The Rangers History Project
1872-2007

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Aug 14 Falkirk 0 0 Division 1 Ibrox 20,000

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

Falkirk team unknown

Aug 18 Motherwell 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 22,000

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 Reid

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Bob McPhail

Motherwell team unknown

Aug 21 Hibs 0 0 Division 1 away 31,000

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

Hibs team unknown

Aug 25 Falkirk 1 0 Division 1 away 24,000

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

Scorers: Reid

Falkirk team unknown

Aug 28 St Johnstone 2 2 Division 1 Ibrox 20,000

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

Scorers: Willie Thornton. Main

St Johnstone team unknown

Aug 31 Clyde 3 1 Glasgow Cup 1st round away 15,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Winning 4 R Ross 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Bob McPhail 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Alex Venters. Willie Thornton. Main

Clyde team unknown

Sep 4 Motherwell 1 1 Division 1 away 25,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Winning 4 R Ross 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Bob McPhail 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Main

Motherwell team unknown

Sep 11 Celtic 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 80,000

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

Scorers: Alex Venters (2). Willie Thornton.

Celtic: Murphy

Scorers: Murphy

Sep 15 Hibs 2 0 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

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

Scorers: Kinnear. Jimmy Smith (pen)

Hibs team unknown

Sep 18 Ayr United 1 1 Division 1 away 16,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Winning 4 R Ross 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Bob McPhail 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Bob McPhail

Ayr United team unknown

Sep 25 St Mirren 4 0 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

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

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

St Mirren team unknown

Sep 27 Celtic 2 1 Glasgow Cup Semi Final away 55,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Alex Venters

Celtic team unknown

Oct 2 Third Lanark 2 1 Division 1 away 19,000

Rangers: 2 Gray 3 Winning 4 R Ross 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Bob McPhail 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Bob McPhail

Third Lanark team unknown

Oct 9 Dundee 6 0 Division 1 Ibrox 30,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (4). Kinnear. Alex Venters

Dundee team unknown

Oct 16 Third Lanark 2 1 Glasgow Cup Final Hampden Park 39,699

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

Scorers: Alex Venters. Jimmy Smith

Third Lanark team unknown

Oct 19 Stoke City 0 0 Benefit Match away 30,000

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

Stoke City team unknown

Oct 23 Hamilton 2 2 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Winning 4 McKillop 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Fiddes 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Reid

Scorers: Reid. Jimmy Smith

Hamilton team unknown

Nov 6 Kilmarnock 4 1 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

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

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

Kilmarnock team unknown

Nov 13 Arbroath 1 1 Division 1 away 9,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Arbroath team unknown

Nov 20 Morton 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 8,000

Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Gray 3 Winning 4 McKillop 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Fiddes 8 Main 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Kinnear

Morton team unknown

Nov 27 Hearts 0 3 Division 1 Ibrox 51,000

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

Hearts team unknown

Dec 4 Clyde 1 1 Division 1 away 20,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Clyde team unknown

Dec 11 Queens Park 2 1 Division 1 Ibrox 10,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Alex Venters

Queens Park team unknown

Dec 25 St Johnstone 5 1 Division 1 away 10,000

Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Gray 3 Winning 4 McKillop 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Fiddes 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Harrison 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Alex Venters (3). Kinnear (2)

St Johnstone team unknown

Jan 1 Celtic 0 3 Division 1 away 83,500

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

Celtic: Divers (2). McDonald pen.

Scorers: Divers (2). McDonald pen.

Jan 3 Partick Thistle 1 3 Division 1 Ibrox 20,000

Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Drysdale 3 McDonald 4 McKillop 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Willie Thornton 8 Alex Venters 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Harrison 11 Reid

Scorers: Harrison. Wallace.

Partick Thistle : Wallace. McKennan. Alston

Scorers: Wallace. McKennan. Alston

Jan 8 Ayr United 2 2 Division 1 Ibrox 20,000

Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Drysdale 3 Winning 4 McKillop 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Main 8 Bob McPhail 9 Willie Thornton 10 Harrison 11 Reid

Scorers: Willie Thornton. Reid

Ayr United team unknown

Jan 15 St Mirren 1 1 Division 1 away 20,000

Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Gray 3 Winning 4 McKillop 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Willie Thornton 8 Harrison 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Reid

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

St Mirren team unknown

Jan 22 Alloa 6 1 Scottish Cup 1st round away 9,400

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

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

Alloa team unknown

Jan 29 Third Lanark 3 0 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

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

Scorers: Willie Thornton (2). Harrison

Third Lanark team unknown

Feb 5 Dundee 1 6 Division 1 away 12,000

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

Scorers: Alex Venters

Dundee team unknown

Feb 12 Queen of the South 3 1 Scottish Cup 2nd round Ibrox 50,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail (2). Reid

Queen of the South team unknown

Feb 19 Hamilton 2 2 Division 1 away

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Jimmy Smith

Hamilton team unknown

Feb 26 Aberdeen 2 2 Division 1 Ibrox 35,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). McKenzie. Armstrong

Aberdeen: McKenzie. Armstrong

Scorers: McKenzie. Armstrong

Mar 5 Queen of the South 2 0 Division 1 away

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

Queen of the South team unknown

Mar 12 Kilmarnock 1 2 Division 1 away 25,000

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 McKillop 3 Cheyne 4 Fiddes 5 Simpson 6 Brown 7 Sowerby 8 Lyness 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Harrison 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Kinnear

Kilmarnock team unknown

Mar 19 Falkirk 2 1 Scottish Cup Quarter Final away 20,058

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

Scorers: Alex Venters. Willie Thornton

Falkirk team unknown

Mar 23 Arbroath 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox

Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cheyne 4 Fiddes 5 McKillop 6 Alex Venters 7 Sowerby 8 Lyness 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Harrison 11 Kinnear

Scorers: Lyness (pen). Sowerby. Kinnear

Arbroath team unknown

Mar 26 Morton 3 2 Division 1 away 8,000

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

Scorers: Kinnear. Main. Alex Venters

Morton team unknown

Apr 2 Kilmarnock 3 4 Scottish Cup Semi Final Hampden Park 70,833

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

Scorers: Alex Venters (2). Willie Thornton

Kilmarnock team unknown

Apr 9 Clyde 1 0 Division 1 Ibrox 7,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail

Clyde team unknown

Apr 13 Aberdeen 3 0 Division 1 away 18,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Jimmy Smith. Main

Aberdeen team unknown

Apr 16 Queens Park 3 0 Division 1 away 20,000

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

Scorers: Kinnear. Alex Venters. Bob McPhail

Queens Park team unknown

Apr 18 Partick Thistle 1 1 Division 1 away 20,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Douglas

Partick Thistle: Douglas

Scorers: Douglas

Apr 23 Hearts 2 3 Division 1 away 25,000

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

Scorers: Kinnear. Main

Hearts team unknown

Apr 30 Queen of the South 2 3 Division 1 Ibrox 12,000

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

Scorers: Bob McPhail. Turnbull

Queen of the South team unknown

May 3 Clyde 4 1 Glasgow M Charity Cup 1st round Ibrox 6,000

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

Scorers: Kinnear 22. Jimmy Smith 43, 49. McKillop pen 63. Noble.

Clyde: Brown, Kirk, Hickey, Beaton, Falloon, Stewart, Wallace, Wilkie, Hughes, Noble, Gillis.

Scorers: Noble.

May 7 Third Lanark 1 0 Glasgow M Charity Cup Semi final Ibrox 12,000

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

Scorers: Jimmy Smith

Third Lanark team unknown

May 14 Celtic 0 2 Glasgow M Charity Cup Final neutral 40,052

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

Celtic team unknown

May 30 Everton 0 2 Empire Exhibition Cup 1st round Ibrox 47,692

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

Scorers: Lawson, Cunliffe.

Everton: E Sagar, W Cook, N Greenhalgh, J Mercer, TG Jones, JR Thomson, T Gillick, JN Cunliffe, T Lawton, A Stevenson, WE Boyes.

Scorers: Lawson, Cunliffe.