G Henderson <45
Clark 84
Match Information
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Peter Craigmyle (Aberdeen)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
My congratulations to Kilmarnock. They shared in one of the hardest tussles seen at Ibrox for many a day and finished well worthy of their draw. Such fast, clever football as was shown by both teams in the early period was a tonic to the bog crowd. Particularly little flashes of brilliance were cheered impartially. The ball went at a spanking rate from end to end, controlled deftly, and passing from man to man with delightful accuracy. And to increase the gaiety of the occasion, the Rangers goal had a thrilling escape before scoring began. Walker a trim confident boy, whipped over a centre that became a shot. It puzzled the defence, struck the inside of Robb’s right-hand post and seemed to be going through, but rebounded outward by a miracle, one might say. This left-off fairly fired the Rangers, and after Gould and his backs had performed some prodigious defence, the Light Blues went on the lead. Morton who sparkled often, raced well up and put over a bonnie centre, which Henderson breasted through. Gould had no chance here. After a spell of hard pressure by the Rangers forwards, Kilmarnock forwards came again, and the home goal had to withstand a hot attack, Robb saving well from Gray and Wilson, while he also got his team out of a tight corner after a bad pass back by Meiklejohn. Before the interval, we had more superb wing play from the Rangers forwards, and more than once Henderson was nearly through. For a big portion of the second half, play was in the Kilmarnock quarters, but I cannot say the Ibrox attack impressed one as likely to get goals. They came very near it, certainly on several occasions, but there was always a Kilmarnock defender about, and in any case too much work was being put on the ball by these Light Blue raiders. If they thought the game was won, they got a rude shock, for all of a sudden, the Kilmarnock forwards came bang into the game again, and I was not at all surprised when they equalised. From a nicely-placed Walker corner-kick, Clark got his head to the ball, and Robb had no chance of stopping its course into the net. Then Rangers played some, and nearly pulled off a win, after all, but the time – five minutes to go – was too short, and so Kilmarnock went off proud and happy, and well they might be. They are a capital side, and none did better than the young ones. Clark was a power himself, and Walker will be heard of. Hood and Gibson were great tacticians, and Gould a safe and inspiring custodian. Rangers, I think, paid the penalty of easy-going in the second half, but they cannot complain. The defence was all right, but the forwards should, have done more with their territorial advantage
