The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

1905-06

 

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Aug 16 Hibs 0 1 Friendly Ibrox 3,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Fraser 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Dalrymple 10 Archie Kyle 8 RC Hamilton 9 Robert S McColl 11 Alec Smith

Hibs : team unknown

Aug 19 Kilmarnock 3 2 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Fraser 3 Gourley 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Dalrymple 8 Archie Kyle 9 RC Hamilton 10 Robert S McColl 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: RC Hamilton (2). Robert S McColl (pen)

Kilmarnock : team unknown

Aug 21 Hearts 2 3 Benefit Match away 6,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 James Croal 3 Andrew Cochrane 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Dalrymple 8 Archie Kyle 9 RC Hamilton 10 Robert S McColl 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Archie Kyle. RC Hamilton

Hearts : team unknown

Aug 22 Arthurlie 1 3 Friendly away

Rangers: No Players known.

Scorers: Unknown

Arthurlie : team unknown

Aug 26 Aberdeen 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 James Croal 3 Andrew Cochrane 4 David McMillan 5 James Stark 6 Josiah Gray 7 Dalrymple 8 Robert S McColl 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: David McMillan

Aberdeen : team unknown

Aug 30 Dundee 5 1 Benefit Match away 4,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 John Walker #2 3 Andrew Cochrane 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Low 8 Steel 9 Robert S McColl 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Archie Kyle (2). Steel. Unknown (2) Dundee : team unknown

Sep 2 Airdrie 1 5 Division 1 away 12,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 James Croal 3 Andrew Cochrane 4 Steel 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Dalrymple 8 Robert S McColl 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: RC Hamilton

Airdrie : team unknown

Sep 4 Celtic 0 1 Friendly away

Rangers: 10 Players not known. 8 Jimmy Spiers

Celtic : team unknown

Sep 9 Clyde 0 0 Glasgow Cup 1st round away

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Andrew Cochrane 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Dalrymple 8 Robert S McColl 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Clyde : team unknown

Sep 11 Hibs 2 1 Division 1 away 6,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Andrew Cochrane 3 A Craig 4 David McMillan 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Low 8 RC Hamilton 9 Robert S McColl 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: RC Hamilton. Low Hibs : team unknown

Sep 16 St Mirren 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 15,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Andrew Cochrane 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Dalrymple 8 RC Hamilton 9 Robert S McColl 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: James Stark

St Mirren : team unknown

Sep 23 Clyde 2 1 Glasgow Cup 1st round Replay Ibrox 17,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Andrew Cochrane 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Dalrymple 8 McFie 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith. McFie Clyde : team unknown

Sep 25 Hearts 0 5 Division 1 Ibrox 18,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Andrew Cochrane 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 6 John May 7 Low 8 Steel 9 Jimmy Spiers 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Hearts : team unknown

Sep 30 Third Lanark 1 3 Glasgow Cup Semi Final away 12,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Andrew Cochrane 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Dalrymple 8 McFie 9 Jimmy Spiers 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Speirs Third Lanark : team unknown

Oct 7 Port Glasgow Athletic 4 1 Division 1 away 3,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Andrew Cochrane 3 John Walker #2 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Jimmy Spiers 8 McFie 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Archie Kyle. James Stark. RC Hamilton. Speirs Port

Glasgow Athletic : team unknown

Oct 14 Dundee 1 1 Division 1 Ibrox 9,500

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Andrew Cochrane 3 John Walker 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 HC Shaw 8 McFie 9 Jimmy Spiers 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: HC Shaw

Dundee : team unknown

Oct 21 Celtic 3 2 Division 1 Ibrox 30,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 John Walker #2 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 HC Shaw 8 Jimmy Spiers 9 T Ruddiman 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Archie Kyle. HC Shaw. John May. .

Celtic : Somers. Orr

Scorers: Somers. Orr pen.

Oct 28 Falkirk 6 1 Division 1 away 6,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 John Walker #2 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 HC Shaw 8 Jimmy Spiers 9 T Ruddiman 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: T Ruddiman (3). John May. Archie Kyle (pen). HC Shaw

Falkirk : team unknown

Nov 4 Queen's Park 2 1 Division 1 away 13,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 John Walker #2 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 HC Shaw 8 Jimmy Spiers 9 T Ruddiman 10 RC Hamilton 11 Archie Kyle

Scorers: Hawthorne (og). Speirs

Queen's Park : team unknown

Nov 11 Third Lanark 2 4 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 John Walker #2 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 HC Shaw 8 Jimmy Spiers 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Archie Kyle (2 1pen)

Third Lanark : team unknown

Nov 18 Motherwell 3 3 Division 1 away 5,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Andrew Cochrane 3 A Craig 4 James Stark 5 Josiah Gray 6 William Kivlichan 7 Dalrymple 8 Gourley 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Jimmy Spiers

Scorers: Archie Kyle (3 1pen)

Motherwell : team unknown

Nov 25 Morton 1 2 Division 1 Ibrox 4,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Andrew Cochrane 4 Gourley 5 James Stark 6 Josiah Gray 7 HC Shaw 8 Jimmy Spiers 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: RC Hamilton

Morton : team unknown

Dec 2 Queen's Park 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 7,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Andrew Cochrane 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 RC Hamilton 8 Dalrymple 9 William Kivlichan 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: William Kivlichan (2). Alec Smith

Queen's Park : team unknown

Dec 9 Morton 3 0 Division 1 away 5,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 John Walker #2 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Jimmy Spiers 8 William Kivlichan 9 RC Hamilton 10 Robert S McColl 11 Alec Smith Scorers: Speirs. John May. RC Hamilton

Morton : team unknown

Dec 16 Aberdeen 1 1 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 John Walker 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Rankine 8 William Kivlichan 9 T Ruddiman 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Rankine. Aberdeen McNicol

Scorers: McNicol

Dec 23 Motherwell 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 6,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 James Croal 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Rankine 8 Jimmy Spiers 9 Robert S McColl 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Robert S McColl. Alec Smith

Motherwell : team unknown

Dec 25 Blackburn Rovers 1 4 Friendly away 16,000

Rangers: 1 Player known 8 Jimmy Spiers

Scorers: Speirs

Blackburn Rovers : team unknown

Dec 30 Airdrie 1 3 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 John Walker #2 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Rankine 8 Jimmy Spiers 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Speirs

Airdrie : team unknown

Jan 1 Celtic 0 1 Division 1 away 40,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 John Walker #2 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Rankine 8 Robert S McColl 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith Scorers:

Celtic Hamilton

Scorers: Hamilton

Jan 2 Partick Thistle 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 John Walker #2 3 A Craig 4 David McMillan 5 James Stark 6 Josiah Gray 7 William Kivlichan 8 Dalrymple 9 RC Hamilton 10 Robert S McColl 11 Alec Smith Scorers: Robert S McColl

Partick Thistle : team unknown

Jan 3 Hearts 4 1 Benefit Match Ibrox 4,000

Rangers: 1 Brebner 2 Fraser 3 James Croal 4 Steel 5 David McMillan 6 Blair 7 RC Hamilton 8 Dalrymple 9 William Kivlichan 10 Robert S McColl 11 J Craig

Scorers: Robert S McColl (2). Dalrymple. RC Hamilton

Hearts : team unknown

Jan 6 Kilmarnock 3 1 Division 1 away 6,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 A Craig 3 John Walker #2 4 John May 5 James Stark 6 David McMillan 7 RC Hamilton 8 Dalrymple 9 William Kivlichan 10 Robert S McColl 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: RC Hamilton. Dalrymple. Robert S McColl

Kilmarnock : team unknown

Jan 13 St Mirren 2 3 Division 1 away

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Fraser 3 A Craig 4 David McMillan 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Jimmy Spiers 8 Dalrymple 9 RC Hamilton 10 Robert S McColl 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith. Robert S McColl

St Mirren : team unknown

Jan 20 Port Glasgow Athletic 4 0 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Jimmy Spiers 8 Dalrymple 9 RC Hamilton 10 Robert S McColl 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Dalrymple (3). Robert S McColl

Port Glasgow Athletic : team unknown

Jan 27 Arthurlie 7 1 Scottish Cup 1st round away 6,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Jimmy Spiers 8 Dalrymple 9 RC Hamilton 10 Robert S McColl 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Speirs (3). Dalrymple (2). Robert S McColl. John May

Arthurlie : team unknown

Feb 3 Third Lanark 0 3 Division 1 away 13,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 David McMillan 6 John May 7 Miller 8 Dalrymple 9 RC Hamilton 10 Robert S McColl 11 Alec Smith

Third Lanark : team unknown

Feb 10 Aberdeen 3 2 Scottish Cup 2nd round away 14,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Jimmy Spiers 8 Dalrymple 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith Scorers: Dalrymple (2). RC Hamilton. Aberdeen C Mackie

Scorers: C Mackie

Feb 17 Dundee 1 1 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 David McMillan 6 Gourley 7 Rankine 8 Dalrymple 9 William Kivlichan 10 Archie Kyle 11 J Craig

Scorers: William Kivlichan

Dundee : team unknown

Mar 3 Hibs 1 1 Division 1 Ibrox 7,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 Gourley 7 Jimmy Spiers 8 Dalrymple 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: RC Hamilton

Hibs : team unknown

Mar 10 Port Glasgow Athletic 0 1 Scottish Cup Quarter Final away 11,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Jimmy Spiers 8 Robert S McColl 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Port Glasgow Athletic : team unknown

Mar 17 Partick Thistle 1 1 Division 1 away 8,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 David McMillan 5 James Stark 6 Josiah Gray 7 Speedie 8 Jimmy Spiers 9 William Kivlichan 10 Archie Kyle 11 Rankine

Scorers: Speirs.

Partick Thistle Walker

Scorers: Walker

Mar 21 Third Lanark 0 2 Glasgow League Ibrox 2,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Young 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 Gourley 7 Speedie 8 Jimmy Spiers 9 William Kivlichan 10 Robert S McColl 11 Alec Smith

Third Lanark : team unknown

Mar 24 Falkirk 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 7,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 David McMillan 5 James Stark 6 Josiah Gray 7 Rankine 8 Jimmy Spiers 9 William Kivlichan 10 McFie 11 John Walker

Scorers: James Stark. William Kivlichan. McFie

Falkirk : team unknown

Mar 31 Celtic 3 0 Glasgow League away 12,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Constantine McGhee 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 John May 7 Rankine 8 McFie 9 Jimmy Spiers 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Speirs (2). McFie

Celtic : team unknown

Apr 2 Cowdenbeath 3 0 Friendly away

Rangers: team unknown

Scorers: Unknown (3)

Cowdenbeath : team unknown

Apr 7 Hearts 2 2 Division 1 away 6,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Constantine McGhee 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 Gourley 7 Rankine 8 Speedie 9 Jimmy Spiers 10 McFie 11 John Walker #2 Scorers: Speirs.

Unknown Hearts : team unknown

Apr 13 West Norwood 3 0 Friendly Ibrox

Rangers: 1 Brebner 2 Andrew Cochrane 3 James Croal 4 Speedie 5 Jimmy Spiers 6 Galt 7 Thomson 8 McFie 9 T Ruddiman 10 Robert S McColl 11 Spence

Scorers: Robert S McColl (3 1pen)

West Norwood : team unknown

Apr 14 Clyde 0 0 Glasgow League away 4,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 James Stark 6 Gourley 7 Rankine 8 McFie 9 RC Hamilton 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Clyde : team unknown

Apr 16 Partick Thistle 1 0 Glasgow League Ibrox 2,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 David McMillan 6 Gourley 7 William Kivlichan 8 McFie 9 Jimmy Spiers 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: William Kivlichan Partick Thistle : team unknown

Apr 21 Dundee 1 0 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 A Craig 4 Josiah Gray 5 Speedie 6 Galt 7 Rankine 8 Dalrymple 9 Robert S McColl 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Robert S McColl

Dundee : team unknown

Apr 23 Albion Rovers 4 0 Friendly away

Rangers: No Players known. Scorers: Unknown (4) Albion Rovers : team unknown Apr 25 Border Counties 6 1 Friendly away Rangers: No Players known.

Scorers: Unknown (6)

Border Counties : team unknown

Apr 30 Clydebank & D 2 2 Friendly away

Rangers: No Players known.

Scorers: Unknown (2)

Clydebank & D : team unknown

May 1 Queen's Park 3 0 Glasgow League away 1,500

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 John Walker 3 Campbell 4 Josiah Gray 5 David McMillan 6 John May 7 Blyth 8 Jimmy Spiers 9 William Kivlichan 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Alec Smith (2). William Kivlichan

Queen's Park : team unknown

May 5 Celtic 5 3 Glasgow M Charity Cup Semi Final away

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 Jackson 4 Josiah Gray 5 John May 6 A Craig 7 Rankine 8 McFie 9 Jimmy Spiers 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Speirs (2). John May. Archie Kyle. Alec Smith

Celtic : team unknown

May 7 Alloa Athletic 6 3 Friendly away

Rangers: team unknown

Scorers: Unknown (6)

Alloa Athletic : team unknown

May 12 Queen's Park 3 2 Glasgow M Charity Cup Final away 25,000

Rangers: 1 Thomas S. Sinclair 2 Campbell 3 Jackson 4 Josiah Gray 5 John May 6 A Craig 7 Rankine 8 McFie 9 Jimmy Spiers 10 Archie Kyle 11 Alec Smith

Scorers: Speirs (2). Archie Kyle

Queen's Park : team unknown

May 14 Caledonian 4 1 Friendly away

Rangers: 9 RC Hamilton 10 Robert S McColl

9 players unknown

Scorers: Robert S McColl (3 1pen). RC Hamilton

Caledonian : team unknown

May 15 Morayshire S 7 1 Friendly Elgin

Rangers:team unknown

Scorers: Unknown (7)

Morayshire S : team unknown