16th Mar 1929 Ayr United 1 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL First Division - game 31)

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Match Information

			Archie Buchanan		George Easton			53/54y
					Johnny Ballantyne
					Harry Gibson
James Smith (2-1, 11 mins)					John Torbet (1-0, 2 mins); Johnny Ballantyne (2-0, 6 mins); John Torbet (3-1, 77 mins)
			Bob Hepburn		Johnny Jackson			23y, 3m, 15d
			Norman Price		Bob Paton			27y, 8m, 7d
			Willie Fleming		Stewart Calderwood			23y, 3m, 13d
			William Robertson		Jimmy Richmond			25y, 3m, 4d
			James McLeod		Alex Lambie			31y, 11m, 1d
			David Turnbull		Eddie McLeod			21y, 7m, 16d
			Andrew McCall		Davie Ness			26y, 7m, 1d
			William Neil		Alex Elliott			24y, 2m, 6d
			James Smith		Johnny Ballantyne			29y, 4m, 17d
			Joe Reilly		William Fraser
			Billy Brae		John Torbet			25y, 5m, 19d
								25y, 10m, 12d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle eased into 5th in the league with this win. A solid start saw them 2-up inside 6 minutes with goals from Torbet and Ballantyne. Ayr pulled one back (11) and had most of the play after that but their finishing was weak. Thistle made better use of fewer chances and Torbet scored again (77).

Stats Watch

● 25-year-old Jimmy Richmond plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 128 consecutive competitive appearances for Johnny Jackson, 28th Aug 1926 to date, a new personal best. (An extension of the club-record.)

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