Fleming
Ross +6 <45
Match Information
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Campbell Bilney (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
A game full of curious incidents was this at Ibrox. All three goals were unsatisfactory because there was an element of accident about them. Robb in saving from McLean, dislocated the big finger of his right hand and had to go off for a time. Hamilton deputising. About six minutes after the start Britton dropped a bonnie ball from Archibald, and Fleming signalised his debut by ramming it into the net. As Rangers were operating against the breeze, this looked all right, but five minutes later Dundee were level. Archibald had just got his knee injured and some of the rangers’ players were calling the referee’s attention to him when McLean saw a chance and let go. Robb threw himself forward to meet the ball but failed to grasp it and, while he was lying on the ground, Ross dashed in and netted. Until the interval it was a fast and interesting enough tussle, but the football was not really of a high standard. Robb’s goal had a ‘life’ when Cook had only him to beat but failed. However, 23 minutes of the second half had gone when weak tackling by Muirhead gave McLean another chance. Robb got hold of the ball all right, but fell with it and lost it, and Nicholson running in, kicked it into the net. He also got Robb on the face and the goalkeeper had to be attended to. Hamilton the while standing guard between the woods. The Ibrox forwards were not a combined force, which of course was not surprising with Archibald out of commission and McKay not too happy. Fleming got little scope and could not be judged on the day’s display. Dundee had a heady leader in McLean, who usually keeps something special for Ibrox. He had a nice knack of opening up the game. You never knew what he would do next. All the backs were good and at half-back Dundee found added strength from Archibald’s inability to take a serious part in the game. But McNab was as effective as any. Craig was the best of the Rangers’ half-backs, but he could not get his left wing to respond.
