The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

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Aug 18 Kilmarnock 1 0 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 McDermid 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Lawson

Scorers: McDermid

Kilmarnock : team unknown

Aug 25 Third Lanark 4 2 Division 1 Ibrox 18,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Andy Cunningham 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Andy Cunningham (3 1pen). Tommy Cairns

Third Lanark : team unknown

Sep 1 Partick Thistle 0 2 Division 1 away 20,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 McDermid 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Lawson

Partick Thistle : Marshall. King

Scorers: Marshall. King

Sep 8 Clyde 0 0 Glasgow Cup 1st round away 20,000

Rangers won 14-2 on corners

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 McDermid 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Lawson

Clyde : team unknown

Sep 15 Hibs 3 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 McQueen 3 Blair 4 Gordon 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Tommy Cairns 10 Muirhead 11 McDermid

Scorers: James Bowie. Tommy Cairns. Gordon (og)

Hibs : team unknown

Sep 22 Celtic 3 0 Glasgow Cup semi final away 40,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Gordon 5 Dixon 6 Pursell 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Tommy Cairns. A Archibald. Brown

Celtic : team unknown

Sep 24 Queen's Park 3 0 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Tommy Cairns 10 Muirhead 11 Lawson

Scorers: Muirhead (2). Lawson

Queen's Park : team unknown

Sep 29 Dumbarton 4 2 Division 1 away 8,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 McQueen 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Tommy Cairns 10 Muirhead 11 McDermid

Scorers: Tommy Cairns (2). Muirhead (2)

Dumbarton : team unknown

Oct 6 Partick Thistle 4 1 Glasgow Cup Final Ibrox 45,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Gordon 5 Dixon 6 Pursell 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Brown (2). Gordon. McDermid. J Bowie

Partick Thistle : J Bowie

Scorers: J Bowie

Oct 13 Morton 1 1 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Brown

Morton : team unknown

Oct 20 Celtic 1 2 Division 1 Ibrox 45,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Gordon 5 Dixon 6 Pursell 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: James Bowie. McColl. McAteer.

Celtic : McColl. McAteer.

Scorers: McColl. McAteer.

Oct 27 St Mirren 0 0 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Gordon 5 Dixon 6 Pursell 7 A Archibald 8 Bell 9 Tommy Cairns 10 Martin 11 McDermid

St Mirren : team unknown

Nov 3 Ayr United 0 0 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 McQueen 4 James Bowie 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 Muirhead 9 McDermid 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Lawson

Ayr United : team unknown

Nov 10 Hearts 3 0 Division 1 away 12,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 McQueen 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Martin 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Gordon 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Lawson

Scorers: Gordon (2). A Archibald

Hearts : team unknown

Nov 17 Airdrie 4 0 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Blair 3 McQueen 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Brown (3). Tommy Cairns

Airdrie : team unknown

Nov 24 Queen's Park 3 2 Division 1 away 12,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Gordon 5 Dixon 6 Pursell 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Gordon (pen). A Archibald. Brown

Queen's Park : team unknown

Dec 1 Dumbarton 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 7,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 McQueen 3 Blair 4 Gordon 5 Dixon 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Manderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Tommy Cairns (2)

Dumbarton : team unknown

Dec 8 Hamilton 2 1 Division 1 away 9,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Willie Reid 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Willie Reid (2)

Hamilton : team unknown

Dec 15 Falkirk 4 1 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Gordon 5 Dixon 6 Pursell 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Brown (2). A Archibald. James Bowie

Falkirk : team unknown

Dec 22 Third Lanark 1 0 Division 1 away 12,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 McKenna 5 Dixon 6 Pursell 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Muirhead 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Muirhead

Third Lanark : team unknown

Dec 29 St Mirren 2 0 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 McQueen 4 Dick 5 Pursell 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Gordon 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: James Bowie. Tommy Cairns

St Mirren : team unknown

Jan 1 Celtic 0 0 Division 1 away 55,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Celtic : team unknown

Jan 2 Partick Thistle 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 18,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Riddell 5 Dixon 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Blair (pen)

Partick Thistle : team unknown

Jan 5 Clydebank 1 1 Division 1 away 14,700

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: A Archibald

Clydebank : team unknown

Jan 12 Hearts 2 0 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Gordon 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Gordon (2)

Hearts : team unknown

Jan 26 Ayr United 2 0 Division 1 away 5,000

Rangers: 1 Singleton 2 Manderson 3 Pursell 4 Gordon 5 Dixon 6 James Bowie 7 A Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Tommy Cairns. McDermid

Ayr United : team unknown

Feb 2 Morton 4 2 Division 1 Ibrox 25,000

Rangers: 1 Singleton 2 Manderson 3 McQueen 4 James Bowie 5 Dixon 6 Pursell 7 A Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Gordon 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid Scorers: Gordon (4)

Morton : team unknown

Feb 9 Hibs 1 0 Division 1 away 8,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 McQueen 4 Riddell 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Gordon 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: McDermid

Hibs : team unknown

Feb 16 Clyde 3 0 Division 1 away 8,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 McQueen 4 James Bowie 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 Gordon 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Young

Scorers: Brown (2). Tommy Cairns

Clyde : team unknown

Feb 23 Motherwell 0 0 Division 1 away 12,000

Rangers: 1 Hempsey 2 Manderson 3 McQueen 4 James Bowie 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 Gordon 9 Brown 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Young

Motherwell : team unknown

Mar 2 Kilmarnock 3 0 Division 1 Ibrox 20,000

Rangers: 1 Herbert Lock 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 James Bowie 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 Gordon 9 McCulloch 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Young Scorers: A Archibald (2). McCulloch

Kilmarnock : team unknown

Mar 9 Falkirk 0 2 Division 1 away 8,000

Rangers: 1 Herbert Lock 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 McCulloch 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Young

Falkirk : team unknown

Mar 16 Hamilton 4 2 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Herbert Lock 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Hart 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: McDermid. Hart. A Archibald. Martin

Hamilton : team unknown

Mar 23 Airdrie 2 1 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Herbert Lock 2 McQueen 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Hart 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Hart. Tommy Cairns

Airdrie : team unknown

Mar 30 Clydebank 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Herbert Lock 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 James Bowie 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 Muirhead 9 Andy Cunningham 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Andy Cunningham

Clydebank : team unknown

Apr 6 Motherwell 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 25,000

Rangers: 1 Herbert Lock 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 James Bowie 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 Muirhead 9 Gordon 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: Gordon (2)

Motherwell : team unknown

Apr 13 Clyde 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Herbert Lock 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Hart 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid

Scorers: A Archibald. James Bowie

Clyde : team unknown

Apr 20 Partick Thistle 3 0 Army & Navy War Relief Shield Quarter Final Ibrox 16,000

Rangers: 1 Herbert Lock 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Hart 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Young

Scorers: Hart (2). Tommy Cairns

Partick Thistle : team unknown

Apr 27 Morton 1 3 Army & Navy War Relief Shield Semi Final Ibrox 23,000

Rangers: 1 Herbert Lock 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pursell 5 Dixon 6 McKenna 7 A Archibald 8 James Bowie 9 Hart 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Young S

Scorers: Young

Morton : team unknown

May 11 Partick Thistle 0 2 Glasgow M Charity Cup 1st round Celtic Park 16,000

Rangers: 1 Herbert Lock 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 James Bowie 5 Dixon 6 Martin 7 A Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Hart 10 Tommy Cairns 11 McDermid Scorers: Gray. Whittle

Partick Thistle : Gray. Whittle

Scorers: Gray. Whittle

May 18 Renfrewshire Select 1 4 Benefit Match St Mirren Park

Rangers: 1 Herbert Lock 2 Manderson 3 Blair 4 Pollock 5 James Bowie 6 Martin 7 Higgenbotham 8 A Archibald 9 Miller 10 McDermid 11 Duward

Scorers: Unknown

Renfrewshire Select : team unknown