The 1902–03 season was 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 DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 16 August 1902 Third LanarkA2–413,000Hamilton (2) 23 August 1902 Partick ThistleH9–07,000Hamilton (4), Neil (2), Lennie (2), Mackie 30 August 1902 Port GlasgowA3–07,000Stark, Neil (pen), Hamilton 6 September 1902 Heart of MidlothianA1–214,000Neil (pen) 15 September 1902 HibernianA0–16,500 20 September 1902 Greenock MortonH4–16,500Fraser, Hamilton, McDonald, Smith 4 October 1902 Heart of MidlothianH2–111,000Speedie (2) 11 October 1902 Greenock MortonA4–07,000McDonald (2), Robertson, Hamilton 18 October 1902 CelticA1–125,000Smith 27 October 1902 Queen's ParkA2–012,000Mackie, Hamilton 29 October 1902 HibernianH2–515,000Walker, Stark 1 November 1902 Third LanarkH2–012,000Mackie (2) 8 November 1902 Partick ThistleA4–27,000Smith (2), Neil (pen), Walker 15 November 1902 Queen's ParkH3–210,000Speedie, Robertson, Neil 22 November 1902 St MirrenA1–04,000Smith 29 November 1902 KilmarnockH5–04,500Walker (2), Smith, Hamilton, McDonald 6 December 1902 DundeeA1–312,000Neil 13 December 1902 Port GlasgowH4–23,000Hamilton (2), Brodie, Speedie 20 December 1902 KilmarnockA0–04,000 1 January 1903 CelticH3–325,000Walker (2), Neil 3 February 1903 St MirrenH2–26,000McDonald, Walker 17 February 1903 DundeeH1–110,000Gibson

Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 January 1903 R1Auchterarder ThistleH7–02,000Speedie (3), McDonald (2), Hamilton, Gibson 24 February 1903 R2KilmarnockH4–07,500Walker (2), Robertson, McDonald 28 February 1903 QFCelticA3–040,000A.Smith, Walker, Hamilton 7 March 1903 SFStenhousemuirA4–18,000Robertson (2), Hamilton (2) 11 April 1903 FHeart of MidlothianN1–128,000Stark 18 April 1903 F RHeart of MidlothianN0–016,000 25 April 1903 F 2RHeart of MidlothianN2–032,000Mackie, Hamilton

Appearances PlayerPositionAppearancesGoals Matthew DickieGK280 David CrawfordDF50 Jock DrummondDF250 Neilly GibsonMF232 Robert NeilDF178 John Tait RobertsonDF275 James GrahamMF20 John WalkerFW2210 Robert HamiltonFW2618 Alec MackieFW95 Alex SmithFW297 William LennieMF52 Nicol SmithDF70 James StarkDF193 William WalkerMF20 Finlay SpeedieFW257 Alex FraserDF221 Angus McDonaldMF208 William WallaceGK10 George HendersonDF30 Alexander BrodieMF11 Alexander McMurrayMF20

See also 1902–03 in Scottish football 1902–03 Scottish Cup

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