Fleming (3)
A Morton
Dr Marshall
Unknown
Match Information
Attendance: 10000
Referee:
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
North American Tour - Glasgow Rangers continued their victorious match across Canada on Saturday afternoon, when at Athletic Park, before a crowd of 7,500, they slipped over a 7-1 win against a team wearing St Andrews Colours. The tourists distinctly outclassed the local side and could easily have scored two or three more had they so desired. Fleming, centre forward; Morton, outside left, and Muirhead, inside left, scored in the first half with Kulai netting the ball for the Saints’ only score of the game. In the second half, Fleming added two more while Marshall and Archibald were credited with one each. The arrangement at the Fifth avenue lot were well handled, the crowd being accommodated with little delay, Saints, headed by Jimmy Knight, captain, were the first to take the field and they were given a good hand. They were quickly followed by the Rangers, and they too were roundly applauded. After both teams were ‘shot’ by the cameramen, the teams were lined up and the game started promptly at 3:00 by Referee Joe Craig. Hundreds of visitors from outside points and south of the line were repaid by probably the finest exhibition of the round ball game seen in Vancouver in the last ten years. The Settle contingent of more than a hundred was headed by Bob Cavers, formerly of Vancouver, FH Simpson, secretary of the Washington State Football Association; Alex Rose, who played on British Columbia championship teams in 1905-06; Cliff Harrison of the Seattle Star, Alex Shultz of the Seattle Times and several other of prominence in the sport world. Charlie Call, former president of the BCFA, was over from Ladysmith and Jimmy Adam of Victoria councillor of the DFA, was also in the stands. Sam Davidson, secretary of the DFA, Winnipeg accompanies the team on its western tour. The Rangers left this morning for Victora, where they play on Monday. Jack Russell, president of the DFA, and Tommy Christie, secretary of the BCFA, who is in charge of arrangement for the Scots in British Columbia, also went over to Victoria. New Wednesday night the Rangers play in Calgary, jumping to Chicago for a game on the 14th, after which they have game sin Detroit, Toronto, Montreal and New York, in that order. Despite the heavy score registered again him, Singleton kept a fine goal and made several brilliant saves. Two or three of the shots which beat him he got his hands to but the pace and spin of the ball carried it into the net. Watson and Edmonds stood up well against a withering attack, the right back playing a good game. Murray West was the star of the team and against a winger of Archibald’s class he was by no means outplayed and did many brilliant things. Rimmer played a hard game, but Knight had too big a proposition in Morton and Muirhead. In the first half Kulai was a dangerous force and Surtees did much clever work, but after the interval the whole front rank was blotted out. The extreme wingers scarcely got a chance to shine for they never received the ball in a favourable position. Of the visitors it would be invidious to speak singly. They were a team which worked in unison, flicking the ball from man to man with remarkable control. The way they killed the moving ball and went ahead in the same movement was an object lesson, and their shooting, from all angles and distance was something terrific. In the second half they delighted the big crowd with a display od scientific Scottish Football, and had they been so disposed, could have piled on a bag of goals. Knight led St Andrews out first and the Rangers followed a minute later, receiving a rousing reception from the crowd. The ground was in splendid condition after the early morning rains, and with the sun shining brilliantly everything was in order for a real display of soccer. St Andrews won the toss and elected to kick towards the east-end goal with the sun and win at their backs. After a long pass from Kulai to Ashton had gone behind, Morton was given possession, but Watson robbed him. Marshall tried a long shot which sped inches on the wrong side of the post and Morton got away again but his centre went right across the goalmouth, and West kicked away. Muirhead handled in another Rangers’ attack, but Referee Craig signalled for play to proceed. Only eight minutes had gone when a typical Scottish movement brought the first goal. The forwards tapped the ball from man to man as they went down and although Marshall was bowled over by Edmonds, Fleming fastened on to the sphere and drove it into the net with terrific force from twenty-five yards range. St Andrews got going after this and won a corner on the left but Hamilton fisted Ashton’s finely placed flag-kick behind for another corner. Surtees gave Stephen a fine long pass and the Rangers’ goalie had to dive full length to put the winger’s shot round the post. The flag-kick went across the goal and out of the other side. Marshall tried another long shot but this time the ball sped over the bar. Surtees swing over a lovely centre which Turner just missed with his head right in front of Hamilton, otherwise a goal would almost assuredly have accrued. Kulai next tried a first-timer but was yards wide of the objective. Archibald made a wonderful dribble in which he beat three men along the touchline and finished with a low drive which Singleton went down to and cleared. The goalie next parried a terrific shot from Fleming, and the Saints went down to equalise the score amidst scenes pf great enthusiasm. A long kick caused Buchanan to kick behind for a corner. To stop Kulai and when Stephen placed the flag-kick finely, Kulai drove the ball into the top of the net with a shot which gave Hamilton no chance to save. The equality was short-lived, however, for a long pass travelled to Morton, who was unmarked, and although Singleton dashed out and partly smothered the winger’s shot, the ball had too mush speed and it carried on over the prostrate form of the goalie and crossed the line a few inches before Watson dashed back and kicked out. Muirhead had a great chance to put on another goal when Fleming jumped over the ball from Archibald’s centre and left the inside left with a clear shot, but he skied it high over the bar. Morton tricked Watson and Knight and ran into the centre, but his parting shot was very wide. Ashton tried a right foot show which curled past the upright, while Hamilton stopped a pretty back-heel effort by Singleton. Kulai brought the goalie to his knees twice with a couple of fierce shots and shortly after tested him again with a nice drive. Fleming nearly put Rangers further ahead when he met a centre from Morton while travelling at full speed, the ball just topping the bar. Five minutes before half-time, Muirhead drove in a terrific low shot from thirty yards’ range, and although Singleton got down and caught the ball it spun out of his hands into the net. Fleming and Muirhead next danced their way through all opposition with a glorious dribble, but Singleton dashed out and made a marvellous save when the centre-forward shot from close range. At half-time the rangers were leading 3-1. Immediately the second half started Turner crashed in a great shot, but it was a few inches wide of the upright, and when Rimmer tried a long drive, Hamilton cleared coolly. Archibald sped down the right wing to finish with a tremendous shot from forty yards, which Singleton pulled down from under the bar. For some time, the Rangers penned St Andrews into their goalmouth and delighted the crowd with a great display of footwork, but their shooting had too much elevation. Fleming headed one centre from McDonald against the post and Morton flashed a right-foot shot by the far upright. Singleton saved a terrific ground shot from Marshall in his knees, but fifteen minutes after the interval he was beaten for the fourth time by Marshall, whose shot had so much force behind it that he did not stay its progress to the net although he got his hands to it. Archibald got right through the defence shortly after, but Singleton came out and made a thrilling save by taking the ball off his toe. Twenty-two minutes of the second half had gone by when Marshall corkscrewed his way past West and Edmonds and gave Singleton no chance to stop a terrific drive which netted the fifth goal. The same player next drove a tremendous shot over the bar and the Saints got away for Stephen to fill Hamilton’s arms from the touchline. Eight minutes after the last score a wonderful back-heel pass by Marshall left Archibald with a clear course and the outside right beat Singlton for the sixth time with an unstoppable shot. Apparently, content with their lead Rangers indulged in fancy work and St Andrews had more of the game. Ashton put in a long shot which Hamilton tipped over the bar, and the goalie punched the winger’s flag kick far down the field. Singleton dived from Archibald and next went down and cleverly parried a low effort from Morton. Three minutes from time he was beaten for the seventh time when Morton dribbled over to the right and suddenly switched the ball across towards the goal to Fleming, who came back towards his own goal a few paces then turned suddenly and shot through just inside the post. Just at the finish Singleton brough of another magnificent save when Archibald got clean through and shot with terrific force.
Another splendid reception awaited us here – as at everywhere we have touched the people could not make enough of us. Here we fielded Tom Muirhead in the inside-left berth, and he scored one of our goals. Giving another first-rate exhibition we won by seven goals to one after crossing over with a 3-1 lead. Fleming found the ‘hat-trick’ again, and Morton, Marshall, Archibald and Muirhead shared the other four goal.
