G Brown
Fleming <45
Match Information
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: W.G. Holburn (Glasgow)
Matchday: Monday
Match Trivia
Morton could have made a keener game if this had there been a marksman in the line. After being pretty well outplayed in the first half, the Cappielow team came bang into the scene for a spell, and the chances for picking up a goal or two were there. No takers. Some pretty football was played by the rangers’ forwards, especially in the first half, with Marshall supplying in the shooting fireworks. But it was Brown who opened the scoring 15 minutes after the start. Archibald went for a zig-zag career into the centre, and after beating three or four opponents, finished by forcing a corner. This led to a regular onslaught on Wilson’s goal, and Brown rounded it up by driving the ball into the net high up. Wilson, who had been saving in great style, had no chance with that shot, nor with Marshall’s whistler, which tore into the net at express speed. After Fleming had smacked one against the bar, after going right away from Little, the Morton forwards came along nicely. McRorie and Dorrans got busy on the right, and their clever interpassing and McRorie’s centre caused Meiklejohn and the rest to let out a reef. Tom Hamilton saved a low one from McCartney, and Lyle came near. Yes, it was a better game now, with Morton showing some good points in front and rear. In the second half, Greenock’s forwards played some smart, open football, and several times the Ibrox defence was drawn and even better, but McCartney and Lyle and McRorie simply could not get on the target. Rangers were always the more likely to pick up a goal, and more likely on the left than anywhere. It was not until a minute from the end, however, that the third score arrived. Muirhead, who had been injured and recovered, worked along the touch-line, then pushed the ball on to Nicholson, who went ahead, cut in a little and sent across a centre right to Fleming’s head, which did the rest. Wilson could only look on. The best of the Morton team was the rear part, for Wilson and his backs had to bear the brunt, and they were plucky to a degree. McConnachie was a more than usual defender – he seldom was far away from Fleming. In working the ball forwards were clever, but they could not get direction into their shots with the light ball. Tom Hamilton and his backs had a few anxious moments in the second half, but nothing like the work to do which fell on the Morton trio. The Ibrox half-backs did a lot of passing among themselves, and the forwards got as much of the ball from them as they could wish. Marshall was the driving force. His shooting was an exhilaration. He got a good response from Nicholson. Fleming at last got the goal he so often nearly captured. Archibald and Brown were best in the first half
