William Chalmers 5, 40
McKay >45
Match Information
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: H Russell (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Kilmarnock rather disappointed me. They opened the game with a sort of snap that promised well, but when Chalmers scored in Rangers’ first thrust, the edge seemed to go off the Rugby Park team’s general work. Still, the defence stood up well to the Rangers’ attack, and the forwards frequently got one in at Robb, but the main point was that the longer the game went on the less impression did the visitors make. Four minutes from the interval Chalmers scored again – a nice goal following a clever left-wing movement and a transfer from McGregor to Archibald, who promptly put the ball back into the centre. The nearest Kilmarnock came to scoring was when Rock was through, and had only Robb to beat, but Hamilton made a good recovery, and managed to smother the shot. Rock got through later on, but his shot was saved by Robb. After the interval, when Kilmarnock had to face any wind there was, they were forced to remain on the defensive most of the time. McKay registered Rangers’ only other goal, but really it did not represent the superiority of the winners in this half. Archibald and Cunningham played some glorious football together, and ‘Andy’ left-foot shots were among the finest diversions of the game. He did not get one home, but Gould’s fingers must have tingled. The goalkeepers did well, and perhaps his only fault was in not preventing Chalmers getting the first goal. This young man was as keen as a razor – out for every chance and full of cute little moves. Both Gray and Hamilton pleased the home supporters. They tackled with strength and cleared decisively. Rangers held a great advantage at half-back, but the fact is they were a team, and Kilmarnock were clever unites, quite good individually perhaps, but ineffective without combination
