5th Sep 1934 Buckie Thistle 0 Partick Thistle 4 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Alec Melvin		Donald Turner			53y, 7m, 5d
					Alex Prior; Hugh Baigrie; Willie Miller; Sandy MacLennan
					Stewart Calderwood; Alex Elliott; Bob Donnelly; Archie Hastie
					Sandy MacLennan (1-0, 25 mins); Willie Miller (2-0, pen 37 mins); John Neish (3-0, 2nd half); George Wyllie (4-0, 2nd half)
			Cumming		Archie Gourlay			24y, 4m, 15d
			Stewart		Alex Prior			23y, 9m, 27d
			Bowie		George Cummings			21y, 3m, 0d
			Middleton		Hugh Baigrie			22y, 5m, 12d
			F. Smith		Willie Miller			24y, 7m, 17d
			G. Smith		Eddie McLeod			27y, 1m, 8d
			Laing		John Neish			23y, 7m, 22d
			Gowie		George Wyllie			21y, 7m, 9d
			Calder		Sandy MacLennan			25y, 7m, 29d
			Clark		Johnny Ballantyne			34y, 10m, 9d
			Milne		Peter Bain			25y, 0m, 28d
								24y, 11m, 12d

notes

Buckie Thistle would be Highland League champions with a record points tally.

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Match Report

TTA report

An entertaining game. Thistle took time to settle against robust opposition but McLennan headed in a Neish cross (25) then Buckie had a chance kicked off the line with Gourlay beaten. Miller converted a pen (37). Buckie missed 2 good chances then Neish and Wyllie scored in the second half.

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Daily Record, 6th September, 1934

Daily Record, 7th September, 1934

Banffshire Journal, 8th September, 1934

Stats Watch

● Goalie Archie Gourlay keeps his first clean-sheet for Thistle.

● John Neish scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Thistle and Buckie Thistle meet for the first time.

ongoing sequences:

● 38 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Johnstone, 7th Oct 1933 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: George Cummings - 44 games, 26th Sep 1932 to 2nd Sep 1933. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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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