Salisbury
T Cairns (2)
Match Information
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: William Bell (Hamilton)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
That there is nothing to compare with a knockout competition for raising enthusiasm was evident at Ibrox Park, where Partick Thistle opposed the Rangers in the first round of the Glasgow Cup ties. Unfortunately, through injuries and other causes, Thistle had to rearrange their team, the entire intermediate division being changed from that of the previous week. Notwithstanding their handicapped condition, the visitors put up a brave shown in the first half, and if they had not quite so much of the play as the Rangers, their defence held out till the interval. The Ibrox forwards showed many fine touches, and probably excelled in all the finer points of play except the all-important one of scoring goals. Cunningham’s was the master mind which generally initiated the elusive runs which kept Crichton and Bulloch on the stretch, but the old war horse at left back seemed to be able to foretell what was coming, with the result that Wilkinson was equal to all calls made on him. Smith marred his display by getting so frequently in an offside position, beside having the misfortune of getting injured in a tackle which kept him out of the play for ten minutes. Morton Was the live touchline wire, and his accurate crosses were always a source of danger to Wilkinson, who, if not quite a Kenny Campbell, knew when to spring out or stand under the bar as occasion required. On the other side Kinloch was neat, tricky, and effective, and if his distribution of the ball had been taken better advantage of Robb would not have been so much on the idle list. McCandless, however, was always a thorn in the side of the Firhill forwards, and the neat way in which he repeatedly gave them the right about was an education in the art of defence. Terrific shots by Cunningham and Cairns were palmed out by Wilkinson, while Others of the Light Blues seemed to have lost their shooting boots. It was in the first minute of the second half, when Partick opened the scoring, that the necessary pep was infused into the play, which made it look like a real Cup tie. Salisbury sent in a long, hard shot from nearly the touchline. Robb failed to gather the ball, which trinkled over the line. The goalie turned round clutched the ball, threw it out to the feet of McColl, who made siccar by driving it hard into the back of the net. Then the fat was in the fire, so to speak, and in less time than it took to write it the home forwards were at their opponents’ end, where Cairns equalised. Ten minutes later the same forward had a nice run with his partner, caught, up a pass from Morton, and drove a rising ball hard into the far corner of the net out of the goalkeeper’s reach. Two for Cairns. The game was all up then so far as Thistle was concerned, but Fyfe, the recruit from Dunfermline, plied Salisbury and Templeton with the ball several times, but Manderson gave little away, and Robb was an onlooker. It was at five minutes to go that the best goal of the match was scored. Cunningham was the scorer, and it was a real Cunningham goal, taken in his best style. The better team undoubtedly won, but until Thistle scored, they were a lifeless company. With the exception of one mistake, which cost a goal, Robb was easily able for all that came his way, but the palm must be given to Wilkinson, who never made an error. McCandless and Bulloch were the best of four good backs, while Dixon and Muirhead on the one side, and Crichton and Lambie on the other, excelled in the middle division. Kinloch was the one outstanding forward from Firhill, while Cunningham and the left wing players were the star performers in the home vanguard
