# 1949–50 Rangers F.C. season

The 1949–50 season was the 70th season of competitive football by Rangers.

## Overview

Rangers played a total of 47 competitive matches during the 1949–50 season. The side won the league with a one-point lead over second placed Hibernian, after winning 22 of the 30 matches. The side also recorded an unbeaten home record in the league.
In the cup competitions Rangers were successful. The Scottish Cup was won thanks to a 3–0 win over East Fife with goals from Willie Findlay and a brace from Willie Thornton. The club exited the League Cup at the semi-final stage to East Fife.

## Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

### Scottish League Division A

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 10 September 1949 | Partick Thistle | H | 2-0 | 60,000 | Waddell, Findlay |
| 24 September 1949 | Celtic | H | 4-0 | 64,000 | Rutherford, Findlay, Waddell (pen), Williamson |
| 15 October 1949 | Falkirk | A | 2-0 | 20,000 | Williamson, Rutherford |
| 22 October 1949 | Hearts | H | 1-0 | 50,000 | Findlay |
| 29 October 1949 | Aberdeen | A | 3-1 | 40,000 | Findlay, Thornton, Rutherford |
| 5 November 1949 | Hibernian | A | 0-1 | 51,500 | |
| 12 November 1949 | St Mirren | H | 1-0 | 45,000 | Johnson |
| 19 November 1949 | Raith Rovers | A | 3-1 | 24,800 | Williamson (2), Thornton |
| 26 November 1949 | Stirling Albion | H | 2-1 | 45,000 | Thornton, Williamson |
| 3 December 1949 | Clyde | H | 5-4 | 25,000 | Thornton (2), Cox (2), Johnson |
| 10 December 1949 | Motherwell | A | 0-4 | 28,000 | |
| 17 December 1949 | Queen of the South | H | 1-0 | 18,000 | Thornton |
| 24 December 1949 | Partick Thistle | A | 3-1 | 35,000 | Johnson (2), Thornton |
| 31 December 1949 | Dundee | H | 2-2 | 35,000 | Thornton, Findlay |
| 2 January 1950 | Celtic | A | 1-1 | 65,000 | McCulloch |
| 3 January 1950 | Third Lanark | H | 3-1 | 30,000 | Thornton (2), Johnson |
| 7 January 1950 | East Fife | A | 2-0 | 18,674 | Williamson, Rutherford |
| 14 January 1950 | Falkirk | H | 3-0 | 35,000 | Young (pen), Rutherford, Williamson |
| 21 January 1950 | Hearts | A | 1-0 | 49,000 | Findlay |
| 4 February 1950 | Aberdeen | H | 2-2 | 50,000 | Young (2, 2 pen) |
| 18 February 1950 | St Mirren | A | 2-1 | 40,000 | Rutherford, Waddell |
| 25 February 1950 | Raith Rovers | H | 2-0 | 35,000 | Williamson, Waddell |
| 4 March 1950 | Stirling Albion | A | 2-0 | 25,000 | Williamson, Paton |
| 18 March 1950 | Motherwell | H | 2-0 | 38,000 | Findlay, Rutherford |
| 25 March 1950 | Queen of the South | A | 2-1 | 18,000 | Thornton, Williamson |
| 8 April 1950 | East Fife | H | 2-2 | 40,000 | Cox, Findlay |
| 10 April 1950 | Clyde | A | 2-1 | 25,000 | Rae, Cox |
| 17 April 1950 | Dundee | A | 1-0 | 32,000 | Duncanson |
| 29 April 1950 | Hibernian | H | 0-0 | 101,209 | |
| 1 May 1950 | Third Lanark | A | 2-2 | 32,800 | Williamson, Paton |

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 28 January 1950 | R1 | Motherwell | A | 4–2 | 32,000 | Williamson, Paton, McCulloch, Findlay |
| 11 February 1950 | R2 | Cowdenbeath | H | 8-0 | 24,000 | McCulloch (2), Williamson (2), Johnson (2), Paton, Rutherford |
| 11 March 1950 | QF | Raith Rovers | H | 1-1 | 43,080 | Findlay |
| 15 March 1950 | QF R | Raith Rovers | A | 1-1 | 28,500 | Williamson |
| 27 March 1950 | QF 2R | Raith Rovers | H | 2-0 | 63,000 | Findlay, Cox |
| 1 April 1950 | SF | Queen of the South | N | 1-1 | 52,924 | Rutherford |
| 5 April 1950 | SF R | Queen of the South | N | 3-0 | 58,975 | Williamson, Young (pen), Findlay |
| 22 April 1950 | F | East Fife | N | 3-0 | 120,015 | Thornton (2), Findlay |

### League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 13 August 1949 | SR | Celtic | A | 2–3 | 71,000 | Waddell (pen), Thornton |
| 17 August 1949 | SR | St Mirren | H | 5-1 | 50,000 | Waddell (2, 1 pen), Rutherford, Findlay, Thornton |
| 20 August 1949 | SR | Aberdeen | H | 4-2 | 50,000 | Findlay (2), Duncanson (2) |
| 27 August 1949 | SR | Celtic | H | 2-0 | 95,000 | Findlay, Waddell |
| 30 August 1949 | SR | St Mirren | A | 1-1 | 45,000 | Duncanson |
| 3 September 1949 | SR | Aberdeen | A | 1-1 | 43,000 | Findlay |
| 17 September 1949 | QF L1 | Cowdenbeath | H | 2-3 | 46,670 | Williamson, Marshall |
| 21 September 1949 | QF L2 | Cowdenbeath | A | 3-1 | 25,586 | Cox (2), Rutherford |
| 8 October 1949 | SF | East Fife | N | 1-2 | 74,507 | Marshall |

## Appearances

| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
| Bobby Brown | GK | 47 | 0 |
| George Young | DF | 47 | 4 |
| Jock Shaw | DF | 45 | 0 |
| Ian McColl | DF | 46 | 0 |
| Willie Woodburn | DF | 46 | 0 |
| Sammy Cox | DF | 47 | 7 |
| William Waddell | MF | 19 | 8 |
| Willie Findlay | FW | 36 | 18 |
| Billy Williamson | FW | 31 | 17 |
| Jimmy Duncanson | FW | 20 | 4 |
| Johnny Hubbard | MF | 2 | 0 |
| Willie Rae | MF | 12 | 1 |
| Eddie Rutherford | MF | 35 | 11 |
| Willie Paton | MF | 10 | 4 |
| Willie Thornton | FW | 29 | 15 |
| Torrance Gillick | MF | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | FW | 22 | 7 |
| Willie McCulloch | MF | 12 | 4 |
| Dave Marshall | FW | 3 | 2 |
| Ian McIntyre | MF | 2 | 0 |
| John Lindsay | DF | 3 | 0 |