The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

Scottish League

Scottish Cup

Glasgow Cup

Glasgow Charity Cup

 

18 April 1936

Rangers vs Third Lanark

Scottish Cup Final

18 April 1936

Season 1935-36

 

Previous Season  

 

 

Aug 10 Arbroath 6 0 Division 1 Ibrox 11,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (3). Gillick. Bob McPhail. Brown

Arbroath

Aug 14 Albion Rovers 2 1 Division 1 away 10,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Kinnear

Albion Rovers

Aug 17 Ayr United 2 2 Division 1 away 20,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail (2) Ayr United

Aug 24 Dundee 4 3 Division 1 Ibrox 20,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Meikeljohn (pen). Bob McPhail

Dundee

Aug 28 St Johnstone 7 0 Division 1 Ibrox

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 (3). Alex Venters (2). Bob McPhail. Gillick

St Johnstone

Aug 31 Partick Thistle 3 1 Division 1 away 30,000

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 (2). Bob McPhail. Partick Thistle: Bain

Scorers: Bain

Sep 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1 Friendly away 23,986

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: Main

Sheffield Wednesday

Sep 7 Airdrie 5 3 Division 1 Ibrox 18,000

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

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

Airdrie

Sep 11 Queens Park 2 0 Glasgow Cup 1st round Ibrox 13,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Jimmy Smith

Queens Park

Sep 14 Hibs 1 1 Division 1 away 20,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Hibs

Sep 18 Sheffield Wednesday 2 0 Friendly Ibrox 30,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2) Sheffield Wednesday

Sep 21 Celtic 1 2 Division 1 Ibrox 72,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Winning 7 Main 8 Brown 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Gillick 11 Roberts Scorers: Jimmy Smith.

Celtic: Murphy. Crum.

Scorers: Murphy. Crum.

Sep 25 Arsenal 2 2 Friendly Ibrox 30,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Kinnear

Arsenal

Sep 28 Motherwell 2 0 Division 1 away 15,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Winning

Motherwell

Sep 30 Clyde 2 0 Glasgow Cup Semi Final Ibrox 15,000

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

Scorers: Meiklejohn. Gillick

Clyde

Oct 5 Dunfermline 6 2 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 5 McKilop 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Gillick 10 Bob McPhail 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Bob McPhail (2). Gillick (2). Alex Venters. Main

Dunfermline

Oct 7 Raith Rovers 4 1 Friendly away

Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Hay 3 Cheyne 4 Campbell 5 Drysdale 6 McKilop 7 Brown 8 Wallace 9 McHarg 10 Galloway 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Galloway (2). Wallace. Kinnear Raith Rovers

Oct 12 Celtic 2 0 Glasgow Cup Final Hampden Park 50,000

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

Scorers: Fiddes. Gillick Celtic

Oct 19 Hearts 1 1 Division 1 Ibrox 26,000

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

Scorers: Brown Hearts

Oct 26 Clyde 4 1 Division 1 away 14,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Fiddes 9 Drysdale 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Alex Venters (2 1pen). Drysdale (2)

Clyde

Nov 2 Queens Park 3 3 Division 1 Ibrox 16,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 McKilop 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Fiddes 9 Drysdale 10 Alex Venters 11 Wallace

Scorers: Drysdale (2). Alex Venters Queens Park

Nov 9 Queen of the South 2 0 Division 1 away 10,700

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail (2) Queen of the South

Nov 16 Hamilton 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 20,000

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

Scorers: Gillick. Fiddes. Alex Venters Hamilton

Nov 23 Aberdeen 0 1 Division 1 away 34,500

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

Aberdeen: Benyon

Nov 30 Kilmarnock 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

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

Scorers: Main. Alex Venters Kilmarnock

Dec 7 St Johnstone 2 1 Division 1 away 10,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Gillick St Johnstone

Dec 14 Albion Rovers 5 1 Division 1 Ibrox 9,000

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

Scorers: Main (3). Jimmy Smith. Alex Venters

Albion Rovers

Dec 21 Arbroath 0 0 Division 1 away 10,000

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

Scorers: Arbroath

Dec 28 Ayr United 6 1 Division 1 Ibrox 7,000

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 Turnbull

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (5). Turnbull

Ayr United

Jan 1 Celtic 4 3 Division 1 away 65,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith 10. Bob McPhail 43, 67. Jimmy Smith 84.

Celtic: Foley, Hogg, McGonagle, Morrison, Lyon, Paterson, Delaney, Buchan, McGrory, Crum, Murphy.

Scorers: Delaney (3), McGrory 18, 30

Jan 2 Partick Thistle 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 25,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Bob McPhail. Partick Thistle: G Wyllie

Scorers: G Wylie

Jan 4 Dundee 3 0 Division 1 away 25,000

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

Scorers: Alex Venters. Bob McPhail. Jimmy Smith

Dundee

Jan 11 Airdrie 2 0 Division 1 away 12,000

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

Scorers: Alex Venters (2) Airdrie

Jan 29 East Fife 3 1 Scottish Cup 1st round Ibrox 3,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Alex Venters

East Fife

Feb 1 Motherwell 0 0 Division 1 Ibrox 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 Turnbull

Scorers: Motherwell

Feb 8 Albion Rovers 3 1 Scottish Cup 2nd round away 27,381

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (3)

Albion Rovers

Feb 15 Dunfermline 6 2 Division 1 away 9,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Kennedy 5 Meiklejohn 6 Brown 7 Fiddes 8 Alex Venters 9 Drysdale 10 Bob McPhail 11 Turnbull

Scorers: Fiddes (3). Turnbull. Drysdale. Bob McPhail

Dunfermline

Feb 22 St Mirren 2 1 Scottish Cup 3rd round away 43,308

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Jimmy Smith

St Mirren

Feb 29 Third Lanark 4 2 Division 1 Ibrox 15,000

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

Scorers: Fiddes (2). Meiklejohn (pen). Bob McPhail

Third Lanark

Mar 7 Aberdeen 1 0 Scottish Cup Quarter Final away 41,663

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

Scorers: Turnbull

Aberdeen

Mar 14 Clyde 4 1 Division 1 Ibrox 21,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Fiddes 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Turnbull

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

Clyde

Mar 18 Hibs 3 0 Division 1 Ibrox 7,000

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

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

Hibs

Mar 21 Queens Park 3 1 Division 1 away 26,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Alex Venters. Main

Queens Park

Mar 28 Clyde 3 0 Scottish Cup Semi Final Hampden Park 56,243

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 Turnbull

Scorers: Meiklejohn. Bob McPhail. Main

Clyde

Apr 8 Queen of the South 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 5,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Alex Venters 9 Drysdale 10 Bob McPhail 11 Turnbull

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Turnbull

Queen of the South

Apr 11 Hamilton 0 1 Division 1 away 12,000

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

Scorers: Hamilton

Apr 13 Third Lanark 3 1 Division 1 away 15,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Winning 7 Hill 8 MacAuley 9 Turnbull 10 Bob McPhail 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Bob McPhail (2). Kinnear

Third Lanark

Apr 18 Third Lanark 1 0 Scottish Cup Final Hampden Park 88,859

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail

Third Lanark

Apr 22 Hearts 1 1 Division 1 away 48,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Turnbull 8 MacAuley 9 Bob McPhail 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Turnbull

Hearts

Apr 25 Kilmarnock 3 0 Division 1 away 8,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Winning 7 Turnbull 8 MacAuley 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Kinnear. Alex Venters. MacAuley

Kilmarnock

Apr 29 Aberdeen 2 3 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Alex Venters.

Aberdeen: Thomson. Mills. Benyon

Scorers: Thomson, Mills, Benyon

Apr 30 Falkirk 0 3 Hugh Hamill Benefit Match away

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 J Stewart 3 McDonald 4 McKilop 5 Drysdale 6 Winning 7 Latif 8 McKenzie 9 E Stewart 10 Galloway 11 Wallace

Falkirk

May 2 Third Lanark 1 0 Glasgow M Charity Cup 1st round Ibrox 12,000

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

Scorers: Ross

Third Lanark

May 5 Clyde 1 0 Glasgow M Charity Cup Semi Final Cathkin Park 4,933

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 J Ross 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Turnbull

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Clyde

May 9 Celtic 2 4 Glasgow M Charity Cup Final Hampden Park 43,162

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Meiklejohn 5 Simpson 6 Winning 7 J Ross 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Turnbull

Scorers: Turnbull. Bob McPhail

Celtic