Pirie
Hansen <45, 80
Match Information
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: W.F. Campbell (Dundee)
Matchday: Monday
Match Trivia
I cannot remember anything more extraordinary than what occurred at Ibrox Park yesterday. With little more than half an hour of the second half gone and the score standing sone goal each, the Rangers were pressing Newton, in order to clear off the danger carried the ball beyond the penalty area and was penalised. The Queen’s Park players, obviously under the impression that a goal could not be scored direct from a free-kick of this kind, left a passage clear towards the net. Hansen took the kick and whipped the ball into the net. Then the trouble began. The referee, Mr Campbell, of Dundee, seemed to me to signal for a goal kick. The Rangers’ players must have thought so, too, for they were all around him in a moment protesting that they were entitled to a goal. None could know this better than themselves, for at Hampden Park on Saturday they lost a goal and the Scottish Cup to Morton under precisely similar circumstances. Mr Campbell called in his linesmen for consultation and then awarded a goal. The Hampden players were disinclined to accept this decision and would not line up for some seconds. Eventually, however, the game was resumed, and Rangers ran out winners. After the match, I interviewed the referee and several Queen’s Park officials. Mr Campbell claimed that the decision was correct which of course it was and that it is no part of a referee’s duty to inform players as to the rules of the game. On the other hand, the contention of the Amateurs is that their players were misled into the belief that the Rangers could not score direct from the free kick that was awarded. When the ball was netted and a goal was given, the Hampden players claimed that the kick should be taken over again, seeing, as they contended that they had been misled. Early on the game was in the Rangers’ favour, and Hansen’s first goal after some ten minutes, was splendidly taken. Twice, later, the frisky Dane came near to scoring before the Amateurs got properly into their stride. Rangers reached the interval with their goal lead, but in the first fifteen minutes of the second half ‘QP’ developed a fine go-ahead game. J McDonald and D Templeton making great play on the right wing. Eighteen minutes of this half had gone when McDonald placed a corner kick nicely in front of goal. Robb got the ball away, but it did not go far, and in a bit of a mix-up McAlpine managed to square the ball almost from the by-line, and it hit Pirie and rebounded into the net. The point was thoroughly deserved. Rangers put more pith into their work, and after Morton had several times outwitted the defence and failed with his shot ‘corners’ began to fall frequently to the ‘Light Blues’. These Newton’s dealt with a masterly style, but he was left with a little too much to do when he was compelled to follow up and handle outside the penalty area. Then the disputed point. Some of the Ibrox players seemed rather leg-weary. Nicholson, also, was lame almost all through and in the second half played at inside right and once nearly scored. Robb had one magnificent save from Pirie in the second half, but Newton got much more to do and did it well. Manderson, Morton and Hansen were best of the others, although Archibald was full of running in the first half; afterwards he was poorly served with the ball. There was no better wing than the Queen’s Park right. The half-backs tackled to some purpose, and both Sneddon and McLaughlin in the second half gave little away, even if they were frequently in difficulties
