The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

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Aug 11 Dunfermline 7 1 Division 1 away 14,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (6). Main

Dunfermline : team unknown

Aug 14 Rapid Vienna 3 1 Friendly Ibrox 50,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Nicholson. MacAuley (pen)

Rapid Vienna : team unknown

Aug 18 Motherwell 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 51,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Meiklejohn

Motherwell : team unknown

Aug 22 Hearts 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 30,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Fleming 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Main (2)

Hearts : team unknown

Aug 25 Dundee 2 3 Division 1 away 19,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Thomas 'Tully' Craig. Brown

Dundee : team unknown

Aug 27 Celtic 4 0 Jimmy McGrory Benefit Match away 7,500

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Drysdale 3 Cheyne 4 Kennedy 5 McDonald 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Main 8 Fiddes 9 Gillick 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Gillick. Main. Fiddes. Kinnear

Celtic : team unknown

Sep 1 Partick Thistle 4 0 Division 1 Ibrox 20,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Main. McPhai. MacAuley. Jimmy Smith

Partick Thistle : team unknown

Sep 4 Kilmarnock 3 1 Division 1 away 13,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Bob McPhail. Alex Venters

Kilmarnock : team unknown

Sep 8 Celtic 1 1 Division 1 away 40,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Kinnear

Scorers: McPhail or Smith.

Celtic Hughes.

Scorers: Hughes.

Sep 12 Arsenal 1 1 Friendly away 53,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Fleming 10 Bob McPhail 11 Jimmy Smith

Scorers: Bob McPhail

Arsenal : team unknown

Sep 15 Ayr United 2 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Bob McPhail. MacAuley

Ayr United : team unknown

Sep 18 Manchester City 1 0 Friendly Ibrox 30,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Nicholson

Scorers: MacAuley

Manchester City : team unknown

Sep 22 St Mirren 2 0 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Jimmy Smith

St Mirren : team unknown

Sep 24 Celtic 2 1 Glasgow Cup Semi Final away 31,332

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: MacAuley. Gillick

Celtic : team unknown

Sep 29 Hibs 4 2 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Meiklejohn. Main

Hibs : team unknown

Oct 3 Manchester City 2 4 Friendly away 25,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Fleming 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Fleming. Bob McPhail

Manchester City : team unknown

Oct 6 Airdrie 2 1 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Fleming 10 Bob McPhail

Scorers: Fleming. Simpson

Airdrie : team unknown

Oct 13 Partick Thistle 0 1 Glasgow Cup Final Hampden Park 28,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Miller

Partick Thistle Miller

Scorers: Miller

Oct 20 Clyde 1 2 Division 1 away 30,000

Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Meiklejohn 5 McDonald 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Fleming 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Bob McPhail

Clyde : team unknown

Oct 27 Queen of the South 3 2 Division 1 away 12,100

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Gillick 10 Bob McPhail 11 Fleming

Scorers: Gillick (2). Alex Venters

Queen of the South : team unknown

Nov 3 St Johnstone 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 20,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Gillick 10 Bob McPhail 11 Jimmy Smith

Scorers: Alex Venters (2). Gillick

St Johnstone : team unknown

Nov 10 Albion Rovers 5 1 Division 1 away

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (3). Alex Venters. Bob McPhail

Albion Rovers : team unknown

Nov 17 Aberdeen 2 2 Division 1 Ibrox 18,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Aberdeen Mills. R Smith

Scorers: Mills. R Smith

Nov 24 Queens Park 4 0 Division 1 away 16,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Gillick

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (3). Gillick

Queens Park : team unknown

Dec 1 Hamilton 1 1 Division 1 Ibrox 14,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Gillick

Hamilton : team unknown

Dec 8 Hearts 1 4 Division 1 away 35,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Gillick

Hearts : team unknown

Dec 15 Kilmarnock 2 3 Division 1 Ibrox 18,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Alex Venters. Gillick

Kilmarnock : team unknown

Dec 22 Dunfermline 8 1 Division 1 Ibrox 7,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Gillick 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (4). MacAuley. Meiklejohn. Gillick. Crawford (og)

Dunfermline : team unknown

Dec 25 Falkirk 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Gillick 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Falkirk : team unknown

Dec 29 Motherwell 2 2 Division 1 away 25,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Gillick 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Gillick (2)

Motherwell : team unknown

Jan 1 Celtic 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 83,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Gillick 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Alex Venters. Gillick.

Celtic Paterson pen.

Jan 2 Partick Thistle 0 1 Division 1 away 32,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Gillick 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Partick Thistle Bain

Scorers: Bain

Jan 5 Dundee 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 16,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 MacAuley 8 Alex Venters 9 Gillick 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Gillick. Alex Venters. MacAuley (pen)

Dundee : team unknown

Jan 12 Ayr United 4 2 Division 1 away 12,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Gillick 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Nicholson. Alex Venters

Ayr United : team unknown

Jan 19 St Mirren 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Gillick 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Nicholson

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

St Mirren : team unknown

Jan 26 Cowdenbeath 3 1 Scottish Cup 1st round Ibrox 16,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Hay 4 McDonald 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Gillick 10 Bob McPhail 11 Roberts

Scorers: Gillick (2). Main

Cowdenbeath : team unknown

Feb 2 Hibs 2 1 Division 1 away 23,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Hay 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 McDonald 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Gillick 11 Roberts

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2)

Hibs : team unknown

Feb 9 Third Lanark 2 0 Scottish Cup 2nd round Ibrox 25,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Gillick 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Roberts

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2 1pen)

Third Lanark : team unknown

Feb 16 Airdrie 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 McDonald 3 Cheyne 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Roberts

Scorers: Bob McPhail (2). Roberts

Airdrie : team unknown

Feb 23 St Mirren 1 0 Scottish Cup 3rd round Ibrox 42,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Gillick 10 Bob McPhail 11 Roberts

Scorers: Gillick

St Mirren : team unknown

Mar 2 Falkirk 3 0 Division 1 away 15,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Gillick 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Roberts

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Alex Venters. Bob McPhail

Falkirk : team unknown

Mar 9 Motherwell 4 1 Scottish Cup Quarter Final away 29,777

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (4)

Motherwell : team unknown

Mar 16 Queen of the South 5 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Bob McPhail (3 1pen). Jimmy Smith (2)

Queen of the South : team unknown

Mar 20 Clyde 4 2 Division 1 Ibrox 5,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Gillick (2). Jimmy Smith. Bob McPhail

Clyde : team unknown

Mar 23 St Johnstone 0 2 Division 1 away 11,700

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Roberts

St Johnstone : team unknown

Mar 30 Hearts 1 1 Scottish Cup Semi Final Hampden Park 102,661

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Gillick

Hearts : team unknown

Apr 10 Hearts 2 0 Scottish Cup Semi Final replay Hampden Park 90,428

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Main

Hearts : team unknown

Apr 13 Aberdeen 3 1 Division 1 away 17,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Thomas 'Tully' Craig 7 Fiddes 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Bob McPhail. Gillick.

Aberdeen Mills

Scorers: Mills

Apr 20 Hamilton 2 1 Scottish Cup Final Hampden Park 87,740

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Hamilton Harrison.

Scorers: Harrison.

Apr 24 Albion Rovers 2 2 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Gillick (2)

Albion Rovers : team unknown

Apr 27 Hamilton 1 2 Division 1 away 9,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 McDonald 3 Cheyne 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Winning 7 Fiddes 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Hamilton : team unknown

Apr 30 Queens Park 0 1 Division 1 Ibrox 6,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Gillick 8 Fiddes 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Roberts

Queens Park : team unknown

May 4 Third Lanark 3 1 Glasgow M Charity Cup 1st round Ibrox 7,500

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Alex Venters 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Simpson. Gillick

Third Lanark : team unknown

May 6 Partick Thistle 0 1 Glasgow M Charity Cup Semi Final away 11,800

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Alex Venters 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Gillick

Scorers: Regan

Partick Thistle Regan

Scorers: Regan