they cracked but they never did. It was a facer for them to lose a goal inside the first minute, when Marshall shot through at Falconer’s left-hand post, the goalkeeper being just a little beyond reach to save, although he touched the ball as it went in with him at full stretch on the ground. Rangers held their lead for only five minutes, a quick, open run by the Fife forwards ending in Connaboy beating Hamilton from close range. There was some even, interesting play following this, and then Rangers set up a steady attack which produced many narrow escapes for Falconer’s fortress, but never a goal until three minutes from the interval, when Archibald took a pass from Buchanan, ran ahead, and passed squarely to Cunningham, who shot with his left foot to give Falconer no chance. Rangers had it all their own way on turning round, but that was just where they failed. Cowdenbeath’s defence assailed the Ibrox forwards coming and covered their goal effectually. Falconer had shots to save, certainly, but most of them went flying wide, often missing by little or nothing. Then the big surprise. The Cowdenbeath forwards made one of their few sallies. Hamilton went out to punch clear. The ball went to Flannigan, and he sent it towards goal from well out. Meiklejohn was on the goal-line, under the bar, ready to clear, but Hamilton, as the ball passed him, touched it with his hand and deflected sufficiently to beat Meiklejohn, and it landed in the net. Another sustained onslaught on the Cowdenbeath goal brought only exciting escapes, and at the finish the Fife forwards were opening up and carrying the game into the Rangers’ rear, where anything seemed likely to happen. Falconer and his backs deserve praise for the wat they stood up to their work behind half-backs. It was seldom the forwards could get the ball, and they were not often dangerous, but with the Rangers’ half-backs working well forward, there was always the chance of a cut-through. Pullar and Connaboy were the better wing, but Lindsay was well held by Meiklejohn. Rangers should have won, but they can blame themselves in great part for failing. The second gaol lost was in the nature of a gift to Cowdenbeath. Backs and half-backs played well, and Marshall was good in centre, but Fleming did not get going on the left until late in the game. Archibald and Cunningham were a strong wing, and McPhail did everything possible
