10th Apr 1937 Motherwell 4 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 36)

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Match Information

			John Hunter		Donald Turner			56y, 2m, 10d
					Jimmy Stewart; Hugh Baigrie; Horace Woolley
					Stewart Calderwood; Eddie McLeod; John McMenemy
Hugh Wales (2-1, 49 mins); Alex Stewart (2-2, 60 mins); Alex Stewart (2-3, 62 mins); Duncan Ogilvie (2-4, 75 mins)					Horace Woolley (1-0, 4 mins); John Wallace (2-0, 6 mins)
			Peter McArthur		Bobby Johnstone			25y, 5m, 4d
			Sam Hynds		Alex Stevenson
			Ben Ellis		Jimmy Stewart
			Hugh Wales		Alex Elliott			32y, 3m, 0d
			Johnny Blair		George Sutherland			22y, 6m, 5d
			Tommy McKenzie		Hugh Baigrie			25y, 0m, 17d
			Duncan Ogilvie		Alex McSpadyen			22y, 3m, 22d
			James Main		Peter McKennan			18y, 8m, 25d
			Alex Stewart		John Wallace			20y, 7m, 7d
			George Stevenson		Horace Woolley			24y, 10m, 12d
			John McCulloch		Alf Smith
								23y, 11m, 19d

notes

OH/SC/GH all agree with Horace Woolley for Thistle's opener but JL goes with Alf Smith. We stick with the majority.

Match Report

TTA report

The game was keenly contested. 2 goals by Wooley (from a cut-back, 4) and Wallace (defensive mistake (6) gave Thistle (in primrose and pink) an excellent start. Motherwell improved after half-time and a 25-yard free-kick (49) reduced the lead. 3 more goals emphasised their control of the second half as Thistle faded badly.

Stats Watch

● 24-year-old Horace Woolley plays his last game for Thistle and marks the occasion by scoring his final goal for the club.

ongoing sequences:

● 7 League games without a win; 20th Feb 1937 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games; 15th Feb 1936 to 25th Apr 1936. Club-record: 26 games; 28th Nov 1908 to 2nd Oct 1909.)

● 9 away League games without a win; 12th Dec 1936 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936.)

● 9 competitive games without a win, 20th Feb 1937 to date. (Longest run since: 10 games, 15th Feb 1936 to 25th Apr 1936. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 14 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 26th Sep 1936 to date. (Longest run since: 26 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 29th Aug 1936. Club-record: 40 games; 1st Feb 1908 to 17th Sep 1910.)

● 46 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Johnstone, 2nd May 1936 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Stewart Calderwood - 66 games, 11th Aug 1934 to 7th Dec 1935. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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