25th May 1930 Kvik 2 Partick Thistle 4 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Committee		Donald Turner			49y, 3m, 24d
					George Boardman; Robert Jenkins
					Alex Lambie; John Simpson
Johnny Helgesen (3-1, 1st half); Johnny Helgesen (4-2, 2nd half)					Johnny Ballantyne (1-0, 1st half); William Fraser (2-0, 1st half); Robert Jenkins (3-0, 1st half); John Torbet (4-1, 1st half)
			Roy Fosdahl		Johnny Jackson			24y, 5m, 26d
			Gunnar Ekhaug		Stewart Calderwood			24y, 5m, 22d
			Ragnvald Ekhaug		Jimmy Rae			22y, 6m, 3d
			Arnold Olsson		Bobby Grove			27y, 6m, 15d
			Robert Danielson		George Boardman			25y, 7m, 5d
			Eilif Paulsen		Eddie McLeod			22y, 9m, 27d
			Arne Johansen		Davie Ness			27y, 9m, 10d
			Omar Johansen		William Fraser
			Johnny Helgesen		Robert Jenkins			22y, 4m, 26d
			Rolf Halvorsen		Johnny Ballantyne			30y, 6m, 28d
			Henry Jacobsen		John Torbet			26y, 8m, 0d
								25y, 5m, 24d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle's first recorded match on a Sunday saw them take a 4-1 lead into the second half. Kvik scored after half-time and played "a rare good game". There was great local interest and several thousand turned out. Ballantyne, Fraser, Jenkins and Torbet got the goals.

Media report

26-May-1930, Aftenposten (a loose translation thereof!)

THE SCOTS' SECOND MATCH IN NORWAY. Victory 4-2 against Kvik in Halden yesterday. In a football match at Halden's stadium between the Scottish team Partick Thistle and Kvik Halden, the result was that the Scots won 4-2. Kvik put up very good opposition and delivered a rare good game. After the first half the result was 4-1 in the Scots' favour and thus Kvikk got their second goal in the second half. The match was covered with great interest and several thousand spectators had turned up.

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Idrettsliv, 26th May, 1930

Gallery

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• Kvik's outstanding goalkeeper Roy Fosdahl saved a dangerous shot from Partick's centre. (IDR)

Stats Watch

● Thistle play their first-known Sunday game.

● 22-year-old Robert Jenkins plays his last game for Thistle and joins our scoring finale club.

ongoing sequences:

● 184 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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