1897–98_Rangers_F.C._season

Rangers
1897–98 season
President	John Robertson Gow
Match Secretary	William Wilton
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	2nd; P18 W13 D3 L2 F71 A15
Scottish Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Robert Hamilton (18); All: ; Robert Hamilton (26)
	← 1896–97 1898–99 →

1897–98 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers 1897–98 football season

The 1897–98 season is the 24th season of competitive football by Rangers.

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
4 September 1897	St Bernard's	A	4–2	7,000	Hamilton (2), J.Miller, Hyslop
11 September 1897	Hibernian	H	1–0	15,000	Hamilton
20 September 1897	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–2	13,000	Hamilton, A.Smith
25 September 1897	Third Lanark	A	3–0	15,000	Hyslop (pen), A.Smith, Hyslop
27 September 1897	Celtic	H	0–4	30,000
2 October 1897	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–0	15,000	Hamilton (2)
9 October 1897	Partick Thistle	A	5–1	8,000	Mitchell, Gibson, Neil, Hamilton, Hyslop
16 October 1897	Clyde	A	8–1	6,000	A.Smith (3), J.Miller (2), Hamilton, Hyslop, J.McPherson
23 October 1897	Clyde	H	7–0	3,000	Hyslop (3, 1 pen), McPherson, Hamilton, J.Miller, A.Smith
6 November 1897	St Mirren	A	5–1		Turnbull (2), Low, McPherson, Hamilton
4 December 1897	St Mirren	H	9–0	5,000	Hamilton (4), McPherson (3), Neil, J.Miller
11 December 1897	Hibernian	A	5–0	9,000	Hamilton (3), Hyslop, A.Smith
25 December 1897	Dundee	H	5–0	6,000	J.Miller (4), A.Smith
3 January 1898	Partick Thistle	H	7–1	4,000	A.Smith (2), McPherson (2), J.Miller, Hyslop, Johnstone
12 February 1898	Dundee	A	1–2	11,000	A.Smith
19 March 1898	St Bernard's	H	8–1	5,000	Hyslop (3), McPherson (2), A.Smith, Neil, Turnbull
9 April 1898	Third Lanark	H	0–0	3,000
11 April 1897	Celtic	A	0–0	15,000

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 January 1898	R1	Polton Vale	H	8–0	3,000	J.Miller (2), J.McPherson (2), A.Smith, Hamilton, Goudie, Neil
22 January 1898	R2	Cartvale	H	12–0		Hamilton (4), A.Smith (2), Neil (pen), Mitchell, Kerr, N.Gibson, J.Miller, Coulrough (og)
5 February 1898	QF	Queen's Park	A	3–1	20,000	J.McPherson, Hamilton, J.Miller
19 February 1898	SF	Third Lanark	H	1–1	20,000	A.Smith
26 February 1898	SF Rpl	Third Lanark	A	2–2	16,000	Hamilton, A.Smith
12 March 1898	SF 2Rpl	Third Lanark	A	2–0	12,000	J.McPherson, N.Gibson (pen)
26 March 1898	F	Kilmarnock	N	2–0	14,000	A.Smith, Hamilton

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Matthew Dickie	GK	24	0
Nicol Smith	DF	16	0
Jock Drummond	DF	21	0
Andrew McCreadie	DF	4	0
Robert Neil	DF	19	5
David Mitchell	MF	17	2
Tommy Low	MF	14	2
Jimmy Millar	FW	22	14
Robert Hamilton	FW	22	16
Tommy Hyslop	FW	15	12
Alex Smith	MF	24	18
Neilly Gibson	MF	21	3
John McPherson	MF	19	14
Robert Glen	DF	5	0
Peter Turnbull	FW	5	3
David Crawford	DF	10	0
Jimmy Oswald	FW	5	0
Jamieson	MF	1	0
Murray	DF	3	0
Yuille	GK	1	0
Turner	MF	1	0
Neil Kerr	MF	3	1
Scott	DF	2	0
Goudie	MF	1	1

1897–98 Rangers F.C. season