Season 1939-40
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Aug 12 St Mirren 5 1 Division 1 Ibrox 35,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Fiddes 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear
Scorers: Alex Venters (2 1pen). Willie Thornton. Willie Woodburn. Fiddes.
St Mirren: McLintock
Aug 19 Ayr United 4 0 Division 1 away 20,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Fiddes 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Willie Thornton (2). Willie Waddell. Alex Venters
Ayr United : team unknown
Aug 22 St Mirren 0 0 Division 1 away 25,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Fiddes 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
St Mirren : team unknown
Aug 26 Arbroath 3 1 Division 1 Ibrox 15,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cowan 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 McPherson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Willie Waddell. Willie Thornton. Alex Venters
Arbroath : team unknown
Aug 29 Partick Thistle 4 0 Glasgow Cup 1st round away 22,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Little 7 Willie Waddell 8 Gilmour 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee Scorers: Willie Thornton (2). McNee. Bolt
Partick Thistle
Sep 2 Third Lanark 2 1 Division 1 away 30,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Simpson 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Gilmour 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee Scorers: Willie Thornton. Gilmour.
Third Lanark: Dewar.
Scorers: Dewar.
Sep 23 Falkirk 1 4 Friendly Ibrox 9,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Gilmour 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear
Scorers: Alex Venters (pen)
Falkirk
Sep 30 Morton 2 4 Friendly away 5,000
Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Fiddes 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Little 7 Willie Waddell 8 Bolt 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear
Scorers: Willie Thornton. Kinnear
Morton
Oct 7 Third Lanark 2 2 Glasgow Cup Semi Final Ibrox 15,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Brown 7 Willie Waddell 8 Gilmour 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear
Scorers: Gilmour. Willie Thornton
Third Lanark
Oct 14 Third Lanark 2 1 Glasgow Cup Semi Final replay Ibrox 15,000
Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Brown 7 Willie Waddell 8 Gilmour 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear
Scorers: Willie Waddell. Gilmour
Third Lanark
Oct 21 Motherwell 1 0 Western Division away 8,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Willie Thornton 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear
Scorers: Jimmy Smith
Motherwell : team unknown
Oct 28 Third Lanark 6 0 Western Division Ibrox 15,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Willie Thornton 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Jimmy Smith (3). Willie Thornton (2). McNee
Third Lanark : team unknown
Nov 4 Ayr United 2 0 Western Division away 8,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Gilmour 9 Willie Thornton 10 Galloway 11 McNee
Scorers: Gilmour. Galloway
Ayr United : team unknown
Nov 11 St Mirren 4 0 Western Division Ibrox 6,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Willie Thornton 9 Finlay 10 Gilmour 11 McNee
Scorers: Willie Thornton. Gilmour. Finlay. McNee
St Mirren : team unknown
Nov 18 Airdrie 1 0 Western Division away 9,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Alex Venters (pen)
Airdrie : team unknown
Nov 25 Dumbarton 2 1 Western Division Ibrox 8,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Willie Thornton 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee Scorers: Willie Thornton. Alex Venters
Dumbarton : team unknown
Dec 2 Kilmarnock 4 1 Western Division Ibrox 5,500
Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Willie Thornton 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Willie Waddell. McNee
Kilmarnock : team unknown
Dec 9 Clyde 1 0 Western Division away 15,000
Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Willie Thornton 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Jimmy Smith
Clyde : team unknown
Dec 16 Albion Rovers 2 1 Western Division Ibrox 13,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Willie Thornton 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Willie Thornton. McNee
Albion Rovers : team unknown
Dec 23 Hamilton 0 2 Western Division away 12,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Willie Thornton 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Hamilton : team unknown
Dec 25 Queens Park 3 1 Glasgow Cup Final Ibrox 15,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Gilmour 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Gilmour. Willie Thornton. McNee
Queens Park
Dec 30 Morton 0 3 Western Division away 8,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Brown 7 Fiddes 8 Gilmour 9 Willie Thornton 10 Jimmy Smith 11 McNee
Morton : team unknown
Jan 1 Celtic 1 1 Western Division Ibrox 40,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Gilmour 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear Scorers: Willie Waddell. McDonald.
Celtic: McDonald.
Scorers: McDonald.
Jan 6 Queens Park 4 0 Western Division Ibrox
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Little 7 Willie Waddell 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Kinnear
Scorers: Jimmy Duncanson (2). Alex Venters. Willie Waddell
Queens Park : team unknown
Jan 13 Queen of the South 2 1 Western Division away 8,200
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 S Ross 7 Willie Waddell 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Alex Venters. Willie Waddell
Queen of the South : team unknown
Jan 20 Motherwell 1 2 Western Division Ibrox 3,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Little 7 Willie Waddell 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Willie Thornton
Motherwell : team unknown
Feb 10 St Mirren 6 4 Western Division away 11,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Cowan 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee Scorers: Alex Venters (3). Jimmy Duncanson. McNee. Willie Thornton
St Mirren : team unknown
Feb 17 Airdrie 3 1 Western Division Ibrox 10,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 S Ross 7 Willie Waddell 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Alex Venters (pen). McKillop. Willie Thornton
Airdrie : team unknown
Feb 24 Alloa 4 1 Emergency War Cup 1st round 1st leg away 7,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Jimmy Duncanson (2). Willie Thornton (2)
Alloa : team unknown
Mar 2 Alloa 2 2 Emergency War Cup 1st round 2nd leg Ibrox 8,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Alex Venters (pen). Willie Waddell
Alloa : team unknown
Mar 9 Falkirk 0 0 Emergency War Cup 2nd round away 16,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 S Ross 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Falkirk : team unknown
Mar 13 Falkirk 3 2 Emergency War Cup 2nd round replay Ibrox 50,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Willie Thornton (2). Alex Venters
Falkirk : team unknown
Mar 16 Albion Rovers 3 3 Western Division away 10,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Brown 7 Willie Waddell 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Willie Thornton. Alex Venters. McNee
Albion Rovers : team unknown
Mar 23 St Mirren 3 1 Emergency War Cup Quarter Final Ibrox 60,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Jimmy Duncanson 8 Willie Thornton 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Willie Thornton. McNee. Jimmy Smith
St Mirren : team unknown
Mar 25 Partick Thistle 2 2 Western Division Ibrox 12,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Brown 7 McPherson 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Galloway 11 McNee
Scorers: Willie Thornton. Galloway.
Partick Thistle: Sharp. Picken
Scorers: Sharp. Picken
Mar 30 Morton 1 0 Western Division Ibrox 20,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Brown 7 Mathews 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Alex Venters
Morton : team unknown
Apr 6 Celtic 2 1 Western Division away 30,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 S Ross 7 Forshaw 8 Brown 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Alex Venters (pen). Brown.
Celtic: Divers.
Scorers: Divers.
Apr 13 Motherwell 4 1 Emergency War Cup Semi Final Hampden Park 57,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Brown 7 Willie Waddell 8 Willie Thornton 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: Jimmy Smith (2). Willie Thornton. Alex Venters
Motherwell : team unknown
Apr 17 Ayr United 3 1 Western Division Ibrox
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 McKillop 7 Forshaw 8 McPherson 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 McNee
Scorers: McPherson (2). Jimmy Smith
Ayr United : team unknown
Apr 20 Queens Park 3 2 Western Division away 20,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Brown 7 Forshaw 8 McPherson 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Little
Scorers: Jimmy Smith. Little. Alex Venters
Queens Park : team unknown
Apr 22 Third Lanark 1 0 Western Division away
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Cowan 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 McKillop 7 McPherson 8 Jimmy Duncanson 9 Finlay 10 Bob McPhail 11 Little
Scorers: Bob McPhail
Third Lanark : team unknown
Apr 24 Dumbarton 3 2 Western Division away
Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Cowan 3 Nimmo 4 Bolt 5 Simpson 6 Marshall 7 Jimmy Duncanson 8 McPherson 9 Finlay 10 Bob McPhail 11 Little Scorers: McPherson (2). Bob McPhail
Dumbarton : team unknown
Apr 27 Queen of the South 5 1 Western Division Ibrox
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Cowan 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Brown 7 McPherson 8 Willie Thornton 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Little
Scorers: Jimmy Smith (3). McPherson. Willie Thornton
Queen of the South : team unknown
May 4 Dundee Utd 1 0 Emergency War Cup Final Hampden Park 90,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 McKillop 7 Willie Waddell 8 Willie Thornton 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Little
Scorers: Jimmy Smith
Dundee Utd : team unknown
May 8 Clyde 3 1 Western Division Ibrox 2,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 McKillop 3 Jock Shaw 4 Bolt 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 McPherson 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Bob McPhail 11 Little
Scorers: McPherson (3)
Clyde : team unknown
May 15 Kilmarnock 1 3 Western Division away
Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 McPherson 8 Bolt 10 Bob McPhail 11 Willie Waddell
Scorers: Bob McPhail
Kilmarnock : team unknown
May 18 Hamilton 2 2 Western Division Ibrox
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 McPherson 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Little
Scorers: Jimmy Smith. McPherson
Hamilton : team unknown
May 22 Celtic 5 1 Glasgow M Charity Cup Semi Final Ibrox 21,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 McPherson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Caskie
Scorers: Caskie (2). Willie Thornton (2). Alex Venters
Celtic
May 25 Partick Thistle 3 1 Western Division away 6,000
Rangers: 1 Jenkins 2 Cowan 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Bolt 7 Willie Waddell 8 McPherson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Bob McPhail 11 Little
Scorers: McPherson (2). Little.
Partick Thistle: Peat
Scorers: Peat
May 29 Clyde 1 1 Glasgow M Charity Cup Final Hampden Park 12,924
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 McPherson 9 Willie Thornton 10 Alex Venters 11 Little
Scorers: Alex Venters
Clyde
Jun 1 Falkirk 2 1 Western Division Ibrox 15,000
Rangers: 1 Dawson 2 Gray 3 Jock Shaw 4 McKillop 5 Willie Woodburn 6 Scot Symon 7 Willie Waddell 8 McPherson 9 Jimmy Smith 10 Alex Venters 11 Little
Scorers: Alex Venters. Little
Falkirk : team unknown