31st May 1931 Kjøbenhavns Boldklub 3 Partick Thistle 2 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			?		Donald Turner			50y, 4m, 0d
					Willie Miller; Evelyn Morrison
					Alex Elliott; Jimmy Rutherford
Neilson (0-1, 5 mins); ? (1-2, 2nd half); ? (2-3, pen 89 mins)					Bobby Grove (1-1, 40 mins); Evelyn Morrison (2-2, 2nd half)
			?		Johnny Jackson			25y, 6m, 2d
			?		Stewart Calderwood			25y, 5m, 28d
			?		Jimmy Rae			23y, 6m, 9d
			?		Willie Miller			21y, 4m, 12d
			?		James McAllister
			?		Eddie McLeod			23y, 10m, 3d
			?		Davie Ness			28y, 9m, 16d
			?		Bobby Grove			28y, 6m, 21d
			Neilson		Evelyn Morrison			28y, 9m, 30d
			?		Johnny Ballantyne			31y, 7m, 4d
			?		John Torbet			27y, 8m, 6d
								26y, 6m, 6d

notes

Although KB moved to its current sports complex on Peter Bangs Vej in the 1920s, the first team of the football department continued to play its home games at Idrætsparken until 1990.

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Match Report

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Goals by Grove and Morrison weren't enough in the opening match of the Danish tour. The winning goal came from the penalty spot a minute from the end.

Scrapbook

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Dundee Courier, 1st June, 1931

Sunday Post, 7th June, 1931

Gallery

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• Action at the Idrætsparken, B93 v Køge, 27 August 1939. (RDL)

• Jags on tour! At Carlsberg, Copenhagen, 1931. (JSI)

Stats Watch

● 28-year-old Evelyn Morrison makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

● Kjøbenhavns Boldklub become the first Danish side to play Thistle.

● Denmark becomes the sixth country to provide opponents for Thistle.

● Evelyn Morrison becomes the first South African to play for Thistle.

● South Africa becomes the seventh country/territory to birth a Jag.

● Evelyn Morrison becomes the first-known South African to score for Thistle.

● South Africa becomes the sixth country to be represented in the Thistle goal-scoring charts.

ongoing sequences:

● 229 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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