The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

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Aug 23 Our Boys Dundee 5 2 Friendly away

Rangers: No players known
Scorers: Unknown (5)
Our Boys Dundee : team unknown

Aug 30 Kilmarnock A. 9 1 Friendly Kinning Park

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Young 3 A Vallance 4 J McIntyre 5 H McHardy 6 J Cameron 7 P Morton 8 W Pringle 9 AB McKenzie 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Morton (3). McKenzie (2). Gossland (2). Lawrie. Pringle
Kilmarnock A. : team unknown

Sep 13 Whitehall 11 0 Scottish Cup 1st round Kinning Park

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Young 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 Lockhart 7 W Pringle 8 W Corbett 9 A Young 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Unknown (11)
Whitehall : team unknown

Sep 20 St Mirren 2 1 Friendly Kinning Park 1,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Young 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 P Morton 7 W Corbett 8 W Pringle 9 AB McKenzie 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: McKenzie. Lawrie
St Mirren : team unknown

Sep 27 Dumbarton 3 2 Friendly Kinning Park 3,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Young 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 P Morton 7 W Corbett 8 W Pringle 9 AB McKenzie 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Gossland. Morton. Young
Dumbarton : team unknown

Oct 4 Third Lanark Rifle V 2 2 Scottish Cup 2nd round away 6,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 A Vallance 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 P Morton 7 W Pringle 8 S Thomson 9 AB McKenzie 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Gossland. Morton
Third Lanark Rifle V : team unknown

Oct 11 Third Lanark Rifle V 0 0 Scottish Cup 2nd round replay Kinning Park 7,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 A Vallance 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 P Morton 7 W Pringle 8 A Steel 9 AB McKenzie 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Third Lanark Rifle V : team unknown

Oct 18 Vale of Leven 1 3 Friendly away 2,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 J Duncan 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 P Morton 7 A Peacock 8 W Pringle 9 AB McKenzie 10 M Lawrie 11 A Young
Scorers: Unknown
Vale of Leven : team unknown

Oct 23 5th Kirk RV 4 1 Friendly away

Rangers: No players known
Scorers: Unknown (4)
5th Kirk RV : team unknown

Oct 25 Third Lanark Rifle V 3 0 Scottish Cup 3rd round away 4,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Young 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 P Morton 7 T Cook 8 W Pringle 9 AB McKenzie 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Lawrie. Cook. Morton
Third Lanark Rifle V : team unknown

Nov 15 Arbroath 3 4 Scottish Cup 4th round away 4,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Young 3 H McHardy 4 Walker 5 J Cameron 6 P Morton 8 W Pringle 9 AB McKenzie 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Morton. Gossland. McKenzie
Arbroath : team unknown

Rangers protested about the size of the Arbroath pitch upheld by the SFA game ordered to be replayed.

Nov 22 Queen's Park 2 3 Friendly Kinning Park 4,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 J Duncan 3 H McHardy 4 Walker 5 J Cameron 6 P Morton 7 T Cook 8 W Pringle 9 AB McKenzie 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Gossland (2)
Queen's Park : team unknown

Nov 29 Third Lanark Rifle V 6 0 Friendly away 500

Rangers: 1 Barker 2 Robertson 4 Walker 5 J Cameron 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 W Pringle 9 T Cook 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: McKenzie (4). Peacock (2)
Third Lanark Rifle V : team unknown

Dec 6 Pilgrims 1 0 Friendly away Gossland

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 Walker 5 J Cameron 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 W Pringle 9 T Cook 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Gossland
Pilgrims : team unknown

Dec 13 Battlefield 2 3 Friendly Kinning Park

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 Walker 5 J Cameron 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 W Pringle 9 T Cook 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Cook. Pringle
Battlefield : team unknown

Dec 20 Arbroath 8 1 Scottish Cup 4th round replay away 2,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 A Vallance 3 H McHardy 4 Walker 5 J McIntyre 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 W Pringle 9 T Cook 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Unknown (8)
Arbroath : team unknown

Dec 27 Renton 3 5 Scottish Cup Quasrter Final away 4,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 A Vallance 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 W Pringle 9 T Cook 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Gossland. McKenzie. Peacock
Renton : team unknown

Jan 1 Preston North End 1 3 Friendly away 7,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 W Pringle 9 T Cook 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Gossland
Preston North End : team unknown

Jan 2 Darwen 5 1 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 W Pringle 9 T Cook 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Peacock. Cook. Unknown (3)
Darwen : team unknown

Jan 3 Blackburn Rovers 0 0 Friendly away 2,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 W Pringle 9 T Cook 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Blackburn Rovers : team unknown

Jan 10 Third Lanark Rifle V 3 2 Friendly Kinning Park 1,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J McIntyre 5 J Cameron 6 P Morton 7 A Peacock 8 AB McKenzie 9 G Sommerville 10 J Mackie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Sommerville. Gossland. McKenzie
Third Lanark Rifle V : team unknown

Jan 17 Thistle 4 2 Friendly Kinning Park

Rangers: 1 Gray 2 R Cherry 3 Ritchie 4 S Ricketts 5 J Cameron 6 AB McKenzie 7 T Cook 8 J Mackie 9 G Sommerville 10 W Pringle 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Sommerville (3). McKenzie
Thistle : team unknown

Jan 24 St Mirren 1 3 Friendly away 3,500

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 A Peacock 7 T Cook 8 J Mackie 9 G Sommerville 10 W Pringle 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Gossland
St Mirren : team unknown

Jan 31 Battlefield 4 1 Friendly Kinning Park 1,500

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 Pat Lafferty 7 T Cook 8 J Mackie 9 AB McKenzie 10 W Pringle 11 J Gossland Scorers: Mackie (2). Pat Lafferty. McKenzie Battlefield : team unknown

Feb 7 Hibs 4 3 Friendly Kinning Park Mackie (2).

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 J Mackie 9 G Sommerville 10 W Pringle 11 Campbell
Scorers: Mackie (2). Sommerville. Pringle
Hibs : team unknown

Feb 14 St Bernard's 5 1 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 Barker 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 A Aitken 6 Pat Lafferty 7 T Cook 9 AB McKenzie 10 W Pringle 11 P Morton
Scorers: McKenzie (2). Lafferty (2). Cook
St Bernard's : team unknown

Feb 21 Pollokshields 1 0 Friendly away Pringle

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 A Peacock 7 T Cook 8 AB McKenzie 9 W Pringle 10 J Gossland
Only Ten players played in this game.
Scorers: Pringle
Pollokshields : team unknown

Feb 28 Cambuslang 3 1 Friendly Kinning Park 2,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 Pat Lafferty 7 A Peacock 8 AB McKenzie 9 G Sommerville 10 W Pringle 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Unknown (3)
Cambuslang : team unknown

Mar 7 Ayr 3 2 Ayr Charity Cup away

Rangers: 1 Barker 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 A Aitken 7 A Peacock 8 AB McKenzie 9 G Sommerville 10 W Pringle 11 J Gossland
1 player unknown
Scorers: Sommerville (2). Unknown
Ayr : team unknown

Mar 21 Pollokshields 3 2 Friendly Kinning Park 3,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Cherry 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 A Peacock 7 T Cook 8 J Mackie 9 Charlie Heggie 10 W Pringle 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Heggie (2). Cook
Pollokshields : team unknown

Mar 26 Battlefield 2 0 Friendly Kinning Park

Rangers: 1 R Cherry 2 R Young 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J Muir 6 J Allan 7 A Peacock 8 G Sommerville 9 Charlie Heggie 10 J Mackie 11 AB McKenzie
Scorers: Unknown (2)
Battlefield : team unknown

Apr 4 Cambuslang 4 1 Friendly away

Rangers: 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 A Peacock 7 J Mackie 8 AB McKenzie 5 players unknown
Scorers: Unknown (4)
Cambuslang : team unknown

Apr 11 Dumbarton 2 2 Glasgow M Charity Cup Second Hampden 3,500

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Young 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 J Mackie 9 Charlie Heggie 10 W Pringle 11 Campbell
Scorers: Heggie (2)
Dumbarton : team unknown

Apr 18 Dumbarton 1 1 Glasgow M Charity Cup Second Hampden 5,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Young 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 J Mackie 9 Charlie Heggie 10 W Pringle 11 J Gossland
Scorers: McKenzie
Dumbarton : team unknown

Apr 22 Blackburn Rovers 3 4 Friendly Kinning Park 6,000

Rangers: 1 W Chalmers 2 R Young 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 Charlie Heggie 9 G Sommerville 10 W Pringle 11 J Mackie
Scorers: Pringle. Mackie. Heggie
Blackburn Rovers : team unknown

Apr 25 Partick Thistle 2 5 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 R Young 2 J Duncan 3 R Cherry 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 Pat Lafferty 7 T Cook 8 G Sommerville 9 A Peacock 10 M Lawrie 11 J Gossland
Scorers: Gossland (2).
Partick Thistle: Duff. Hendry. A Brown. MacKay. P Miller. J Marshall. J Miller. J Sutar. B Robertson. Beaton. Johnston.
Scorers: MacKay. J Miller. B Robertson (2). Johnston.

May 2 Dumbarton 0 2 Glasgow M Charity Cup Second Hampden 7,000

Rangers: 1 Reid 2 R Young 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 J Mackie 9 Charlie Heggie 10 W Pringle 11 J Gossland
Dumbarton : team unknown

May 13 Queen's Park 1 0 Friendly away 1,500

Rangers: 1 Reid 2 R Young 3 JB Niven 4 J Cameron 5 J McIntyre 6 AB McKenzie 7 A Peacock 8 Charlie Heggie 9 G Sommerville 10 W Pringle 6 Pat Lafferty
Scorers: McKenzie
Queen's Park : team unknown

Jun 4 Falkirk District XI 4 0 Friendly away

Rangers: 3 H McHardy 4 J Cameron 7 T Cook
8 players unknown
Scorers: Unknown (4)
Falkirk District XI : team unknown

Jun 6 Lugar Boswell 1 1 Friendly away

Rangers: No players known
Scorers: Unknown
Lugar Boswell : team unknown