The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

Season 1936-37

 

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Aug 8 Dundee 0 0 Division 1 away 22,000

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

Dundee team unknown

Aug 12 Austria Vienna 4 1 Friendly Ibrox 50,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail (3 1pen). Simpson

Austria Vienna team unknown

Aug 15 Third Lanark 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 16,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail (3)

Third Lanark team unknown

Aug 19 Dundee 3 0 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Bob McPhail

Dundee team unknown

Aug 22 Falkirk 2 0 Division 1 away 22,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Bob McPhail

Falkirk team unknown

Aug 26 Queens Park 4 1 Glasgow Cup 1st round Ibrox 18,000

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

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

Queens Park team unknown

Aug 29 Hibs 4 0 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

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

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

Hibs team unknown

Sep 5 Arbroath 0 0 Division 1 away 7,000

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

Arbroath team unknown

Sep 9 Third Lanark 0 0 Division 1 away 25,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Kennedy 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Soutar 8 MacAuley 9 Drysdale 10 Alex Venters 11 Reid :

Third Lanark team unknown

Sep 12 Motherwell 3 2 Division 1 Ibrox 45,000

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

Scorers: Alex Venters (3)

Motherwell team unknown

Sep 19 Celtic 1 1 Division 1 away 60,000

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

Scorers: Delaney.

Sep 23 Arsenal 1 2 Friendly away 35,000

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

Scorers: Kinnear

Arsenal team unknown

Sep 26 Dunfermline 5 3 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

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

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

Dunfermline team unknown

Sep 28 Celtic 2 1 Glasgow Cup Semi Final Ibrox 65,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Bob McPhail

Celtic team unknown

Oct 3 St Mirren 4 1 Division 1 away 25,000

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

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

St Mirren team unknown

Oct 10 Partick Thistle 2 2 Glasgow Cup Final Ibrox 40,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Jimmy Smith. Wallace. McKennan

Partick Thistle: Wallace, McKennan

Scorers: Wallace, McKennan

Oct 17 Queens Park 1 1 Division 1 away 18,000

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

Scorers: Cheyne

Queens Park team unknown

Oct 24 Queen of the South 1 1 Division 1 Ibrox 5,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail

Queen of the South team unknown

Nov 7 Aberdeen 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 60,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail (2).

Aberdeen: Mills

Scorers:Mills

Nov 11 Partick Thistle 6 1 Glasgow Cup Final replay Ibrox 15,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (3). Bob McPhail. Main. Kinnear.

Partick Thistle team unknown

Scorers: Gray

Nov 14 Kilmarnock 2 1 Division 1 away 15,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Main

Kilmarnock team unknown

Nov 21 St Johnstone 0 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

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 Kinnear

St Johnstone team unknown

Nov 28 Albion Rovers 3 2 Division 1 away

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

Scorers: Kinnear. Jimmy Smith. Simpson

Albion Rovers team unknown

Dec 5 Hearts 2 5 Division 1 away 40,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Kinnear

Hearts team unknown

Dec 12 Clyde 2 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Brown

Clyde team unknown

Dec 19 Falkirk 3 0 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Bob McPhail

Falkirk team unknown

Dec 26 Hibs 4 1 Division 1 away 25,000

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

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

Hibs team unknown

Jan 1 Celtic 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 95,000

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

Scorers: Alex Venters

Celtic team unknown

Jan 2 Partick Thistle 1 0 Division 1 away 25,000

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

Scorers: Kinnear

Partick Thistle team unknown

Jan 4 Hearts 0 1 Division 1 Ibrox 31,000

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

Hearts team unknown

Jan 9 Arbroath 4 0 Division 1 Ibrox 14,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Bob McPhail (pen). Willie Thornton

Arbroath team unknown

Jan 16 Motherwell 4 1 Division 1 away 22,000

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

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

Motherwell team unknown

Jan 23 St Mirren 2 0 Division 1 Ibrox 16,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 McKillop 5 Simpson 6 Winning 7 Jimmy Smith 8 Bob McPhail 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Alex Venters. Jimmy Smith

St Mirren team unknown

Jan 30 Queen of the South 0 1 Scottish Cup 1st round away 13,000

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

Queen of the South team unknown

Feb 6 Dunfermline 3 2 Division 1 away 8,000

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

Scorers: Kinnear. Jimmy Smith. Bob McPhail

Dunfermline team unknown

Feb 20 Queens Park 1 1 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Queens Park team unknown

Feb 27 Kilmarnock 8 0 Division 1 Ibrox 7,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (3). Bob McPhail (3). MacAuley. Main

Kilmarnock team unknown

Mar 6 Queen of the South 1 0 Division 1 away 11,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Queen of the South team unknown

Mar 20 Aberdeen 1 1 Division 1 away 30,000

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

Scorers: Main.

Mills Aberdeen: Mills

Scorers: Mills

Mar 24 Hamilton 4 0 Division 1 Ibrox 6,000

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 Kinnear

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

Hamilton team unknown

Mar 29 Partick Thistle 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 18,000

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

Scorers: Alex Venters. Kinnear. Bob McPhail.

Partick Thistle: Wallace

Scorers: Wallace

Apr 3 St Johnstone 2 1 Division 1 away 8,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Jimmy Smith

St Johnstone team unknown

Apr 7 Hamilton 5 1 Division 1 away 5,000

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

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

Hamilton team unknown

Apr 10 Albion Rovers 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 5,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail (pen)

Albion Rovers team unknown

Apr 23 Clyde 2 3 Division 1 away 9,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Kinnear

Clyde team unknown

Apr 27 Irish League 1 1 Benefit Match Windsor Park Belfast 10,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Irish League team unknown

May 1 Queens Park 0 3 Glasgow M Charity Cup 1st round Ibrox 10,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 McDonald 4 McKillop 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Willie Thornton 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Winning 11 Kinnear

Queens Park team unknown