7th Apr 1917 St Mirren 1 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL - game 34)

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Match Information

			John Cochran		George Easton			42y
					James Gardiner; Lawson Humphreys; Muir Honeyman
					Jimmy McMullan; Jock McTavish; Billy Leitch
John Marshall (0-1, 43 mins)					Willie Whittle (1-1, pen 2nd half); John Bowie (2-1, 2nd half)
Daniel Hillcoat (@ 2-1, 2nd half)					John Bowie (@ 2-1, 2nd half)
			Daniel Hillcoat		Jim Ferguson			20y, 7m, 25d
			Andrew Reid		George Robertson
			Louis Gordon		Willie Bulloch			34y, 1m, 20d
			William Brown		Brough Fletcher			24y, 0m, 29d
			Arthur Dixon		James Gardiner			23y, 1m, 11d
			James Walls		Joe Harris			24y, 0m, 19d
			Fred Sowerby		Willie Whittle			26y, 11m, 29d
			Charles Pringle		Lawson Humphreys			22y, 10m, 1d
			John Marshall		William Reid [ii]
			James Lindsay		Muir Honeyman			22y, 0m, 2d
			Andrew Brown		John Bowie			22y, 2m, 26d
								24y, 5m, 13d

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Match Report

TTA report

A tepid first half saw Saints lead 1-0 at half-time. Thistle pressed in the second half and hit the bar. Whittle scored from the spot then 3 minutes later a mistake let Bowie in for the winner close in. Later he clashed with the keeper and both were sent off. Saints hit the woodwork several times as Thistle clung on for a lucky win.

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Daily Record, 9th April, 1917

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ongoing sequences:

● 34 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Bulloch, 26th Aug 1916 to date. (Longest run since: William Campbell - 52 games, 17th Jan 1914 to 20th Feb 1915. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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