B McPhail 3
English 30
Breslin 67
English 79
B McPhail 82
Match Information
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: W Webb (Glasgow)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
One thing I can say about Third Lanark they tried to play football. They, in fact, tried to play too much football. There are times when a team, obviously inferior, should alter their play to suit. It would have been much better for Cathkin if Jack and McKenzie, for instance, had kept the ball swinging right and left instead of cramping the inside game by working so much through the centre. Jack was elusive and clever in his footwork. Brown soon realised that, for he had to do a great amount of recovery work in the first half in order to prevent Jacks work telling. But even Jack was too fond of running into trouble. Lynas did very well, but Breslin was a great disappointment to those who know how he can romp it at times. So there you have the Third Lanarks weakness explained, for what could Dewar do with inside support drawing the defence on to him instead of pulling it away. The Cathkin half-backs were on the stretch to such an extent that they could not get settled for a constructive game, but they gave their forwards sufficient of the ball to have brought better results had the forwards gone the right way about things. And now for Rangers. Some of the football they played was of a pulverising brand. Their half-backs were not the dominating force they often are, but the forwards, taking their lead from McPhail, let it rip, and Waugh had to bear the brunt. I dont know that McPhail has played a stronger, more telling game. On the ball, he was a regular terror. Nothing could stop him at times. His control was great, he dodged and feinted and passed to his hearts content. English and Marshall played the inside game with big Bob to some purpose, but it was not overdone, unless when the result was safe. Marshall brought Archibald bang into his stride in the second half, and they were the real kind of right wing then. Morton was the only forward who did not score, but he had a big hand in the general scheme, and for a first game after his long absence from the League team he could feel satisfied, I should say. Gray was almost perfect a splendid back, who allowed Breslin no rope at all. McAulay was also in his game, and Hamilton, always safe, had the hardest of luck in being beaten by Simpson, who gave the ball too little boot. It was a blow to Third Lanark to lose a goal after three minutes, especially as they had opened well. Gray placed a free-kick, and McPhail headed through, Waugh touching the greasy ball but failing to hold it. Cathkins men responded with any amount of pluck and a good deal of cleverness, but the forwards were too often beating themselves. After half-an-hour, Rangers got their second goal. McPhail was in it again. He went driving through and shot hard. Waugh stopped the ball with his feet, but English was there, as usual, and rammed it through. Before the interval, Dewar got a great chance, and from what I know of him he was a sure scorer but for the treacherous footing causing him to lose his balance. The second half was not happy for Third Lanark. Rangers became something of a whirlwind, and the goals went banging on. Marshall took a pass from English and scored a third two minutes after the restart, and away went the Light Blues on the rampage. Third Lanarks defence held out manfully for twenty minutes, and then Archibald scored one of his 1928 Cup final goals after Morton and English had taken the ball through between them. Then came Third Lanarks goal, a short pass back by Simpson letting Breslin in. But Rangers came again, and English headed a fifth goal, to be followed by a sixth from McPhail. Sharp and sudden.
