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Match Information
Manager: No Permanent Manager
Attendance: unknown - to be confirmed
Referee: unknown - to be confirmed
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Played at Kinning Park ground in presence of 2,000 spectators. The Rangers who had the wind in their favour during the first half, not only kept their opponents well out of their territory, but frequently got the ball well down on the Queen’s Park goal. Indeed for the first quarter the young club completely astonished their opponents and the spectators by their fast combined play – McNeil, Marshall and Watson having several pretty runs down on the Queen’s Park goal. Once they relieved their goal in splendid style, and by a combined rush on the part of the forwards the leather was taken fair in front of the Queen’s Park goal, where a most determined scrimmage occurred. The slippery ground brought several on both sides, to grass, and at last Marshall shot the ball a few inches over the tape. When half time was called the Queen’s Park had replied their opponents in brilliant form and W MacKinnon, Smith and Lambie were getting well on the ball the combined host were making it ‘warm’ for the Rangers. With the wind now in their favour the senior club had decidedly the best if the game in the last half; but, never the less, the Rangers had several spirited runs, although they never got sufficiently near their opponents goal to score. In fact Weir who acted as goalkeeper never touched the ball in the last half. In a few minutes the familiar forwards MacKinnon, Cochrane and Senior with the ball fairly at their command bore down on the Rangers goal in brilliant form, passing to each other pretty as they neared the coveted place, Senior rushed in and forcing the ball in front of the goalkeeper. The latter ran out to meet it but slipped as he was taking aim, and missed. One of the backs (Gillespie) rushed at the spinning ball, and getting it on the side, it glanced off his foot and under the tape. A dispute arose, as to whether the ball did not touch Senior’s arm, one umpire giving it as his opinion that it did, and the other that it did not. The matter was however decided by the referee who gave ‘ a goal’. After this the Rangers fought desperately to retrieve themselves, but the Queen’s Park were now more formidable than ever, and for sometime they completely inverted their opponents position and prevented the younger team from making further raids into their territory. About the middle of the round H McNeil made one of the finest runs ever seen in a match. Getting the ball passed to him by the Queen’s Park captain well up on the goal he came away magnificently followed by the whole team, and never lost the ball till he had a final shot at goal. The ball being stopped in the kick of time by Watt. Several corner kick were now made at the Rangers goal, and after a subsequent scrimmage W MacKinnon ended one of his dodging runs by kicking a pretty goal, but it was ruled that one of the Queen’s Park men had handled the ball, and the goal was not allowed. Time was called just as the Rangers were forcing their opponents out of their territory
