# 1902–03 Rangers F.C. season

The 1902–03 season is the 29th season of competitive football by Rangers.

## Overview

Rangers played a total of 29 competitive matches during the 1902–03 season. The team finished third in Scottish League Division One, eight points behind champions Hibernian. The team managed twelve wins from the twenty-two league matches.
The Scottish Cup campaign ended in success as the team defeated Hearts 2–0 in the second final replay. The two previous final matches were a 1–1 and 0–0 draw and all were played at Celtic Park, Glasgow.

## Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

### Scottish League Division One

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 16 August 1902 | Third Lanark | A | 2–4 | 13,000 | Hamilton (2) |
| 23 August 1902 | Partick Thistle | H | 9–0 | 7,000 | Hamilton (4), Neil (2), Lennie (2), Mackie |
| 30 August 1902 | Port Glasgow | A | 3–0 | 7,000 | Stark, Neil (pen), Hamilton |
| 6 September 1902 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–2 | 14,000 | Neil (pen) |
| 15 September 1902 | Hibernian | A | 0–1 | 6,500 | |
| 20 September 1902 | Greenock Morton | H | 4–1 | 6,500 | Fraser, Hamilton, McDonald, Smith |
| 4 October 1902 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | 11,000 | Speedie (2) |
| 11 October 1902 | Greenock Morton | A | 4–0 | 7,000 | McDonald (2), Robertson, Hamilton |
| 18 October 1902 | Celtic | A | 1–1 | 25,000 | Smith |
| 27 October 1902 | Queen's Park | A | 2–0 | 12,000 | Mackie, Hamilton |
| 29 October 1902 | Hibernian | H | 2–5 | 15,000 | Walker, Stark |
| 1 November 1902 | Third Lanark | H | 2–0 | 12,000 | Mackie (2) |
| 8 November 1902 | Partick Thistle | A | 4–2 | 7,000 | Smith (2), Neil (pen), Walker |
| 15 November 1902 | Queen's Park | H | 3–2 | 10,000 | Speedie, Robertson, Neil |
| 22 November 1902 | St Mirren | A | 1–0 | 4,000 | Smith |
| 29 November 1902 | Kilmarnock | H | 5–0 | 4,500 | Walker (2), Smith, Hamilton, McDonald |
| 6 December 1902 | Dundee | A | 1–3 | 12,000 | Neil |
| 13 December 1902 | Port Glasgow | H | 4–2 | 3,000 | Hamilton (2), Brodie, Speedie |
| 20 December 1902 | Kilmarnock | A | 0–0 | 4,000 | |
| 1 January 1903 | Celtic | H | 3–3 | 25,000 | Walker (2), Neil |
| 3 February 1903 | St Mirren | H | 2–2 | 6,000 | McDonald, Walker |
| 17 February 1903 | Dundee | H | 1–1 | 10,000 | Gibson |

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 10 January 1903 | R1 | Auchterarder Thistle | H | 7–0 | 2,000 | Speedie (3), McDonald (2), Hamilton, Gibson |
| 24 February 1903 | R2 | Kilmarnock | H | 4–0 | 7,500 | Walker (2), Robertson, McDonald |
| 28 February 1903 | QF | Celtic | A | 3–0 | 40,000 | A.Smith, Walker, Hamilton |
| 7 March 1903 | SF | Stenhousemuir | A | 4–1 | 8,000 | Robertson (2), Hamilton (2) |
| 11 April 1903 | F | Heart of Midlothian | N | 1–1 | 30,000 | Stark |
| 18 April 1903 | F R | Heart of Midlothian | N | 0–0 | 35,000 | |
| 25 April 1903 | F 2R | Heart of Midlothian | N | 2–0 | 35,000 | Mackie, Hamilton |

## Appearances

| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
| Matthew Dickie | GK | 28 | 0 |
| David Crawford | DF | 5 | 0 |
| Jock Drummond | DF | 25 | 0 |
| Neilly Gibson | MF | 23 | 2 |
| Robert Neil | DF | 17 | 8 |
| John Tait Robertson | DF | 27 | 5 |
| James Graham | MF | 2 | 0 |
| John Walker | FW | 22 | 10 |
| Robert Hamilton | FW | 26 | 18 |
| Alec Mackie | FW | 9 | 5 |
| Alex Smith | FW | 29 | 7 |
| William Lennie | MF | 5 | 2 |
| Nicol Smith | DF | 7 | 0 |
| James Stark | DF | 19 | 3 |
| William Walker | MF | 2 | 0 |
| Finlay Speedie | FW | 25 | 7 |
| Alex Fraser | DF | 22 | 1 |
| Angus McDonald | MF | 20 | 8 |
| William Wallace | GK | 1 | 0 |
| George Henderson | DF | 3 | 0 |
| Alexander Brodie | MF | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander McMurray | MF | 2 | 0 |