18th Feb 1922 Partick Thistle 0 Rangers 1 (SFL First Division - game 29)

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Match Information

46/47y			George Easton		Bill Struth
no changes
no changes
					Alan Morton (0-1, 87 mins)
29y, 5m, 12d			Kenny Campbell		Willie Robb
			John Struthers		Bert Manderson
39y, 0m, 0d			Willie Bulloch		Billy McCandless
20y, 8m, 13d			Jimmy Gibson		David Meiklejohn
24y, 10m, 3d			Alex Lambie		Arthur Dixon
28y, 10m, 30d			Joe Harris		Tommy Muirhead
24y, 7m, 22d			John Blair		Sandy Archibald
23y, 10m, 4d			Jimmy Kinloch		Andy Cunningham
29y, 2m, 4d			Jimmy McColl		Geordie Henderson
41y, 4m, 7d			Jimmy McMenemy		Tommy Cairns
22y, 11m, 26d			Willie Salisbury		Alan Morton
28y, 5m, 27d

Match Report

TTA report

A record crowd of around 50,000 saw a closely fought affair. Honours went to Thistle in the first half and several good chances were made but the second half was all about defending. Rangers scored (87) following a dropped ball immediately after Campbell had collided with a post and received treatment.

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Glasgow Herald, 20th February, 1922

Stats Watch

● A new record attendance for a Thistle home match of 49,838. A record which stands to this day. The actual Firhill ground record would be set 6 years later when 54,728 watched Scotland lose 1-0 to Ireland in the British Home Championship of 1928.

ongoing sequences:

● 43 consecutive competitive appearances for John Blair, 5th Apr 1921 to date, a new personal best. (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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