Hansen (2)
T Cairns 46
Hillhouse 89
Match Information
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: P Craigmyle (Aberdeen)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Two of as cleverly-taken goals as may be seen at Ibrox Park this season was the outcome of a strenuous first half, where Third Lanark were the visitors. Hansen, who deputies for JR Smith, was the marksman on both occasions, and beside his excellent goals his play in centre was always outstanding. His first goal was obtained as the result of a slight misunderstand between Orr and McCormack. The first-named left the ball for his partner to clear, but in a momentary hesitation – and where the Dane was there could be no hesitation – Hansen nipped in, accepted Cunningham’s forward pass, and scored low down out of Brownlie’s right-hand reach with a swift shot. That was after twenty minutes, and in other ten Carl had defeated Brownlie for the second time. Meiklejohn slipped the ball forward to Hansen, who left drive with a terrific shot which went high in the left corner of the net out of the Cathkin goalkeeper’s reach. Although Rangers were easily the more deadly near goal, it must not be supposed that the Thirds were not in the game. On the contrary, Paton smartly caught up a pass from Frank Walker, and drove straight and hard, but Robb was waiting and watching, and deftly turned the ball over the bar. Reid, too troubled McCandless to some tune, but the dapper, little Irishman was all there, and gave the right-winger the right-about turn on more than one occasion. Morton, who was kept well plied with the ball by Cairns and Muirhead, made capital headway, and his passes were masterpieces, while Archibald and Cunningham, on the other wing, kept Orr and J Walker continually on the stretch. So closely pressed by Hansen – who, as usual, was the live wire – was Brownlie that the goalkeeper was forced to throw the ball over the bar for safety. It looked a peculiar way to save, but it was all right, as he cleared the resultant corner at the second attempt. A nasty accident occurred just prior to the interval, when Hansen rushed into Brownlie, and got so badly injured that he was unable to appear in the second half. The handicap did not seem to affect the play of the Light Blue, and within a minute from the resumption Cairns had added a third goal. Morton tricked McCormack, and crossed so accurately that it seemed like child’s play for the inside left to score. When Cunningham smartly caught up a forward pass from Meiklejohn five minutes later and beat the Cathkin keeper for the fourth time, the game was all up so far as Third Lanark was concerned. Reid and Findlay, however, contrived to make up some of the leeway, but it was to little purpose, as McCandless gave nothing away. On the other side of the field J Walker sent in a shot from the touchline, and Robb was forced to tip the ball over the bar, but he saved from the corner. Then Hillhouse sent in a teaser to Robb, who seemed to have his mind made up that nothing was to pass him, but in that he was mistaken, as the outside left put on Third’s only goal eight minutes before the finish. Two minutes prior, however, Morton accepted a pass from Archibald, meandered round McCormack, and sent in a high shot. Brownlie got the tips of his fingers to the ball, but it slipped under the bar and counted number five for the home team. To Carl Hansen may be attributed in large measure the superb victory of the Light Blues, for by his two magnificent goals he laid the foundation of the big win, and it was unfortunate, as was ascertained at the close of the match, that he had the misfortune to damage a small bone in his ankle, which will probably keep him out of the game for several weeks. The other forwards were much on a par, and where all did so well it would be out of place to differentiate. Dixon was the spoiler in the middle division, and it was probably to his style of play that Paton was so little seen in the game. At all events, he was seldom dangerous, and the same may be said of the other Cathkin forwards. The Third’s half-backs could not hold the impetuous Ibrox forwards, and McCormack and Orr had as busy a day’s leather hunting as they may have all season. Manderson and McCandless had an easy time in comparison, and everything they did bore the hall mark of efficiency. Rob got little to do, and he did that little well, while Brownlie, with the exception of the last goal, could not be blamed for any of those which he lost
