Fleming 6, 12
B McPhail 52
A Morton
Match Information
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: JS Archer (New Stevenston)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Now there’s a goalkeeper for you – Sam Page his name, and you can take your hat off to him. That’s what the standites at Ibrox did when the teams came off at the interval. Rangers were then leading by a couple of goals – scored by McPhail and Fleming – but what the total would have been but for the skill of Sam I wouldn’t care to say. He had no earthly chance with the balls that beat him – both headed – McPhail’s from Morton centre, and Fleming’s from Archibald’s corner-kick. I mention two saves in particular, the first from McPhail, who delivered a shot with aa the force of a running blow and the other from Morton at point blank range. These, I think made the crowd’s enthusiasm rise. Seven minutes after the turn-about McPhail took a neat pass from Muirhead and shot a third goal for Rangers. Page, I think being then partly unsighted. McBain, who had been injured in the first half, was now operating at outside right, and it was he who gave Main the pass which enabled the latter to beat Hamilton with a ball that went right across and in at the far corner. In this half, the Saints played better all over, even under the handicap of McBain’s transference. They were giving tit-for-tat when suddenly, the Rangers’ half-backs and forwards let themselves go. Page and his backs met the onslaught courageously but could not prevent McPhail and Fleming bringing the Ibrox total to five. Fleming had a big share in McPhail’s goal and McPhail and Morton a hand in Fleming’s. It was the usual story – Rangers a team from goal out, St Johnstone struggling gamely to make the best of their inferiority. McPhail’s three goals were not the beat of him – it was general effect on the game that was most telling.
