1898–99 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

1898–99 season
President	James Henderson
Match Secretary	William Wilton
Ground	Kinning Park
Scottish League Division One	1st P18 W18 D0 L0 F79 A18
Scottish Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Hamilton (21) All: Robert Hamilton (25)
← 1897–98 1899–00 →

The 1898–99 season is the ninth season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 23 competitive matches during the 1898–99 season. They finished top of the Scottish League Division One with a one hundred percent record of 18 wins from 18 matches.

The club ended the season without the Scottish Cup despite beating Hearts and St. Mirren en route. They lost the final to Celtic 2–0.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish League Division One

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1898	Partick Thistle	H	6–2	7,000	Hamilton (3), Sharp, Neil, Millar
27 August 1898	St. Mirren	A	3–1		A.Smith, Hamilton, McPherson
3 September 1898	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–2	17,500	Hamilton (2), Wilkie
10 September 1898	Third Lanark	H	4–1	18,000	Millar, McPherson, Campbell, Neil (pen.)
19 September 1898	St. Bernard's	A	2–0	8,000	A.Smith, Neil (pen.)
24 September 1898	Celtic	A	4–0	45,000	Neil (pen.), McPherson, Campbell, Millar
26 September 1898	Third Lanark	A	3–2	14,000	Campbell (2), McPherson
1 October 1898	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–1	25,000	Hamilton (2), A.Smith
8 October 1898	Dundee	A	2–1	7,500	Hamilton, Wilkie
5 November 1898	Partick Thistle	A	5–0	5,000	Hamilton (2), Millar (2), Sharp
19 November 1898	Hibernian	A	4–3	10,000	Millar, A.Smith, Hamilton, Neil (pen.)
26 November 1898	Clyde	H	8–0	4,000	Millar (3), Sharp (2), Gibson (2), Watson (o.g.)
3 December 1898	St. Bernard's	H	5–2	3,000	Campbell (4), Hamilton
17 December 1898	Dundee	H	7–0	3,000	Hamilton (3), A.Smith (2), McPherson (2), Gibson (pen.), Campbell
24 December 1898	Hibernian	H	10–0	7,000	A.Smith (4), Hamilton (2), McPherson, Millar, Gibson (pen.), Campbell
31 December 1898	St. Mirren	H	3–2	5,000	Campbell (2), A.Smith
2 January 1899	Celtic	H	4–1	30,000	Hamilton (3), Campbell
7 January 1899	Clyde	A	3–0	4,000	A.Smith, Millar, Neil (pen.)

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 January 1899	R1	Heart of Midlothian	H	4–1	25,612	Gibson (2), Neil (pen.), Hamilton
11 February 1899	R2	Ayr Parkhouse	A	4–1	5,000	Hamilton (2), Campbell, A.Smith
18 February 1899	QF	Clyde	H	4–0	6,000	Low, McPherson, Gibson (pen.), Hamilton
15 April 1899	SF	St. Mirren	A	2–1	10,000	McPherson, Millar
22 April 1899	F	Celtic	N	0–2	25,000

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Matthew Dickie	GK	23	0
Robert Hamilton	FW	23	25
Robert Neil	DF	22	7
Alex Smith	FW	22	13
David Crawford	DF	22	0
Neilly Gibson	MF	22	6
John Campbell	MF	21	13
James Millar	FW	21	12
John McPherson	MF	20	8
David Mitchell	MF	18	0
Nicol Smith	DF	17	0
Jock Drummond	DF	6	0
Jimmy Millar	DF	5	0
Andrew Sharp	MF	4	3
James Wilkie	FW	4	2
James Sharp	MF	1	1
Tommy Low	MF	1	1
Jimmy Oswald	FW	1	0

See also

• 1898–99 in Scottish football
• 1898–99 Scottish Cup