The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Glasgow Cup

Charity Cup

Glasgow League

 

24 August 1895

Rangers vs Third Lanark

Scottish League

24 August 1895

31 August 1896

Hearts vs Rangers

Scottish League

31 August 1895

31 August 1895

Rangers Swifts vs Hearts

31 August 1895

26 October 1895

Hibernian vs Rangers

Scottish League

26 October 1895

23 November 1895

Rangers vs Hibernian

Scottish League

23 November 1895

28 March 1896

Rangers vs Queens Park

Glasgow League

28 March 1896

25 April 1896

Rangers vs Hibernian

25 April 1895

9 May 1896

Rangers vs Celtic

Glasgow Charity Cup

9 May 1896

1 January 1896

Celtic vs Raqngers

1 January 1896

2 May 1896

Hearts vs Rangers

Glasgow& Edinburgh League Champions Challenge Match

2 May 1896

Nicol Smith

 

Jock Drummond

 

 

1895-96

 

Previous Season  

 

 

Aug 7 Hibs 2 5 Friendly First Ibrox 4,000

Rangers: 1 Murdoch 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Barker 7 Stewart 8 H McCreadie 9 Stevenson 10 Boyd 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: H.McCreadie. Boyd

Hibs : team unknown

Aug 10 Renton 4 1 Friendly First Ibrox 3,000

Rangers: 1 Murdoch 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 6 Sinclair 7 McIntyre 8 T Miller 10 Boyd 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: McIntyre (2). T Miller. Alec Smith

Renton : team unknown

Aug 14 Linthouse 4 3 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: team unknown

Scorers: Unknown (4)

Linthouse : team unknown

Aug 17 Dumbarton 5 3 Division 1 away

Rangers: 1 Murdoch 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Mathie 6 Neilly Gibson 7 McIntyre 8 T Miller 9 Barker 10 Boyd 11 Alec Smith Scorers: T Miller (2). Barker (2). Alec Smith

Dumbarton : team unknown

Aug 19 Partick Thistle 5 1 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: team unknown

Scorers: Unknown (5)

Partick Thistle : team unknown

Aug 24 Third Lanark Rifle V 0 4 Division 1 First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 Wilson 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Barker 6 Neilly Gibson 7 McIntyre 8 T Miller 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Third Lanark Rifle V : team unknown

Aug 31 Hearts 2 1 Division 1 away

Rangers: 1 Wilson 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Barker 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Russell 7 Stewart 8 T Miller 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Oswald. Unknown

Hearts : team unknown

Sep 7 Celtic 2 4 Division 1 First Ibrox 16,000

Rangers: 1 Wilson 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Barker 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Russell 7 Stewart 8 T Miller 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Stewart. Alec Smith.

Celtic Crossan. Dunbar (2). Ferguson.

Scorers:Crossan. Dunbar (2). Ferguson.

Sep 14 St Bernard's 4 3 Division 1 away

Rangers: 1 McLeod 2 D Crawford 3 Jock Drummond 4 Barker 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Stewart 8 T Miller 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: John McPherson. T Miller. Alec Smith. Unknown

St Bernard's : team unknown

Sep 16 Hibs 1 3 Friendly away 3,000

Rangers: 1 McLeod 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Russell 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Thomson 7 Stewart 8 Boyd 9 Oswald 10 Muir 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Unknown

Hibs : team unknown

Sep 21 Queen's Park 2 2 Glasgow Cup 1st round away 12,000

Rangers: 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Barker 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Stewart 8 T Miller 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith (2)

Queen's Park : team unknown

Sep 26 Everton 3 1 Friendly First Ibrox 3,000

Rangers: 1 Yuille 2 D Crawford 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Burns 6 Neilly Gibson 7 Stewart 8 H McCreadie 9 McGowan 10 Muir 11 Boyd

Scorers: Neilly Gibson (pen). Boyd. McGowan

Everton : team unknown

Sep 28 Queen's Park 2 3 Glasgow Cup 1st round Replay First Ibrox 20,000

Rangers: 1 McLeod 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Neilly Gibson 5 Burns 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Stewart 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: H.McCreadie (2) Queen's Park : team unknown

Oct 5 St Mirren 7 1 Division 1 away

Rangers: 1 McLeod 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Davy Mitchell 5 Burns 6 Neilly Gibson 7 Stewart 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith (4). John McPherson. Oswald. H.McCreadie

St Mirren : team unknown

Oct 12 St Bernard's 2 0 Division 1 First Ibrox 4,000

Rangers: 1 McLeod 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Burns 6 Neilly Gibson 7 Barker 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith. John McPherson

St Bernard's : team unknown

 

Oct 19 Dundee 2 3 Friendly away

Rangers: team unknown 5 Neilly Gibson 8 T Miller 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: T Miller. Alec Smith

Dundee : team unknown

Oct 26 Hibs 1 1 Division 1 away 8,000

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Barker 8 T Miller 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Barker Hibs : team unknown

Nov 2 Third Lanark Rifle V 6 1 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Barker 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 Boyd 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Unknown (6)

Third Lanark Rifle V : team unknown

Nov 9 Clyde 4 4 Division 1 First Ibrox 4,000

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Barker 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Muir

Scorers: Oswald (2). John McPherson. Davy Mitchell

Clyde : team unknown

Nov 16 Orion 7 2 Friendly away

Rangers: team unknown

Scorers: Unknown (7)

Orion : team unknown

Nov 23 Hibs 4 0 Division 1 First Ibrox 6,000

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Barker 8 T Miller 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Oswald (2). Barker. John McPherson Hibs : team unknown

Nov 30 Dundee 3 1 Division 1 away 3,000

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Barker 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Marshall. Barker. Oswald

Dundee : team unknown

Dec 7 Hearts 7 2 Division 1 First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Barker 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Oswald (3). Neilly Gibson. Barker. John McPherson.

Unknown Hearts : team unknown

Dec 14 Celtic 2 6 Division 1 away 25,000

Rangers: 1 McLeod 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Barker 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith. H.McCreadie.

Celtic McMahon, Blessington. Morrison. Battles. Martin

Scorers: McMahon (2). Blessington. Morrison. Battles. Martin.

Dec 21 Third Lanark Rifle V 3 2 Division 1 away 5,000

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 D Crawford 4 Marshall 5 Burns 6 Neilly Gibson 7 H McCreadie 8 Boyd 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith. H.McCreadie. Boyd

Third Lanark Rifle V : team unknown

Dec 25 Everton 1 5 Friendly away 5,000

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 Sinclair 4 Marshall 5 Burns 6 Neilly Gibson 7 H McCreadie 8 Boyd 9 Fulton 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith

Everton : team unknown

Jan 1 Celtic 3 3 Friendly away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 D Crawford 4 Davy Mitchell 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Burns 7 H McCreadie 8 Barker 9 Oswald 10 Boyd 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith. Oswald. Barker

Celtic : team unknown

Jan 2 Third Lanark Rifle V 3 4 Friendly away 5,000

Rangers: 1 McKenzie 2 Nicol Smith 3 D Crawford 4 Neilly Gibson 5 Burns 6 Davy Mitchell 7 John McPherson 8 Gillespie 9 Oswald 10 Boyd 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Oswald (2). Alec Smith Third Lanark Rifle V : team unknown

Jan 4 Dumbarton 3 1 Division 1 First Ibrox 2,000

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 John McPherson 4 Marshall 5 Burns 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Stewart 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 Boyd 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Oswald. H.McCreadie. Miller (og) Dumbarton : team unknown

Jan 14 Third Lanark Rifle V 6 2 Glasgow League First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 J McAllan 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Neilly Gibson 5 A McCreadie 6 Davy Mitchell 7 McIntyre 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Barker

Scorers: Unknown (6)

Third Lanark Rifle V Muir, Bowman, Draper, Simpson, Barbour, Blair, Beveridge, Garside, Ferguson, Peddie, Steel.

Feb 8 Clyde 2 2 Division 1 away

Rangers: 1 Yuille 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Stewart 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Stewart. Alec Smith Clyde : team unknown

Feb 22 St Mirren 3 3 Division 1 First Ibrox 3,000

Rangers: 1 J McAllan 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Neilly Gibson 5 Burns 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Stewart 8 T Miller 9 Oswald 10 Boyd 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith (2). T Miller St Mirren : team unknown

Feb 29 Dundee 3 1 Division 1 First Ibrox 3,000

Rangers: 1 McLeod 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Neilly Gibson 5 Burns 6 Davy Mitchell 7 McIntyre 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: H.McCreadie (2). John McPherson

Dundee : team unknown

Jan 18 Dumbarton 1 1 Scottish Cup 1st round away

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 D Crawford 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Stewart 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Stewart Dumbarton : team unknown

Jan 25 Dumbarton 3 1 Scottish Cup 1st round Replay First Ibrox 6,000

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 D Crawford 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Stewart 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith (2). Oswald

Dumbarton : team unknown

Feb 1 St Mirren 5 0 Scottish Cup 2nd round First Ibrox 4,500

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Stewart 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Oswald (3). John McPherson. H.McCreadie

St Mirren : team unknown

Feb 15 Hibs 2 3 Scottish Cup Quarter Final First Ibrox 18,000

Rangers: 1 Bell 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Marshall 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 Stewart 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith. H.McCreadie

Hibs : team unknown

Mar 21 Celtic 2 3 Glasgow League away 12,001

Rangers: 1 J McAllan 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Neilly Gibson 5 A McCreadie 6 Davy Mitchell 7 McIntyre 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Barker

Scorers: H.McCreadie. . Oswald

Celtic McArthur, Meehan, Doyle, O'Rorke, Kelly, Maley, Blessington, Madden, Martin, McMahon, Ferguson.

Scorers: Meehan, Madden, Madden

Mar 28 Queen's Park 7 2 Glasgow League First Ibrox 5,000

Rangers: 1 McLeod 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Barker 5 A McCreadie 6 Davy Mitchell 7 McIntyre 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Oswald. Unknown (3). . Alec Smith (3).

Queen's Park Burnett, Smith, Brooks, Gillespie, McFarlane, Irons, Stewart, Gibbons, Crookston, Dinsmore, Robb.

Scorers: Crookston, Crookston

Apr 6 Third Lanark Rifle V 3 1 Glasgow League away 5,000

Rangers: 1 J McAllan 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Barker 5 A McCreadie 6 Neilly Gibson 7 McIntyre 8 H McCreadie 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Draper (og). John McPherson. Alec Smith.

Third Lanark Rifle V Muir, Bowman, Draper, Simpson, Barbour, Lyons, Beveridge, Garside, Dunlop, Peddie, D Blair.

Scorers: Peddie

Apr 11 Celtic 2 2 Glasgow League First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 J McAllan 2 Nicol Smith 3 D Crawford 4 Pray 5 A McCreadie 6 Davy Mitchell 7 McIntyre 8 H McCreadie 9 John McPherson 10 Boyd 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: John McPherson. H McCreadie. Celtic Cullen, Meehan, Dunbar, O'Rorke, Maley, King, McMahon, Divers, Martin, Crossan, Ferguson.

Apr 18 Queen's Park 2 1 Glasgow League away 8,000

Rangers: 1 Yuille 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Neilly Gibson 5 A McCreadie 6 Davy Mitchell 7 McIntyre 8 H McCreadie 9 Barker 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: McIntyre. . McIntyre.

Queen's Park Anderson, Gillespie, H Smith, Allison, McFarlane, Irons, Crookston, Waddell, McColl, Cameron, Lambie.

Scorers: Willie Lambie

Apr 21 Linthouse 2 2 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 Yuille 2 D Crawford 3 Jock Drummond 4 Pray 5 A McCreadie 6 Neilly Gibson 7 McIntyre 8 McNeish 9 Fyfe 10 T Miller 11 John McPherson

Scorers: McNeish. Neilly Gibson Linthouse : team unknown

Apr 25 Hibs 4 1 Friendly First Ibrox 2,000

Rangers: 1 Matthew Dickie 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Neilly Gibson 5 A McCreadie 6 Davy Mitchell 7 McIntyre 8 McNeish 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: McNeish (2). Neilly Gibson. Oswald Hibs : team unknown

Apr 29 Sunderland 1 3 Friendly First Ibrox 1,000

Rangers: 1 Matthew Dickie 2 D Crawford 3 Jock Drummond 4 Neilly Gibson 5 A McCreadie 6 Davy Mitchell 7 McIntyre 8 McNeish 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: John McPherson

Sunderland : team unknown

May 2 Hearts 2 2 Glasgow Edinburgh League Champions Challenge Match away 4,000

Rangers: 1 Matthew Dickie 2 D Crawford 3 Jock Drummond 4 Pray 5 A McCreadie 6 Neilly Gibson 7 McIntyre 8 T Miller 9 Oswald 10 John McPherson 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith. Unknown

Hearts : team unknown

May 4 Renton 2 5 Friendly First Ibrox

Rangers: 1 Matthew Dickie 2 Cram 3 D Crawford 4 Sinlair 5 Neilly Gibson 6 Pray 7 R Crawford 8 McNeish 9 Oswald 10 Turnbull 11 John McPherson

Scorers: Oswald (2)

Renton : team unknown

May 9 Celtic 1 6 Glasgow M Charity Cup Semi Final Second Hampden 20,000

Rangers: 1 Yuille 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Neilly Gibson 5 A McCreadie 6 Davy Mitchell 7 H McCreadie 8 John McPherson 9 T Milller 10 Hyslop 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: John McPherson

Celtic : team unknown

May 11 Partick Thistle 2 2 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 Matthew Dickie 2 Nicol Smith 3 Jock Drummond 4 Neilly Gibson 5 Jackson 6 Davy Mitchell 7 R Crawford 8 T Miller 9 Turnbull 10 Hyslop 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Turnbull. T Miller

Partick Thistle Spence, Cunningham, Morrison, McDonald, D Proudfoot, Gray, Lawson, J Proudfoot, Fraser, Thomson, R Lamont.

May 20 Clyde 3 3 Friendly away

Rangers: team unknown

Scorers: Unknown (3)

Clyde : team unknown

May 23 Morton 7 1 Friendly away

Rangers: team unknown

Scorers: Unknown (7)

Morton : team unknown

May 25 Falkirk 5 0 Friendly away

Rangers: team unknown

Scorers: (5)

Falkirk : team unknown

May 28 Royal Albert 4 1 Friendly away

Rangers: team unknown

Scorers: (4)

Royal Albert : team unknown