McHardy
McGregor
Unknown (4)
Match Information
Manager: No Permanent Manager
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
By their victory on Saturday the Dumbarton have carried off everything before them this season with about the solitary exception of the ‘fluky’ defeat they sustained at the hands of the Renton in the cup-tie and the game with the 3rd L.R.V. They have within the past few weeks defeated the Queen’s Park, Vale of Leven and Rangers. Saturday’s game resulted in favour of Dumbarton by four goals to two. Dumbarton lacked the services of Lindsay in the centre but otherwise the eleven was the same as defeated the Queen’s Park a fortnight ago. The vacancy was filled by Kennedy. The first goal was scored by the Rangers fifteen minutes after the game commenced. The Dumbarton after the kick off gave the local men hard work. The ball was however ultimately sent behind the lines by the strangers. Gillespie fell in trying to get hold of a difficult ball but he managed to clear the goal. Hamilton next made a good run. He passed the halfback, but was tackled by Paton. After hard play in the centre of the field McAulay was again called upon to save a difficult shot. A corner kick also fell to the Rangers and the ball was kept dangerously near the stranger’s posts for some time. From a foul against Dumbarton in front of goal McAulay caught a shot by Hamilton at the same time sending the ball behind. The home players gained no advantage from the corner kick. Gradually the Dumbarton forwards worked their way in front of their opponent’s goal where some exciting play took place. The ball was passed to McKinnon who was standing near the goal and that player speedily sent the leather under the bar. The goal was appealed against on the ground of offside, but the point was allowed. Both sides were now equal. The heavy ground was beginning to tell on the players but there was very little falling off in play. Nothing of importance occurred during the next few minutes although both goals were in turn visited. McAulay again saved a hard ball. The strangers made a good combined run and Brown (2) scored the second goal for Dumbarton. The Rangers from the kick off in the field transferred the leather to Dumbarton ground and a low shot by Inglis was caught by McAulay. Getting in front of the Rangers goal a Dumbarton forward made a high shot which struck the cross bar and fell under. The ball was kicked out by Duncan but a goal was allowed on appeal to the referee. The remaining ten minutes of this half was contested in front of Dumbarton goal but do what they could the Rangers were unable to score. Two corner kicks against the Dumbarton and two fouls against them in front of goal resulted in no advantage to them and halftime was called with the ball in front of Dumbarton goal. On beginning the second half the Rangers assumed the offensive and though they pressed their opponents hard were unable to score. In the first half they had rather the best of the play but in the second was the exception of occasional runs by Dumbarton wholly in their favour. In point of goals they were equal in the second half. Both sides scored once so that the game resulted in favour of the Dumbarton team by four goals to two. The Dumbarton in the second half inaugurated the scoring by taking a goal and it was some time after this before McGregor was able to score the second point for the Rangers. During the last twenty minutes especially the Rangers pressed their opponents pretty severely. Inglis and McGregor for the Rangers played a splendid game all through while the goalkeeping of McAulay of Dumbarton was one of the features of the match.
