Hunter (3)
Ramage
J May
Gilchrist
McPherson
McColl
Match Information
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
As the score indicates the amateurs were well beaten at Ibrox. I cannot recall when a Queen’s Park team were so thoroughly out of it against the ‘Light Blues,’ and the opportunity for revenge, unless it crops up in the ties, will not come along until the last Saturday of the season. What a fall from last year, when the honours went to Hampden! For the heavy nature of the trouncing the defence was chiefly to blame, especially the backs. I saw the QP the previous week against Third Lanark, and there was more open play, yet the absence of Andrew Richmond at back and the transference of McBean to a position for which he is unsuited so upset the defence that the forwards, who seemed able to maintain a good game, as was demonstrated towards the close, when McColl scored their solitary goal after he and Leckie were baffled by the cleverness of Lock, never got a chance. The bitterness of the defeat was accentuated by the inability of Law, Galt, Gordon and Alex Smith to take the field, while Craig none too fit, was drafted into service, and partially broke down in course of the game. A decided improvement forward was the pleasing feature of the play from a Rangers point of view. The attack, constructed on orthodox lines, moved with delightful combination, and the introduction of Ramage, of Larkhall, was attended with instantaneous success. The Queen’s made a fight of it for twenty-five minutes, but once Hunter broke the ice it was easy to foreshadow the end. If the sticky surface contributed to the scragginess of the play, and exposed want of stamina in some of the Queen’s Park players, there were lots of bright movements, more particularly on the part of the Rangers, for whom Gilchrist was outstanding at inside right, and combined beautifully with Bennett, who in his true position, was seen to advantage. Ramage is a clever dribbler, and he and McPherson struck a happy combination. The youngster showed the confidence of a veteran, and rounded his man beautifully at close quarters, He shoots freely with either foot, and played up to the reputation he enjoyed as the best junior winger in Lanarkshire. Up to Saturday no forward in the League had scored three goals in a match since October 16, when Hunter got five against Morton, and Burns of the Hearts had four against Hamilton. The Ibrox pivot had the first and last two goals against Queen’s Park, the sixth goal and his second being the best of the day. Ramage, May, Gilchrist and McPherson were the other scorers. Behind the Rangers had a big pull, physically and otherwise, and the Lesmahagow lad, Waddell, proved by his energy and effectiveness at right half his ability to take a place in the senior team at any time
