20th Apr 1918 Rangers 3 Partick Thistle 0 (War Fund Shield Quarter Final)

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Match Information

			William Wilton		George Easton			43y
					Jim Ferguson; Willie Hamilton; Jimmy McMullan; McDonald
					Robert Bruce; Neil Harris; William Reid [ii]; John King
Tommy Cairns (0-1, 60 mins); Tommy Cairns (0-2, 83 mins); Tommy Cairns (0-3, 87 mins)
			future Jag Herbert Lock		Jim Ferguson			21y, 8m, 7d
			Bert Manderson		Archie Maclachlan
			James Blair		Willie Bulloch			35y, 2m, 2d
			Peter Pursell		Adam Black			21y, 11m, 24d
			Arthur Dixon		Willie Hamilton			28y, 6m, 11d
			Harold McKenna		Jimmy McMullan			24y, 2m, 13d
			James Young		Robert Sibbald			22y, 7m, 14d
			James Bowie		James Gray
			John Hart		Willie Whittle			28y, 0m, 11d
			Tommy Cairns		McDonald
			Sandy Archibald		John Bowie			23y, 3m, 8d
								25y, 8m, 5d

notes

This competition was run twice in war time seasons (1914-15, 1917-18) to help raise funds for footballers and their families who fought in the Great War. The SC credits John Hart with the second and third Rangers goals, but we stick with the Tommy Cairns hat-trick as per the SP.

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Match Report

TTA report

“Partick Thistle failed badly at Ibrox” (DR) and 3 goals didn't flatter Rangers. Rangers fired a pen straight at Ferguson (15) but although Thistle matched Rangers for about an hour, ultimately Rangers took command and ran out convincing winners scoring 2 of their 3 goals in the last 7 minutes.

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The Bulletin, 22nd April, 1918

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Stats Watch

● McDonald plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 22-year-old Robert Sibbald plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Bulloch, 5th Jan 1918 to date. (Longest run since: Tom Adams - 22 games, 22nd Sep 1917 to 9th Feb 1918. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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