31st Aug 1929 Morton 2 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 4)

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Match Information

			David Torrance		Donald Turner			48y, 7m, 0d
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Walter Johnstone (1-1, 1st half); Richard Little (2-2, pen 60 mins)					John Torbet (1-0, 30 mins); Johnny Ballantyne (2-1, 1st half)
			Alex Wilson		Johnny Jackson			23y, 9m, 2d
			David Weir		Denis O'Hare			29y, 7m, 10d
			Richard Little		Charlie McKendrick
			James Geddes		Alex Elliott			24y, 7m, 21d
			George Hunter		Alex Lambie			32y, 4m, 16d
			Robert Lawson		George Hunter
			Walter Johnstone		Willie Wilkie
			Owen Dorans		Bobby Grove			26y, 9m, 21d
			Charles Lyle		John Simpson			21y, 6m, 29d
			William Ballantyne		Johnny Ballantyne			29y, 10m, 4d
			Charles McCartney		John Torbet			25y, 11m, 6d
								26y, 9m, 24d

notes

OH/SC credit Johnny Ballantyne with Thistle's second, whilst GH/JL say John Simpson. We stick with the OH and what is a comprehensive account in the SC.

Match Report

TTA report

“A game of moderate quality“ (GH). A goal by Torbet (30) gave Thistle the lead. Morton equalised but Simpson restored the lead before a half-time. A better performance by Morton in the second half was rewarded by a penalty on the hour mark to give them their 1st point of the season.

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 15 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 2nd Jan 1929 to date. (Longest run since: 24 games; 11th Feb 1925 to 13th Feb 1926. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

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

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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