Match ended 0-0
Match Information
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: William Bell (Hamilton)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
The Jags of Firhill surprised everybody at Ibrox Park. They forced a draw with the Rangers in a gruelling Glasgow Cup tie. Better still, they prevented a shooting side like the Light Blues from getting a goal. There was no scoring. The carry on is at Firhill. No walkover for Rangers. Great work was done by Ramsay. The Thistle goalie stood between the Rangers and victory when the pinch came in the second half. There were 30,000 spectators, and the Thistle’s share of the gate exceeded £540. There were more outstanding defenders in the Thistle ranks than Rangers. In a brilliant contested first half, when the honours were even, the entire Thistle defence rose to a big occasion with splendid pluck and courage. Not a Firhill man but stood the test. And yet Gibson was not there to share the joy of divided honours. The big half-back sent a doctor’s certificate at the last minute. He was down with a bronchial trouble. Chatton, who filled the breach, never played harder or with more skill against the dandy left wing of Ibrox. Between Chatton and Walter Paton behind him, Cairns and Alan Morton, playing all, they knew, got as much as they gave in a royal sporting struggle. I thought the chances to score in the first half were fairly even. The Thistle’s luckiest escape occurred when a shot from Henderson took a post when Ramsay was helpless to save. Thistle were baffled of their opportunity after about half an hour, when Collins headed the ball against the bar when Robb was in as hopeless a position. The scramble was more desperate at the Rangers’ end. About this time the Rangers worked a goal cleverly, but in the final movement Cairns was unlucky to find himself in an offside position when he shot the ball past Ramsay. There was no protest by anyone against a just decision. The game was well refereed. The brightest run of the play fell to Ness. From midfield the young Thistle right-winger worked his way, beating man after man, until he reached Robb, who distinguished himself by stopping the ball Ness fired so accurately. To the Thistle defence the honours! There was no fluke about the tenacious way they held their opponents. In a struggle where all four backs were hard pushed and shone, the half-backs played on to their men with confident dash. Meiklejohn emerged probably the Rangers’ best, but Dixon’s work was invaluable. I liked Kirkwood’s play against Ness and Kinloch. No mistake was made when he succeeded Craig. McMullan was the cleverest Thistle half, but the towering Lambie proved the real menace to the success of Henderson and Cairns in a powerful Ibrox attack. Collins was almost lost in the game, but he was useful in making McCandless and Manderson run of it. His passing was overdone, and not well done. Kinloch made many openings, but his passes were frequently short. Like the other inside forwards, the big defect of his game was inability to shoot. All the hard shooting in the game was done by the Rangers. The Thistle earned their draw by the big heart they showed in a contest that will long be remembered for the brilliant work accomplished by Ramsay. An amusing incident if the game was the zeal of a net boy, about fifteen minutes from time, when Ramsay saved a shot from Alan Morton. The youthful enthusiast was anxious to see the Rangers score. As Ramsay cleared the precocious urchin, with hand outstretched tried to draw the referee’s attention to the exact spot where Ramsay held the ball. The budding enthusiast was nonplussed when no notice was taken of his dumb show behind the line.
