The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

Season 1922-23

 

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Aug 15 Alloa Athletic 2 0 Division 1 Ibrox 30,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 JR Smith 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Andy Cunningham. JR Smith

Alloa Athletic : team unknown

Aug 16 Celtic 1 3 Willie McStay Benefit Match away 5,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Jamieson 3 McCandless 4 Laird 5 Nicholson 6 Johnston 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Hansen 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Rollo 11 Lawson

Scorers: Hansen

Celtic : team unknown

Aug 19 Third Lanark 5 1 Division 1 Ibrox 30,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Hansen 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Hansen (2). Andy Cunningham. Tommy Cairns. Alan Morton

Third Lanark : team unknown

Aug 22 Clyde 1 1 Harry Rae Benefit Match away 500

Rangers: 1 Gould 2 T Reid 3 Jamieson 4 Johnston 5 Kirkwood 6 Walls 8 Laird 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Rollo 11 Lawson

Scorers: Rollo

Clyde : team unknown

Aug 26 Motherwell 4 0 Division 1 away 16,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 JR Smith 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Andy Cunningham (2). JR Smith. Tommy Cairns

Motherwell : team unknown

Sep 2 Partick Thistle 3 1 Glasgow Cup 1st round Ibrox 36,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Nicholson 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 JR Smith 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Tommy Cairns (2). Andy Cunningham. McColl

Partick Thistle : McColl

Scorers: McColl

Sep 5 Burnley 0 3 Benefit Match away

Rangers: 1 Booth 2 T Reid 3 McCandless 4 Johnston 5 Nicholson 6 Walker 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Laird 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Andy Cunningham 11 Lawson

Burnley : team unknown

Sep 7 Preston North End 1 1 Friendly away 30,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Nicholson 5 Dixon 6 Johnston 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Muirhead 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Lawson

Scorers: Johnston

Preston North End : team unknown

Sep 9 Falkirk 0 2 Division 1 away 18,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 JR Smith 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Falkirk : team unknown

Sep 12 Burnley 2 0 Benefit Match Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Jamieson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Nicholson 6 Johnston 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Laird 9 JR Smith 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: JR Smith (2)

Burnley : team unknown

Sep 16 Third Lanark 2 2 Glasgow Cup Semi Final away 47,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Muirhead. Andy Cunningham

Third Lanark : team unknown

Sep 18 Hearts 0 0 Division 1 away 20,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Hearts : team unknown

Sep 20 Newcastle Utd 1 4 Friendly away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 Jamieson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Nicholson 6 Walls 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Laird 9 JR Smith 10 Rollo 11 Lawson

Scorers: JR Smith

Newcastle Utd : team unknown

Sep 23 Morton 0 0 Division 1 Ibrox 30,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Morton : team unknown

Sep 25 Clyde 2 1 Division 1 away 31,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Nicholson 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Muirhead 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Muirhead. Tommy Cairns

Clyde : team unknown

Sep 26 Preston North End 0 1 Benefit Match Ibrox 5,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 Jamieson 4 Laird 5 Kirkwood 6 Johnston 7 Blair 8 Kinloch 9 Lawson 10 Rollo 11 Paterson

Preston North End : team unknown

Sep 27 Third Lanark 2 1 Glasgow Cup Semi Final replay Ibrox 27,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Nicholson 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson (2)

Third Lanark : team unknown

Sep 30 Clyde 0 0 Glasgow Cup Final Celtic Park 37,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Nicholson 5 Dixon 6 Johnston 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Clyde : team unknown

Oct 4 Clyde 1 0 Glasgow Cup Final Replay Celtic Park 30,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Nicholson 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: McCandless (pen)

Clyde : team unknown

Oct 7 Hibs 2 0 Division 1 Ibrox 22,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Johnston 5 Meiklejohn 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Lawson

Scorers: Andy Cunningham. Geordie Henderson

Hibs : team unknown

Oct 14 Aberdeen 0 0 Division 1 away 26,294

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Johnston 5 Meiklejohn 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Lawson

Aberdeen : team unknown

Oct 21 Albion Rovers 2 2 Division 1 Ibrox 18,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

corers: Dixon. Geordie Henderson

Albion Rovers : team unknown

Oct 28 Celtic 3 1 Division 1 away 55,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Andy Cunningham (2). Geordie Henderson. Gallacher. Celtic : Gallacher

Scorers: Gallacher

Nov 4 Partick Thistle 4 1 Division 1 Ibrox 30,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Nicholson 7 Muirhead 8 Sandy Archibald 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Andy Cunningham 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson (2). Muirhead. Andy Cunningham. Blair Partick Thistle : Blair

Scorers: Blair

Nov 11 Hamilton 3 0 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson (2). Tommy Cairns

Hamilton : team unknown

Nov 18 Raith Rovers 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 18,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Johnston 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Johnston

Raith Rovers : team unknown

Nov 25 St Mirren 0 1 Division 1 away 30,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

St Mirren : team unknown

Dec 2 Airdrie 4 1 Division 1 Ibrox 30,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson (3). Sandy Archibald

Airdrie : team unknown

Dec 9 Dundee 4 1 Division 1 Ibrox 35,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson (2). Muirhead. Sandy Archibald

Dundee : team unknown

Dec 16 Ayr United 1 1 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson

Ayr United : team unknown

Dec 23 Alloa Athletic 2 0 Division 1 away 8,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 McCandless 4 Johnston 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson. Alan Morton

Alloa Athletic : team unknown

Dec 30 Aberdeen 1 1 Division 1 Ibrox 22,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Johnston 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Andy Cunningham (pen). Rankine

Aberdeen : Rankine

Scorers: Rankine

Jan 1 Celtic 2 0 Division 1 Ibrox 50,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 McCandless 4 Nicholson 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Hansen 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Hansen. Sandy Archibald

Celtic : team unknown

Jan 2 Partick Thistle 1 0 Division 1 away 36,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Nicholson 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Muirhead 9 Hansen 10 Andy Cunningham 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Sandy Archibald

Partick Thistle : team unknown

Jan 6 Motherwell 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 35,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Nicholson 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Muirhead 9 Hansen 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Meiklejohn. Tommy Cairns

Motherwell : team unknown

Jan 13 Clyde 4 0 Scottish Cup 1st round away 40,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Andy Cunningham (2). Geordie Henderson. Alan Morton

Clyde : team unknown

Jan 20 Kilmarnock 2 1 Division 1 away 16,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 Jamieson 4 Nicholson 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson. Tommy Cairns

Kilmarnock : team unknown

Jan 27 Ayr United 0 2 Scottish Cup 2nd round away 16,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 McCandless 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Ayr United : team unknown

Feb 3 Hamilton 3 0 Division 1 Ibrox 13,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Geordie Henderson 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Hansen 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Hansen (2). Andy Cunningham

Hamilton : team unknown

Feb 6 Third Lanark 2 2 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 Jamieson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Walls 7 Geordie Henderson 8 Muirhead 9 Hansen 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Muirhead. Hansen

Third Lanark : team unknown

Feb 10 Airdrie 0 1 Division 1 away 12,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Geordie Henderson 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Hansen 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Airdrie : team unknown

Feb 17 Ayr United 1 0 Friendly Ibrox

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 Manderson 4 Johnston 5 Dixon 6 Walls 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Hansen 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Andy Cunningham 11 Lawson

Scorers: Hansen

Ayr United : team unknown

Feb 24 Morton 1 1 Division 1 away 16,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 Manderson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Nicholson 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Dixon

Morton : team unknown

Mar 3 Clyde 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 15,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 T Reid 3 Manderson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Nicholson 7 Kilpatrick 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Lawson

Scorers: Geordie Henderson (2)

Clyde : team unknown

Mar 10 Raith Rovers 0 2 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Nicholson 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Hansen 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Raith Rovers : team unknown

Mar 14 Ayr United 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Nicholson 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson (2)

Ayr United : team unknown

Mar 24 Dundee 2 1 Division 1 away 20,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Johnston 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson. Tommy Cairns

Dundee : team unknown

Mar 27 Falkirk 2 0 Division 1 Ibrox 15,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Andy Cunningham (pen). Geordie Henderson

Falkirk : team unknown

Mar 31 Albion Rovers 1 2 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Andy Cunningham 6 Johnston 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Muirhead 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Tommy Cairns

Albion Rovers : team unknown

Apr 2 St Mirren 1 1 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Johnston 5 Meiklejohn 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Hansen 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Alan Morton

St Mirren : team unknown

Apr 4 Linfield 1 0 John Campbell Benefit Match away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Hamilton 2 Manderson 3 T Reid 4 Ireland 5 Nicholson 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Meiklejohn 9 Hansen 10 Rollo 11 M McDonald

Scorers: M McDonald

Linfield : team unknown

Apr 7 Hibs 0 2 Division 1 away 16,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Hansen 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers:

Hibs : team unknown

Apr 21 Kilmarnock 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 16,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 Jamieson 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Muirhead 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson

Kilmarnock : team unknown

Apr 25 Wigtownshire XI 3 0 Friendly Holm Park Creetown 3,000

Rangers: Hansen, George Henderson

9 players unknown

Scorers: Hansen (2). Geordie Henderson

Wigtownshire XI : team unknown

Apr 28 Hearts 3 0 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 T Reid 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Johnston 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Tommy Cairns (2). Geordie Henderson

Hearts : team unknown

May 5 Celtic 1 0 Glasgow M Charity Cup Semi Final away 26,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 T Reid 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Johnston 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson Celtic : team unknown

May 12 Queen's Park 4 0 Glasgow M Charity Cup Final Ibrox 35,000

Rangers: 1 Robb 2 Manderson 3 T Reid 4 Meiklejohn 5 Dixon 6 Johnston 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Andy Cunningham 9 Geordie Henderson 10 Tommy Cairns 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Geordie Henderson (2). Andy Cunningham. Alan Morton

Queen's Park : team unknown

May 24 CAP Olympique G 6 1 Friendly Paris France

Rangers: Geordie Henderson, Hansen, Andy Cunningham, Sandy Archibald

Scorers: Geordie Henderson (2). Hansen (2). Andy Cunningham. Sandy Archibald

CAP Olympique G : team unknown

May 26 FC St Gallen 7 0 Friendly away

Rangers: Geordie Henderson, Andy Cunningham, Thomas 'Tully' Craig

Scorers: Geordie Henderson (5). Andy Cunningham. Thomas 'Tully' Craig

FC St Gallen : team unknown

May 27 FC Basel 3 0 Friendly away

Rangers:Geordie Henderson. Andy Cunningham. Sandy Archibald

8 players unknown

Scorers: Geordie Henderson. Andy Cunningham. Sandy Archibald

FC Basel : team unknown

May 30 Les Coqs 6 1 Friendly Paris France

Rangers: George Henderson, Andy Cunningham, Sandy Archibald, Hansen

7 players unknown

Scorers: Geordie Henderson (2). Andy Cunningham (2). Sandy Archibald. Hansen

Les Coqs : team unknown

Jun 3 FC Berne 7 0 Friendly away 10,000

Rangers: team unknown

Scorers: unknown

FC Berne : team unknown

Jun 4 La Chaux de Fondes 3 0 Friendly Geneva Switzerland

Rangers: team unknown

Scorers: unknown

La Chaux de Fondes : team unknown