23rd Jan 1909 West Calder Swifts 0 Partick Thistle 0 (Scottish Cup 1st Round)

matches:1908-09: ← 25game 2627 →

Match Information

			Committee		George Easton			33/34y
					Tom Murray; Bill Gray; Frank Branscombe
					Harry Wilson; John Callander; Herbert MacPherson
			Craig		Lee Massey			20y, 11m, 23d
			Fleming		Tom Murray
			Fairley		Archie McKenzie			30y, 6m, 8d
			Tait		Bill Gray			26y, 10m, 18d
			Brown		Robert Lyle			20y, 4m, 28d
			Speilman		Archie Low			23y, 3m, 30d
			Walker		Sam Kennedy			27y, 9m, 15d
			Tait		Fred Robertson			20y, 3m, 3d
			Kennedy		Frank Branscombe			19y, 8m, 17d
			Atkinson		Alex McGregor
			Wilson		Tom Ballantyne			21y, 11m, 12d
								23y, 6m, 15d

notes

Thistle were drawn at home but had to agree to switch to West Calder since they were of no fixed abode at this time.

Match Report

TTA report

Play was ragged on the narrow pitch and “weaker forward play has seldom been seen in the Scottish Cup“ (GH). Thistle survived some scary moments and had Massey in goal to thank for the chance of a replay. (West Calder refused to play at either of the venues imposed by the SFA and were ejected from the competition.)

Stats Watch

● 19-year-old Frank Branscombe makes his Thistle debut.

● West Calder Swifts become the 85th club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action.

● Goalie Lee Massey keeps his last clean-sheet for Thistle.

● Thistle's 29th Scottish Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 9 competitive games without a win, 28th Nov 1908 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 15 games, 20th Apr 1908 to 17th Oct 1908.)

● 15 competitive away games without a win; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 19 games; 26th Sep 1903 to 24th Sep 1904.)

● 14 consecutive competitive appearances for Tom Ballantyne, 24th Oct 1908 to date. (Longest run since: Lee Massey - 26 games, 21st Mar 1908 to 28th Nov 1908. Club-record: Willie Howden - 48 games, 25th Mar 1905 to 16th Apr 1906.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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