Hamill 29
Wilson 33
B McPhail
Muirhead (2)
Match Information
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: A.H. Leishman (Falkirk)
Matchday: Saturday
Match Trivia
Imagine Rangers king of the castle and losing two goals in the first half without having one on the credit side! It was wonderful – it was almost funny. In many respects, the champions have seldom played better than in the first half. They cut through the Third Lanark half-back line often as if it wasn’t there, and it seemed as if nothing could prevent them scoring. But always the final touch went wrong. Allan and Jamieson were grim fighters, and Stevenson dared everything, but without the little bit of luck that was with them they could not have survived. That was the prevailing tone of the game, and yet in their first two dashes on the Rangers’ goal Third Lanark scored. Hamill drew first blood with a shot that went in off the far post, and Wilson had the last kick at the ball to score the second goal, in trying to save Hamilton was injured. Then the scoring transformation in the second half! Morton, right at the top of his game, began it with a minute; Meiklejohn converted a penalty kick 18 minutes later, four minutes after that McHail collected a third, Muirhead the fourth, with two minutes more gone, and the fifth was also Muirhead’s with lovely header, following Morton’s corner kick. Third Lanark’s defence rocked in the second half. The half-backs were toiling al the time, chasing a will-o’-the-wisp, and the forwards, poor lads, could scarcely get a kick at the ball. I have not seen the Rangers such masters of any match this season, not even when they beat Raith Rovers by two goals more. Half-backs and Forwards played almost perfect football in the second-half – there were actually right forwards at the job, and it is little wonder the Cathkin defence wilted. Morton’s game was dazzling, and McPhail and Craig, along with him, made a mesmeric triangle. Buchanan was nearly as good in working with Archibald and Muirhead, who, if finishing badly at times, was always a strong leader-out. Third Lanark’s half-backs failed, and while that was no discredit to them, it was the vital factor in preventing the forwards being able to move freely. There was punch in the attack if the ball could have been put through. The whole team was thrown out of trim.
