21st Aug 1937 Partick Thistle 3 Kilmarnock 0 (SFL First Division - game 2)

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matches:1937-38: ← 01game 0203 →

Match Information

56y, 6m, 21d			Donald Turner		Hugh Spence
Jimmy Stewart; Eddie McLeod
Alex Stevenson; Charlie Busby
John Wallace (1-0, 17 mins); John McMenemy (2-0, 41 mins); David Linton (3-0, 82 mins)
25y, 9m, 15d			Bobby Johnstone		William Brown
31y, 8m, 18d			Stewart Calderwood		James Leslie
			Jimmy Stewart		Fred Milloy
32y, 7m, 11d			Alex Elliott		George Robertson
22y, 10m, 16d			George Sutherland		Jim McClure
30y, 0m, 24d			Eddie McLeod		Samuel Ross
22y, 8m, 2d			Alex McSpadyen		Ben Thomson
19y, 1m, 5d			Peter McKennan		Allan Collins
20y, 11m, 18d			John Wallace		Robert McGowan
31y, 3m, 27d			John McMenemy		Robert Beattie
25y, 1m, 13d			David Linton		Robert Howie
26y, 2m, 22d

Match Report

TTA report

Despite the score, a close game in which Thistle carried all the luck whereas Kilmarnock hit the woodwork twice. Wallace headed in a Linton cross (17) and McMenemy made it 2-0 (41). The second half was just as tight. Linton deceived the keeper from a tight angle (making no attempt to save, 82).

Stats Watch

● David Linton scores his first goal for Thistle.

● John McMenemy scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 52 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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