Partick Thistle Reserves Season 1914-15
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| 1914-15 (Reserves) |
| The 40th season of Partick Thistle F.C. |
| scorers in CAPS | |
| 1. Sat-22-Aug-1914 [a] W2-1 Stevenston United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – SR 24/8/1914. HARRIS, DUNN. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – The first half was fast and furious with play raging end to end. Stevenston got their noses in front just on half-time. Colquhoun had some good saves and eventually Thistle got on top. Clever play set up Harris and Dunn scored near the end. |
| 2. Sat-29-Aug-1914 [h] W3-0 Falkirk (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – FH 2/9/1914. Colquhoun, Gafferty, Dunn (J), Gallagher, Hamilton, Lowry, McINTYRE, HYNDS (2), Smith, Gifford, Dunn (A). |
| – The goalless first half saw Falkirk have the early play but their shooting was poor. Thistle came into it but their forwards were no better. Hynds converted a Dunn cross. Falkirk almost levelled then Hynds scored at a corner. McIntyre sealed the win. |
| 3. Sat-05-Sep-1914 [a] L3-4 Queen's Park (Scottish 2nd XI Cup 1st Round) |
| – GH 7/8/1914. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 4. Sat-12-Sep-1914 [a] L2-3 Galston (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – SR 14/8/1914. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 5. Sat-26-Sep-1914 [a] D1-1 Kilmarnock (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – KH 2/10/1914. HARRIS. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – Evenly contested, Kilmarnock took the lead but Harris equalised soon after. The second half was goalless thanks to a fine save by Colquhoun near the end to deny Kilmarnock a winner. |
| 6. Sat-10-Oct-1914 [a] D0-0 Dumbarton Harp (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – SR 12/10/1914. Line-up as yet unsourced. Line-up included Colquhoun, Lowry, Dunn (J), Harris, McIntyre, Dunn (A) and McGowan. |
| – An even first half was closely contested but goalless. Harp edged the second half but poor finishing let them down. |
| 7. Sat-17-Oct-1914 [a] L2-4 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – EEN 17/10 & SR 19/10/1914. Colquhoun, McKenzie, Dunn (J), Harris (J), Lowry, Gardiner, ARMSTRONG, Hynds, HARRIS (W), McIntyre, Dunn (A). Hearts had 3 trialists playing - "Newman", "Over" and "Blank"! |
| – Thistle gave a good account of themselves but Hearts chose to produce one of their best performances of the season. Thistle led 2-1 at half-time with goals from Harris and Armstrong but Hearts were too good for them on the day. |
| 8. Sat-31-Oct-1914 [a] W1-0 Falkirk (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – FH 4/11/1914. ARMSTRONG. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – It was even for a spell then Harris rattled the crossbar. Thistle got on top but the Falkirk defence held out until half-time. Armstrong “got clean away” and scored the only goal (75). Falkirk rallied but Thistle just about deserved both points. |
| 9. Sat-07-Nov-1914 [h] W3-2 Stevenston United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – SR 9/11/1914. HARRIS (2). Line-up and remaining scorer as yet unsourced. Line-up also included McMillan, McBride and Armstrong. RIP "The SR" newspaper 1888-1914. |
| – Thistle started brightly but found themselves 1-down. Rather against the run of play they equalised nearing half-time. Lowry failed to re-appear but Harris scored (51) then Thistle got on top and he scored again. |
| 10. Sat-21-Nov-1914 [a] L2-3 Ayr United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – SP 22/11/1914. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 11. Sat-28-Nov-1914 [h] W4-3 Kilmarnock (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – KH 4/12/1914. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| – “Kilmarnock reserves had their splendid record broken on Saturday when they were defeated by Partick Thistle 4-3. This is their first defeat of the Reserve League season”. |
| 12. Sat-05-Dec-1914 [h] W4-0 Dumbarton Harp (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – DR 7/12/1914. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. SP report says 4-1. |
| 13. Sat-12-Dec-1914 [a] W3-2 Rangers (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – DR 14/12/1914. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 14. Sat-19-Dec-1914 [a] D2-2 Morton (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – DR 21/12/1914. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 15. Sat-09-Jan-1915 [a] L0-2 Motherwell (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – MT 15/1/1915. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – It was goalless at half-time despite some determined attacks by both sides. Thistle's wingers were a constant threat but finishing was weak and they paid the price with two goals from a goalmouth scramble and from long range. |
| 16. Sat-23-Jan-1915 [a] W5-2 Queen's Park (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – DR 25/1/1915. LOWRY (5). Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 17. Sat-06-Feb-1915 [h] W6-4 Raith Rovers (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – SP 7/2/1915. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. |
| 18. Sat-13-Feb-1915 [h] L1-2 Motherwell (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – MT 19/2/1915 & DR 12/2/1915. (Predicted) McBride, McKenzie, Dunn (J), McIntyre, Lowry, McMullan, Armstrong, HYNDS, Harris (N), Gifford, Dunn (A). Confirmed line-up as yet unsourced. |
| – Play was largely confined to midfield but Motherwell had the best of the chances and took a 2-goal lead at half-time. Thistle had a better spell but couldn't beat the visiting keeper until Hynds scored following a defensive mistake. |
| 19. Sat-06-Mar-1915 [h] L0-4 Heart of Midlothian (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – DR 8/3/1915. (Predicted) McBride, McKenzie, Caffrey, McIntyre, Loney, Dunn (J), Hynds, Robertson, Lowry, Gifford, Dunn (A). Confirmed line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 20. Sat-27-Mar-1915 [h] L0-3 Morton (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – DR 29/3/1915. Line-up as yet unsourced. Line-up included Alexander of Parkhead Juniors. |
| 21. Sat-10-Apr-1915 [a] L2-3 Rangers (Glasgow 2nd XI Cup Semi Final) |
| – GH 12/4/1915. Line-up and scorers as yet unsourced. Quarter Final bye. |
| 22. Sat-17-Apr-1915 [h] L0-1 Ayr United (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – DR 19/4/1915. Line-up as yet unsourced. |
| 23. Sat-24-Apr-1915 [a] D1-1 Raith Rovers (Scottish Reserve League) |
| – FFP 1/5/1915. McBride, Caffrey, Dunn (J), Gardner, Lowry, Bowie, Hynds, TAYLOR, Hammill, Gifford, Dunn (A). |
| – A good hard game, evenly balanced. Rovers took the lead (10) but Taylor scored following a corner with just a hint of off-side. Give and take play continued to the end with good forward play and good goalkeeping by both teams. |
| 24. Tue-27-Apr-1915 [a] L1-2 Queen's Park (Pollok FC Fundraiser) |
| – BHN 30/4/1915. Line-up and scorer as yet unsourced. Muir & Ross of St Anthony's turned out for Thistle. Fund raiser for Pollok FC. |
| 1914-15 Reserves summary notes | |
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P24 W9 D4 L11 (1.292 ppg)
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| see also: |
| 1914-15 (First Team) → |
| 1914-15 (Z-List) → |
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