Lawton 38
Cunliffe 59
Match Information
Attendance: 47692
Referee: H Nattras (Sunderland)
Matchday: Monday
Match Trivia
The Exhibition Tournament game at Ibrox Stadium last night was all over bar the shouting 14 minutes after the interval when Cunliffe scored Evertons second goal and Rangers lost the services of Dawson, who suffered a knee injury in attempting to save his charge. The goalkeeper had come out to clear from the advancing Gillick, Winning had raced across to the aid of his clubmate, and the trio clashed, the ball running clear to Cunliffe, who was left to shoot into an empty net. Although Dawson had to be carried into the pavilion, it was learned that his hurt was not serious. He did not resume, however, and Simpson took his place in goal. This was unfortunate, for Rangers had played the first half against a very strong wind, and when they had its assistance, they were left to battle with 10 men. They found the task beyond them, and Everton, realising that they held the whip hand, settled down to entertain the spectators with some really delightful football. But long before Dawsons injury it was apparent that Rangers were a beaten side. Their defence was not given a moments rest by the enterprising Everton forwards, whose powerful long-range shooting and subtle interchanging movements, in which Gillick, Stevenson and Cunliffe excelled were features of the game. In comparison, the Rangers forwards were stodgy and unenterprising near goal. Kinnear and Mail slavishly hugged the wings, seldom attempting to cut inside with the ball, Turnbull was over powered by the strong-tackling Thomson, and Thornton was not given the ghost of a chance by Jones. Only Venters of the Rangers attack paid his way, but he generally fought a losing Battle for lack of support. It was a delight to watch the Everton attack in action, and for 15 minutes before the interval they peppered shots at Dawson, whose clean clutching of the ball was ever apparent. After a comparatively weak start Gillick, the Everton outside right and former Rangers player, began to take the eye by his clever positional work, and it was a move by him that led up to his sides first goal. Anticipating Stevenson, who had gone over to the right and parted to Mercer, Gillick ran into the centre. His right half crossed perfectly, and Gillick rose to head the ball against the bar. It was the signal for a concerted onslaught on Dawson. From 25 yards Cunliffe shot, the ball struck Simpson on the body and rebounded to Lawton, who smartly shot into the net, Dawson being cleanly beaten low down at his left-hand post. Once they had tasted blood the Everton forwards went out wholeheartedly to consolidate their lead, and Stevenson had the crowd shouting when he shot in his stride and Dawson, with not an inch to spare, edged the ball on to the face of the post and to safety. Then Lawton and Cunliffe followed that up with magnificent drives which failed and no more to gain their objective. Then came the second half and Dawsons injury. Thereafter it was only a matter of playing out time. The personalities of the game were Mercer and Cunliffe, the Everton right half and inside right respectively, the former for his invaluable distribution of the ball, and the latter for his glorious individual runs and full-blooded shots for goal, which reminded one of McPhail. Indeed, each Everton forward gad a shot in his locker. Rangers were seldom seen as an attacking force, and only once was Sagar in danger, and that was when, just after the interval, he had to dive full stretch to save a terrific ground shot from Venters. Although the attendance was given at 40,000, one had the impression that it was a much larger crown than that which saw the first game between Celtic and Sunderland
