Main 20
B McPhail 44, 72
Match Information
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: P Craigmyle (Aberdeen)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Although St Mirren have a bit to come before they can expect to go rattling up the League rigging, they made things pretty difficult for the Rangers. As evidence of this, the first two goals were the result of corner kicks beautifully placed by Archibald and neatly headed home by Main and McPhail, the first after 20 minutes, and the second a minute from the interval. All the time, the Saints were fighting the match with spirit, evidently determined to die game, which they did. Dawson had frequently to show his very best skill to save his charge. In the first minute he had to scramble the ball away when Workman got in a shot, and he had a save from McCrae in the second half which stamped him as a goalkeeper of the highest rank. The Saints did not shape so well after the interval, but the defence stuck to their guns, and with some luck, lost only another goal, netted by McPhail 27 minutes after the turn round. It was during this period that we sat something of the real Rangers. The half-backs were serving the forwards, and on both wings, there was pace and precision. Main took his passes from McPhail in clever style, went on, and centred like a craftsman. Archibald, going like a youngster, raced along, centred and shot as he was doing in 1925. Twice he hit the post, and dont forget that two of the goals came from his corner kicks. If you know of a better taker of corner kicks, name him. I dont. The Ibrox crowd were delighted with Main. He was confident. He was clever. McPhail nursed him like a father. They were a wing. The Rangers half-backs had their work cut out, and sometimes their passes did not find the man, but in the period preceding the third goal and afterwards, they showed how half-backs can work with forwards. Simpson was always where he was most needed, and he had to be, for McCrae was full of running. Gray and McDonald were ideal backs. St Mirren played better than previous results suggested they would. The chief fault was in front, for the forwards, although doing well up to a point, depended too much on McCrae to do the scoring. Kenny kept a splendid goal, and backs and half-backs all wrought unsparingly. There was a skid on the ball caused by the dew on the grass, and it was responsible for many of the misdirected passes, and the difficulty in killing the ball. Rangers might easily have won by a bigger score
