T Craig 75
Match Information
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: H Humphreys (Greenock)
Matchday: Wednesday
Match Trivia
When the players realised that an extra half-hour might be the result od lackadaisical effort at Ibrox last night, we saw something which compensated the poor drenched souls who crept into shelter. What they sheltered from was a terrific downpour of rain. Ramsay, the Partick Thistle goalkeeper, was prominent in that he kept balls from entering the net. He did so as a real goalkeeper should, but he never had great things to so. But it was left to the second half, when everybody seemed to be trying to get the game finished, that spirited work was seen. Let me tell you this about the first half, however. That big fellow Gibson, who had been doing well, took it into his head to carry the ball with his feet across his own goal. He was successful. The ball came back again, and Ramsay again had to clear. He did it well. But what a risk Gibson took. In the second half we saw the best of the play. It was chiefly defensive on Partick’s part, but there were times when the same Firhill crowd had scoring chances. Salisbury dropped one into Robb’s hands which Willie took two bites at. I heard someone say that Collins should have scored from the rebound. There was no rebound. It was a clean save. Collins almost through when Manderson strode across and beat him. These were the Thistle’s chances. When Rangers’ opportunity came, they took it. Unfortunately, Wilson played Archibald with an elbow. Archiw took ‘the free’, Craig headed the ball, and that settled the tie. Ramsay was beaten. McCandless was excellent in his kicking. I liked O’Hare in the Partick rear. He had a proposition in Cairns and Morton. Wilson is valuable to Firhill and always will be. Gibson’s half-back play, as also that of Chatton and Meiklejohn, was outstanding; forward Grove on the one side and Cairns and Morton on the other were always in the picture. I must not omit mentioning how wee Alan picked the ball up neatly on the sodden turf and centred so quickly. To me this was a feature of the game. Craig’s head is useful – his was a bonny goal. About Chalmers’ debut. This boy from Queen’s Park is a good player. But I will be surprised if centre-forward is his position.
