1895–96 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1895–96 season
President	Dugald MacKenzie
Match Secretary	William Wilton
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	2nd
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alex Smith (13); All: ; Alex Smith (16)
	← 1894–95 1896–97 →

The Rangers 1895–96 season was the 22nd of competitive football in the Scottish Football Association.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 22 competitive matches during the 1895–96 season. They finished second in the Scottish League Division One with a record of 11 wins from 18 matches.

The club ended the season without the Scottish Cup after being knocked out in the quarter-final stage by Hibernian by 3–2. The club had beaten Dumbarton and St Mirren during the competition.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1895	Dumbarton	A	5–3		Miller (2), Barker (2), A.Smith
24 August 1895	Third Lanark	H	0–4
31 August 1895	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1		Oswald, Untraced
7 September 1895	Celtic	H	2–4	16,000	Stewart, A.Smith
14 September 1895	St. Bernard's	A	4–3		McPherson, Miller, A.Smith, Untraced
5 October 1895	St Mirren	A	7–1		A.Smith (4), McPherson, Oswald, McCreadie
12 October 1895	St. Bernard's	H	2–0	4,000	A.Smith, McPherson
26 October 1895	Hibernian	A	1–1	8,000	Barker
9 November 1895	Clyde	H	4–4	4,000	Oswald (2), McPherson, Mitchell
23 November 1895	Hibernian	H	4–0	6,000	Oswald (2), Barker, McPherson
30 November 1895	Dundee	A	3–1	3,000	Marshall, Barker, Oswald
7 December 1895	Heart of Midlothian	H	7–2		Oswald (3), N.Gibson, Barker, McPherson, Untraced
14 December 1895	Celtic	A	2–6	25,000	A Smith, McCreadie
21 December 1895	Third Lanark	A	3–2	5,000	A.Smith, McCreadie, Boyd
4 January 1896	Dumbarton	H	3–1	2,000	Oswald, McCreadie, Miller (o.g.)
8 February 1896	Clyde	A	2–2		Stewart, A.Smith
22 February 1896	St Mirren	H	3–3	3,000	A.Smith (2), Miller
29 February 1896	Dundee	H	3–1	3,000	McCreadie (2), McPherson

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 January 1896	R1	Dumbarton	A	1–1		Stewart
25 January 1896	R1 R	Dumbarton	H	3–1	6,000	A.Smith (2), Oswald
1 February 1896	R2	St Mirren	H	5–0	4,500	Oswald (3), McPherson, McCreadie
15 February 1896	QF	Hibernian	H	2–3	18,000	A.Smith, McCreadie

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Mungo Murdoch	GK	1	0
Nicol Smith	DF	21	0
Jock Drummond	DF	18	0
Robert Marshall	DF	16	1
Alex Mathie	DF	1	0
Neilly Gibson	MF	21	1
McIntyre	MF	3	0
Thomas Miller	MF	8	4
John Barker	MF	12	6
David Boyd	MF	4	1
Alex Smith	FW	21	16
William Wilson	GK	3	0
Jimmy Oswald	FW	21	15
John McPherson	MF	20	8
George Russell	DF	2	0
Stewart	MF	11	3
John McLeod	GK	5	0
David Crawford	DF	4	0
David Mitchell	MF	16	1
Robert Burns	DF	6	0
Hugh McCreadie	MF	14	8
John Bell	GK	7	0
Muir	MF	1	0
James Yuille	GK	1	0
James McAllan	GK	1	0

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	18	15	0	3	64	25	+39	30	Champions
2	Rangers	18	11	4	3	57	39	+18	26
3	Hibernian	18	11	2	5	58	39	+19	24
4	Heart of Midlothian	18	11	0	7	68	36	+32	22
5	Dundee	18	7	2	9	33	42	−9	16
6	St Bernard's	18	7	1	10	36	53	−17	15
6	Third Lanark	18	7	1	10	47	51	−4	15
8	St Mirren	18	5	3	10	31	51	−20	13
9	Clyde	18	4	3	11	39	59	−20	11
10	Dumbarton (R)	18	4	0	14	36	74	−38	8	Relegated to the 1896–97 Scottish Division Two

Source: "1895-1896 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
Rules for classification: Teams finish equal if level on points. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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