1st Apr 1933 East Stirlingshire 2 Partick Thistle 7 (SFL First Division - game 33)

matches:1932-33: ← 39game 4041 →

Match Information

			Committee		Donald Turner			52y, 2m, 1d
					George Wilson; George Watson
					Johnny Jackson; Johnny Ballantyne
Robert Kemp (2-1, 1st half); James Turnbull (7-2, 88 mins)					Lachlan MacMillan (1-0, 7 mins); George Watson (2-0, 9 mins); George Watson (3-1, 1st half); Alex Craigie (4-1, 48 mins); Alex Elliott (5-1, 50 mins); Alex Craigie (6-1, 2nd half); Alex Craigie (7-1, 2nd half)
			William Watson		George Wilson			28y, 0m, 2d
			Charles McLurg		Stewart Calderwood			27y, 3m, 29d
			James McCabe		George Cummings			19y, 9m, 27d
			William Black		Alex Elliott			28y, 2m, 22d
			William Crichton		James McAllister
			George Thomson		Eddie McLeod			25y, 8m, 4d
			John Latimer		Davie Ness			30y, 7m, 17d
			James Smith		Lachlan MacMillan
			Andrew Macauley		Alex Craigie			25y, 10m, 3d
			James Turnbull		George Watson			27y, 6m, 7d
			Robert Kemp		John Torbet			29y, 6m, 7d
								26y, 11m, 12d

Match Report

TTA report

Only 300 saw bottom club Shire outclassed again. They managed to pull things back to 2-1 but Thistle were 7-1 up and coasting before they got their 2nd. The scorers were: Craigie (another hat-trick), Watson (2), McMillan - “the artist in the Firhill attack“ (GH) - and Elliott.

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Glasgow Herald, 3rd April, 1933

Stats Watch

● 28-year-old George Wilson plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● Thistle make their first-ever visit to Firs Park.

● Thistle score 7 goals in an away League game, the joint club-record which stands today. (W7-1 07-Jan-1928; W7-2 01-Apr-1933; W7-3 12-Aug-1933; W7-2 18-Mar-1950)

ongoing sequences:

● 32 consecutive competitive appearances for George Cummings, 26th Sep 1932 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since the club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.

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