30th Oct 1909 Heart of Midlothian 2 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 9)

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Match Information

			James McGhee		George Easton			34y
					Maurice Parry; Fred Robertson
					Alex McGregor; Alec Raisbeck
Bobby Walker (1-1, 44 mins); Richard Harker (1-2, 2nd half)					Fred Robertson (1-0, 1st half); Fred Robertson (2-2, 75 mins)
			William Muir		Willie Howden			29y, 11m, 19d
			Tom Collins		Archie McKenzie			31y, 3m, 15d
			Rod Walker		James Bennett
			Frank McLaren		Maurice Parry			31y, 11m, 23d
			Bail Colombo		Robert Lyle			21y, 2m, 4d
			Bob Mercer		Bobby Wilson			21y, 10m, 5d
			George Sinclair		Tom Callaghan			25y, 11m, 5d
			Bobby Walker		Fred Robertson			21y, 0m, 10d
			Robert Burns		Sydney Smith			23y, 8m, 26d
			Richard Harker		Willie Gardiner			20y, 11m, 4d
			Philip Cole		Tom Ballantyne			22y, 8m, 19d
								25y, 0m, 20d

Match Report

TTA report

“To the disappointment of many, Raisbeck did not turn out for the visitors” (SC). Robertson scored for Thistle with an effort the keeper made no attempt to save then Howden saved a pen but Hearts equalised after half-time. They took the lead but Robertson got his and Thistle's 2nd with 15 minutes left.

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 26 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 1st Feb 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 27 games; 27th Feb 1897 to 28th Oct 1899. Club-record: 32 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 46 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 2 consecutive competitive appearances for Archie McKenzie, James Bennett, Robert Lyle, Bobby Wilson, Sydney Smith, Tom Ballantyne, Willie Gardiner and Willie Howden, 23rd Oct 1909 to date. (Longest run since: Tom Ballantyne - 19 games, 27th Mar 1909 to 16th Oct 1909. Club-record: Willie Howden - 48 games, 25th Mar 1905 to 16th Apr 1906.)

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