Mountford >45
A Bennett
Match Information
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: G.W. Hamilton (Motherwell
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
By the margin of a mere corner, Third Lanark walked over Rangers into the final of the Glasgow Charity Cup. It was not much, to be sure, but it was enough, and as such was welcome. The game at Ibrox was not one of the kind you would like to sit and watch for an indefinite period. It had its bright spells, but for the most part thee was too much contentment among the players when beaten to give the game the serious touch that rouses interest. Third Lanark deserved to win. They seemed always to be playing as well as they were able to, while Rangers needed to be goaded into doing something, as when Mountford scored the opening goal eighteen minutes after the second half had begun. Then Rangers bustled about in earnest, and when Bennett headed the equalising goal from a nice centre by Cairns, it seemed as if we could settle down to see something worth seeing. But the Rangers forwards were never clever enough to beat a defence of good tiers. Up till then Rangers had been leading on corners, but some flighty raids by the Third Lanark forwards brought out sufficient corners to give them the lead on these, and at the finish a goal and four corners carried Third Lanark through against a goal and three corners. There is not much to say about the play. Rangers had the greater number of chances in the first half, but Reid although getting one in at Brownlie with terrific force, was out of tune. He seemed to get more out of it the longer he played. Cairns sent a shot screeching over the bar, and later Bennett took a flying run at a loose ball, and caused Brownlie to bring off a fine save. But Third Lanark had their chances also as when Galloway twice shot wide from close in. Rankin who was a better half-back than he has been a forward for a long time, caused Lock to save brilliantly at the expense of a corner. But not a goal came up till the interval. Rangers looked like opening the scoring in the second half when Smith steasied for deliberate aim, but he foozled the shot, and before another chance came the way of the Light Blues, Mountford had beaten Lock, who had the ball in his hands but let it drop over the line. There was considerable force in the shot, but Lock should have been able to keep the ball once he had it. Brownlie had no chance with Bennett’s equaliser. Craig played left back for Rangers, but he was like one who had allowed himself to believe that he had finished for the season, and had been called out in emergency. Muir was the better kicker. Hannah, who was given Swift’s place in the Third Lanark half-back line, was oftener on the ball than anyone. This was a rare chance for him to make his mark, but he got rid of it without regard to where he put it. A little nursing and placing, and he would have been the complete half-back. Lennon I thought, excelled himself. Cairns, as usual, was a great worker in the Rangers forward line, but I think it would be to his advantage if he took the ball closer to the player he is passing to. All the same, he and Bennett gave Reid many good passes, and the centre could do nothing with them
