B McPhail 6
Reilly
Match Information
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: W.G. Holborn (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
When Rangers opened the scoring, after seven minutes, there were visions of an easy passage for them. In point of fact, things turned out altogether differently. They had easily the best of the first half, but the forwards apparently forgot that in the mud it was hopeless to try to work the ball up to point-blank range. Fotheringham, always watchful and safe, had some shots to save, but he must have wondered why there werent coming at him like rain seeing now near the Ibrox attack was to him. Rangers, meantime, had the wind behind them, which was an advantage of which they made poor use. St Mirrens forwards got little of the ball compared with the rival lot, but they knew better what to do with it. They sent it about with long passing and made a point especially of getting it through the centre to McCrae, whose gallops caused the Rangers defence any amount of anxiety. So, it was good going for the Saints to get to the interval only a goal down. Rangers had to face a storm of wind and rain in the second half, but they beat up against it with a will, and Fotheringham, right away, brought off a great save from Morton, who was all through the best Ibrox forward. It looked for a time as if the Saints defence was in for a bad time, but when Reilly headed the equaliser ten minutes after the restart, it became a different game altogether. A terrific pace was set and maintained for a long time. Rangers forwards opened up a bit, but Marshall and McPhail often held on too long. They took a great deal out of themselves and threw extra work on the half-backs, so that the fresher Paisley forwards, profiting by hefty kicking by the half-backs, came bang into the picture, and more than once it was the nearest thing possible to a winning goal going Love Street way. This second half was a contest of tremendous effort on both side, and there must have been some weak limbs at the finish. Some of the St Mirren defenders were not too particular, and they ran risks in giving away free kicks. Both Dawson and Fotheringham did their work cleanly and well. Hay and Ancell were more heavily played on to, but that suited them better than the more open st Mirren forward game suited Gray and Hamilton. Gray found Stewart difficult to hold in the second half, and Hamilton had not always the best of Rankin, who was a good stop-gap right winger, and had the credit of leading up to the equaliser. St Mirrens half-backs came into the game in the second half when thy biffed the ball good. Rangers half-backs were more inclined to hold it, but this became more dangerous as the ground cup up. Meiklejohn was not quite his old self, but both McDonald and Murray played a splendid first half. Murrays ankle was hurt in a tackle before the interval, and difficult to hold in the second half, and Hamilton had not always the best of Rankin, who was a good stop-gap right winger, and had the credit of leading up to the equaliser. St Mirrens half-backs came into the game in the second half when thy biffed the ball good. Rangers half-backs were more inclined to hold it, but this became more dangerous as the ground cup up. Meiklejohn was not quite his old self, but both McDonald and Murray played a splendid first half. Murrays ankle was hurt in a tackle before the interval, and this told against him, though he never gave in. In the first half, Main, perhaps lacking confidence, was prone to send the ball away immediately the pass reached him, but he was going better in the second half, and would come on with being kept at it. The line, as a whole, failed through McPhail and Marshall attempting too much, which is exactly what the st Mirren inside forwards didnt do
