5th Sep 1914 Partick Thistle 4 Motherwell 1 (SFL First Division - game 4)

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Match Information

39y			George Easton		John Hunter
Willie Hamilton; Willie Whittle
Willie Loney; Joe Harris
Willie Whittle (1-0, 1st half); Frank Branscombe (2-1, 2nd half); Willie Whittle (3-1, 2nd half); Willie Bulloch (4-1, pen 2nd half)					John Gray (1-1, 2nd half)
28y, 7m, 19d			William Campbell		Thomas Allan
27y, 11m, 19d			Tom Adams		Robert Penman
31y, 6m, 18d			Willie Bulloch		Patrick Kelly
20y, 5m, 16d			Dougie Morrison		Francis McStay
24y, 10m, 27d			Willie Hamilton		David Calderhead
20y, 6m, 29d			Jimmy McMullan		Matthew Eglinton
23y, 4m, 18d			John M. Young		George Nicol
21y, 10m, 18d			George Ramsay		John Waugh
24y, 4m, 27d			Willie Whittle		George Whitehead
29y, 2m, 29d			Jock McTavish		John Gray
25y, 3m, 30d			Frank Branscombe		Norman Fairgray
25y, 3m, 19d

notes

SC credits Waugh with Motherwell's goal, but we stick with Gray per GH/JL.

Match Report

TTA report

“The game was not a brilliant one” (SC). Whittle gave Thistle the lead (on his debut) but Motherwell equalised early in the second half. Branscombe and Whittle again extended the lead and when Bulloch scored with a penalty “all interest died out, the Thistle winning easily” (SC).

Stats Watch

● 24-year-old Willie Whittle makes his Thistle debut, joining our scoring debutants club and netting a brace on the day.

ongoing sequences:

● 16 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 31st Jan 1914 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 46 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 30th Oct 1909.)

● 18 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 14th Feb 1914 to date. (Longest run since: 28 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 16th Jan 1909. Club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 33 consecutive competitive appearances for Jock McTavish, 15th Nov 1913 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: William Campbell - 35 games, 22nd Oct 1910 to 16th Sep 1911. Club-record: Willie Howden - 48 games, 25th Mar 1905 to 16th Apr 1906.)

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