J Paterson 55
Brown 58
Match Information
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: H Dickie (Glasgow)
Matchday: Monday
Match Trivia
Never has Hempsey played a better game for the Rangers than he did in this drawn Scottish League match at Paisley last night. Early on the Ibrox team lost the services of Bowie as the result of a knee injury, and from then till the close St Mirren gave them a gruelling such as they have not had for many a day. The Paisley club robbed themselves of a point through their own finishing; indeed, had Marshall been worth his salt in this respect, even Hempsey’s undoubted brilliance, combined with the stubborn defence of Bone, the Vale of Leven back, and Craig, could not have saved the Rangers. But the St Mirren wing forwards, although often displaying a fatal hesitancy, delivered quite a lot of good balls, which Hempsey turned aside in splendid fashion. In the first half Sowerby dropped across many lovely centres, and on occasion Brannick and Page shot hard, straight, and true, but the man from Greenock was invulnerable. At the interval the score sheet was blank – ten minutes later the unexpected happened. The Rangers who hadn’t been dangerous more than half-a-dozen times scored. Dr Paterson, with Andrew Reid hanging on to him, got away on the left, and didn’t stop until he placed the ball behind Hillcoat. After that, save for an occasional break-away – by Paterson mostly-play centred round the Rangers goal, but although the Saints delivered all sorts and conditions of shots and were awarded goodness knows how many corners, Hempsey held out until a couple of minutes from time. Then a right-foot lobbed ball from Brown beat him. He could not see it in the darkness. Rangers’ ten players deserve a pat on the back for holding out as they did; still, it would have been a pity had St Mirren, the better team, been beaten. Hillcoat got little to do, and Reid and Callaghan were a safe pair of backs. Of the halfs I liked best Dixon and Reid, but after Trooper Andrew Jackson got warmed to his work he showed on the ball beautifully to his forwards. Young Bon, who id the former Vale of Clyde junior back, made a promising first appearance for the Rangers, and Pursell, who shared the honours with Logan in the middle line, I have never seen do better. Sneddon, if a bit cumbersome, did very well when the ball was in front of him, and Cairns and Paterson were easily the best men in a forward line which was, of course, upset by Bowie’s early retrial. Neither Lister nor Ballantyne, the Vale of Leven outside right impressed me. There was nothing of the farcical nature about this evening match. The players went into their work in the proper spirit, with the result that the 4000 spectators became infected with their enthusiasm. At the finish, in the less than half light, it resembled more an important cup-tie than a fag-end League match, on the result of which nothing depended
