London, Mar, 26.
Heading for tle seventh Scottish Cup win of their career, the Glasgow to-ay beat Hamilton in the semifinal round by 5 goals to 2. They will now meet Kilmarnock. in the final, the latter team also qualifying this afternoon by. eliminating Aindrieonians by the odd goal five," Kilmarnock twice previously have won the trophy, notably 1929, when they" jockeyed famous Rangers he played on April 16.
A crowd of 50,000 spectators. Watched the match ut Celtic Park, The Rangers won the toss and quickly replied to Hamilton's opening attack, in which Wilson and King missed' badly when well placed. The first goal for the [champions was scored by Marshall, who netted after the goal-keeper had partially saved his first shot. Then English, who has twice scored hhatetricks in this season's cup-ties, scored two quick goals, to put the Rangers three goals ahead at half-from a pass from English, champions kept on attacking and soon were five up, Marshall netting. Hamilton then resorted to. wild Kicking and reckless. shooting. A minute fiom time, Herd dribbled his way through and scored. From the Kick-off, Hamilton again ran through the' Rangers' defence, for King to score with the last' kick of the match.
Final score:—Rangers 8; Hamilton 2.
At Firhill Park, 30,000 persons watered a very exciting match, in which Kilmarnock's precise play' was countered by Airdrie's bustling facties. After 37 minutes of end to-end thrills, in which both goalkeepers were warmly tested" by Armstrong, for Airdrie, and by. Aitken and McEwan, for Kilmar= hock, Aitken and McEwan each scored within five minutes. At the interval, Kilmarnock led" by two goals to nil The second half started in senial fashion, MeDonald "redue-'Kilmarmoek's lead in the first minute, However, ten minutes later, Maxwell put his side further Jahead by netting from close range. Kilmarnock were much stronger and did most of the attacking, ind every minute they looked like increasing their score. However, ]with about four minutes to go, Air-avia took advantage of lapse. the part of their opponents. and reduced the margin through J. Paterson, their centre-half. The closing minutes were full of exjeitement, with Airdrie going all for' the equaliser. "However, goal. "Final sco Airdrieonians Bacuen Lescte, 1st Divisiox ston Vile 2, W-Brom Bolton W 3, Shetield
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