J Smith 18 & 40
McNee 54
Thornton
Match Information
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: J Thomson (Hamilton)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Some queer going on here. Rangers got three fluky goals, yet fully deserved to win by their six margins. Latterly they were all over Third, who hadnt a come-back. Maybe the Cathkinites are fed up playing the Light Blues, for in this game they chucked it early on. They shaped quite well for twenty minutes, and then gracefully retired. And after that did Rangers look good! They had everything well under control, tape-measure passes, crisp tackling. Only thing that prevented them piling on the goal was eagerness. Countless times they were pulled up for offside. There wasnt a single thing wrong with the homesters, whose brightest men were the brainy Thornton, the whole mid-line, and the ankle-fankled disconcerting Smith. There was a whole lot wrong with the visitors. Carabine absolutely lost wing-halfs without punch and forwards bereft of ideas. Im afraid Jones is no centre, especially with Dewar running loose at inside-left. First two goals were Smiths. Each time he looked absolutely flummoxed, yet managed to jab them home close in, deserved, but poor-looking goals. In the second half McCulloch miskicked, screwed a high ball right into his own goal. Smith, Black, McAffrey all jumped, all missed. McNee no more than fanned it with his boot. Ball was still bouncing away goalwards. Carabine and McAffrey dived at it and ended in the back of the net, ball and all. Next minute Thornton sent a screamer home from a neat Smith header. Then Smith headed one from a Waddell pass. Last goal was a nice bit of opportunism. The right-winger smashed a shot in, McAffrey couldnt hold it, and Thornton, from a
