8th Mar 1924 Hibernian 2 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)

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Match Information

			Alex Maley		George Easton			48/49y
					Jack Thomson; Tom Crichton; Jimmy Gibson
					Joe Ramsay; Matt Wilson; Harry Chatton
George Murray (2-1, 51 mins); Jimmy Dunn (2-2, 65 mins)					Bobby Grove (1-0, 24 mins); Davie Ness (2-0, 26 mins)
			Willie Harper		Jack Thomson			27y, 7m, 10d
			William McGinnigle		Denis O'Hare			24y, 1m, 16d
			William Dornan		Tom Crichton			30y, 8m, 9d
			Peter Kerr		Jimmy Gibson			22y, 9m, 3d
			Willie Miller		Alex Lambie			26y, 10m, 22d
			Hugh Shaw		Jimmy McMullan			30y, 1m, 1d
			Harry Ritchie		Davie Ness			21y, 6m, 22d
			Jimmy Dunn		Jimmy Kinloch			25y, 10m, 23d
			George Murray		Sandy Hair			25y, 11m, 28d
			Johnny Halligan		Bobby Grove			21y, 3m, 27d
			John Walker		Willie Salisbury			25y, 0m, 14d
								25y, 7m, 18d

notes

Willie Miller of Hibs (the son of a Firhill director) was sitting with his mother in the stand, bedecked in green! The OH credits Sandy Hair with Thistle's second goal and this is backed up by the DR, but the consensus lies with Davie Ness. SP describes that Ness's oblique shot struck the foot of the upright and flashed into the net, assisted by a belated touch from Hair's toe. "It was Ness's goal" states the reporter firmly. Belated is the key word here, the suggestion being that the ball was already over the line. Backing up Ness as scorer, reports in GH/SC/AN all do so without mentioning Hair at all. We're compelled to go with Ness per the description and clear majority view.

Match Report

TTA report

Hibs were all over Thistle but Grove (24) and Ness (off a post, 26) gave them a half-time lead - courtesy of defensive errors. Magnificent defending by Thistle all afternoon was finally defeated, both goals coming from crosses (51 and 65) then Thomson had a magnificent point-blank save. “An exhausting struggle” (GH).

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Sunday Post, 9th March, 1924

Daily Record, 10th March, 1924

Daily Record, 10th March, 1924

The Scotsman, 10th March, 1924

Gallery

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• Thomson of Thistle makes a daring save. (DR)

• The Thistle custodian smartly pulls down a hard shot. (DR)

Stats Watch

● Thistle appear in their ninth Scottish Cup Quarter Final. It's the second of these to go to a replay.

ongoing sequences:

● 15 consecutive competitive appearances for Denis O'Hare, 29th Dec 1923 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Bobby Grove - 17 games, 24th Nov 1923 to 27th Feb 1924. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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