20th Mar 1937 Partick Thistle 2 Falkirk 2 (SFL First Division - game 32)

matches:1936-37: ← 38game 3940 →

Match Information

56y, 1m, 17d			Donald Turner		Tully Craig
Stewart Calderwood; Hugh Baigrie; George Sutherland; John Abbie; Alf Smith
Jimmy Stewart; Johnny Swann; Charlie Busby; Alex McSpadyen; William Gray
John Wallace (1-0, 8 mins); Peter McKennan (2-0, 19 mins)					William Anderson (2-1, 41 mins); Robert Keyes (2-2, 64 mins)
					Bob Shankly (@ 1-1, 25 mins)
25y, 4m, 14d			Bobby Johnstone		John Robertson
23y, 5m, 4d			Ian Johnston		Robert Nisbet
31y, 3m, 17d			Stewart Calderwood		Matthew Naismith
24y, 11m, 24d			Hugh Baigrie		Gibby White
22y, 5m, 15d			George Sutherland		Bob Shankly
29y, 7m, 20d			Eddie McLeod		William Sneddon
17y, 3m, 18d			John Abbie		William Anderson
18y, 8m, 4d			Peter McKennan		Alex Sharp
20y, 6m, 17d			John Wallace		Robert Keyes
30y, 10m, 23d			John McMenemy		Richard Duffy
			Alf Smith		Ken Dawson
24y, 5m, 16d

Match Report

TTA report

McKennan set up Wallace for the opener (8) then McKennan netted a Smith cross (19). Falkirk's No 5 was sent off (dissent, 25) but they scored just before half-time. McKennan was denied by a fine save then 10-man Falkirk's spirited fight-back was completed with a fine equaliser (64) and they held on.

Stats Watch

● 17-year-old John Abbie makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 42 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Johnstone, 2nd May 1936 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: George Sutherland - 42 games, 14th Sep 1935 to 5th Sep 1936. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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