The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

1930-31

 

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Aug 9 Cowdenbeath 3 1 Division 1 away 12,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 Buchanan 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Dr James Marshall

Cowdenbeath : team unknown

Aug 12 Dumbarton 3 1 Friendly away 3,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Purdon 3 R McAulay 4 Simpson 5 Lockie 6 Murray 7 Main 8 McMillan 9 McGowan 10 Conlin 11 Nicholson

Scorers: McGowan (2). McMillan

Dumbarton : team unknown

Aug 16 Hearts 4 1 Division 1 Ibrox 40,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 Buchanan 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Sandy Archibald. Alan Morton (pen)

Hearts : team unknown

Aug 19 Partick Thistle 1 1 David Ness Benefit Match away 1,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Purdon 3 R McAulay 4 Buchanan 5 Simpson 6 Murray 7 McMillan 8 Brown 9 McGowan 10 Conlin 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Nicholson.

Partick Thistle: Jackson, O'Hare, Rae, Elliot, McAllister, McLeod, Turner, Pope, Simpson, Fraser, Torbet

Aug 23 Dundee 1 0 Division 1 away 22,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 Buchanan 4 Brown 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Dundee : team unknown

Aug 30 Motherwell 1 1 Division 1 Ibrox 40,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 Buchanan 4 Brown 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Fleming 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Dr James Marshall

Motherwell : team unknown

Sep 2 Hamilton 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 30,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Simpson 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Brown 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Brown

Hamilton : team unknown

Sep 6 St Mirren 1 1 Division 1 away 20,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Simpson 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Fleming 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

St Mirren : team unknown

Sep 9 Third Lanark 2 1 Glasgow Cup 1st round Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Simpson 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Fleming 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Nicholson

Third Lanark : team unknown

Sep 13 Leith Athletic 4 1 Division 1 Ibrox 15,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R McAulay 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Brown 9 Fleming 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Fleming (2). Bob McPhail (2)

Leith Athletic : team unknown

Sep 15 Linfield 0 0 Friendly away 15,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 McDonald 5 Simpson 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Linfield : team unknown

Sep 20 Celtic 0 2 Division 1 away 70,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Brown 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Sandy Archibald 8 McMillan 9 Fleming 10 Dr James Marshall 11 Alan Morton

Celtic: A Thomson, R Thomson

Scoeres: A Thomson, R Thomson

Sep 27 Partick Thistle 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 25,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 Buchanan 4 Brown 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Main 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Alan Morton.

Partick Thistle: Torbet

Scorers: Torbet

Sep 29 Queens Park 1 0 Glasgow Cup Semi Final Ibrox 30,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 Buchanan 4 McDonald 5 Simpson 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Main 8 Brown 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Queens Park : team unknown

Oct 4 Airdrie 3 3 Division 1 away 15,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 Buchanan 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Murray 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Brown 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Bob McPhail. Gray (pen)

Airdrie : team unknown

Oct 11 Celtic 1 2 Glasgow Cup Final Hampden Park 71,806

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 Buchanan 4 Brown 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Celtic : team unknown

Oct 18 Kilmarnock 0 1 Division 1 away 15,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 Buchanan 4 Brown 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Kilmarnock : team unknown

Nov 1 Aberdeen 4 0 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Fleming 8 Brown 9 McGowan 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Fleming. Alan Morton. McGowan. Bob McPhail

Aberdeen : team unknown

Nov 8 Falkirk 3 1 Division 1 away 12,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Fleming 8 Brown 9 McGowan 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: McGowan (2). Brown

Falkirk : team unknown

Nov 15 Queens Park 2 0 Division 1 away 25,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Fleming 8 Dr James Marshall 9 McGowan 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Dr James Marshall (2)

Queens Park : team unknown

Nov 22 Morton 7 1 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 Buchanan 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Fleming 8 Dr James Marshall 9 McGowan 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: McGowan (2). Bob McPhail. Thomas 'Tully' Craig. Alan Morton. Dr James Marshall. Gray (pen)

Morton : team unknown

Nov 29 Clyde 5 1 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Fleming 8 Dr James Marshall 9 McGowan 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Bob McPhail (2). McGowan. Dr James Marshall. Fleming

Clyde : team unknown

Dec 6 Hibs 2 1 Division 1 away 20,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 McGowan 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Bob McPhail (2)

Hibs : team unknown

Dec 13 East Fife 4 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 McGowan 10 Conlin 11 Alan MortonScorers: Dr James Marshall (2). McGowan (2)

East Fife : team unknown

Dec 20 Cowdenbeath 7 0 Division 1 Ibrox 16,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 McGowan 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: McGowan (2). Dr James Marshall (2). Bob McPhail (2). Sandy Archibald

Cowdenbeath : team unknown

Dec 27 Hearts 0 3 Division 1 away 37,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 McGowan 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Hearts : team unknown

Jan 1 Celtic 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 83,500

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 McDonald 5 Simpson 6 Murray 7 Fleming 8 Dr James Marshall 9 McGowan 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Alan Morton

Celtic : team unknown

Jan 3 Dundee 3 0 Division 1 Ibrox 20,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 McDonald 5 Simpson 6 Buchanan 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Fleming 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Dr James Marshall. Fleming. Bob McPhail

Dundee : team unknown

Jan 10 Motherwell 0 1 Division 1 away 26,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 McDonald 5 Simpson 6 Buchanan 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 McGowan 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Motherwell : team unknown

Jan 17 Armadale Thistle 7 1 Scottish Cup 1st round away 5,527

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 McDonald 5 Simpson 6 Buchanan 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Fleming 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Fleming (3). Bob McPhail (2). Alan Morton (pen). Dr James Marshall

Armadale Thistle : team unknown

Jan 24 St Mirren 1 1 Division 1 Ibrox 15,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Murray 7 Main 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Fleming 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Bob McPhail

St Mirren : team unknown

Jan 31 Dundee 1 2 Scottish Cup 2nd round Ibrox 17,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Buchanan 7 Fleming 8 Dr James Marshall 9 McGowan 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Fleming Dundee : team unknown

Feb 7 Airdrie 0 1 Division 1 Ibrox 14,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Murray 7 Fleming 8 Dr James Marshall 9 McGowan 10 Conlin 11 Alan Morton

Airdrie : team unknown

Feb 14 Clyde 8 0 Division 1 away 15,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (5). Meiklejohn. Dr James Marshall. Bob McPhail

Clyde : team unknown

Feb 18 Ayr United 2 2 Division 1 away 7,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Buchanan 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Dr James Marshall

Ayr United : team unknown

Feb 21 Kilmarnock 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 McDonald 5 Simpson 6 Buchanan 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Brown 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Dr James Marshall 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Dr James Marshall

Kilmarnock : team unknown

Feb 28 Hamilton 3 0 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Dr James Marshall (2). Jimmy Smith

Hamilton : team unknown

Mar 7 Aberdeen 3 1 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Sandy Archibald. Dr James Marshall.

Aberdeen: David

Scorers: David

Mar 14 Leith Athletic 3 1 Division 1 away 9,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Archibald. Alan Morton

Leith Athletic : team unknown

Mar 18 Falkirk 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 9,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Falkirk : team unknown

Apr 1 Queens Park 2 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Bob McPhail

Queens Park : team unknown

Apr 4 Morton 2 1 Division 1 away 14,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Sandy Archibald. Brown

Morton : team unknown

Apr 6 Ayr United 5 1 Division 1 Ibrox 14,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 Buchanan 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Bob McPhail (2). Dr James Marshall (2). Alan Morton

Ayr United : team unknown

Apr 18 Hibs 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R Hamilton 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Hibs : team unknown

Apr 22 Partick Thistle 1 1 Division 1 away 43,400

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R McAulay 4 Buchanan 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Bob McPhail.

Partick Thistle: Torbet

Scorers: Torbet

Apr 24 East Fife 4 0 Division 1 away 8,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R McAulay 4 Brown 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Jimmy Smith. Dr James Marshall. Sandy Archibald

East Fife : team unknown

May 2 Celtic 2 2 Glasgow M Charity Cup 1st round Hampden Park 40,012

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R McAulay 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Dr James Marshall 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Alan Morton (pen). Jimmy Smith

Celtic : team unknown

May 6 Partick Thistle 1 0 Glasgow M Charity Cup Semi Final Ibrox 16,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R McAulay 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Partick Thistle : team unknown

May 9 Queens Park 2 1 Glasgow M Charity Cup Final away 26,000

Rangers: 1 Tom Hamilton 2 Gray 3 R McAulay 4 McDonald 5 Meiklejohn 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Sandy Archibald 8 Brown 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Dr James Marshall 11 Alan Morton

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Dr James Marshall

Queens Park : team unknown