20th Aug 1938 Raith Rovers 2 Partick Thistle 4 (SFL First Division - game 2)

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Match Information

			Sandy Archibald		Donald Turner			57y, 6m, 20d
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Edward McArthur (1-1, 35 mins); John Whitelaw (4-2, 2nd half)					John Wallace (1-0, 20 mins); Peter McKennan (2-1, 58 mins); Sammy Picken (3-1, 2nd half); Alex McSpadyen (4-1, 2nd half)
			Richard McCreadie		Bobby Johnstone			26y, 9m, 14d
			Robert Allan		Peter Curran
			John Smith		Jimmy Stewart
			David Baxter		Alex Elliott			33y, 7m, 10d
			Alex Low		George Sutherland			23y, 10m, 15d
			Peter Cabrelli		Eddie McLeod			31y, 0m, 23d
			Alex Glen		Alex McSpadyen			23y, 8m, 1d
			Thomas Gilmour		Peter McKennan			20y, 1m, 4d
			Norman Haywood		John Wallace			21y, 11m, 17d
			John Whitelaw		James Williamson
			Edward McArthur		Sammy Picken			18y, 3m, 7d
								24y, 10m, 29d

Match Report

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Yet again McSpadyen and McKennan made the difference. Rovers missed several good chances before Wallace scored (header, 20) but it was 1-1 at half-time. Rovers pressure came to nothing and goals by McKennan (a magnificent 35-yard free-kick, 58 mins), Picken and McSpadyen made it 4-1 before Rovers scored - the last three goals coming in the last 5 minutes.

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Sunday Mail, 21st August, 1938

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 14 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 23rd Oct 1937 to date. (Longest run since: 20 games; 26th Sep 1936 to 25th Sep 1937. Club-record: 40 games; 1st Feb 1908 to 17th Sep 1910.)

● 17 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 23rd Oct 1937 to date. (Longest run since: 27 games; 20th Mar 1935 to 6th May 1936. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 22 consecutive League games in which Thistle have scored; 4th Dec 1937 to date. (Longest run since: 23 games; 19th Aug 1899 to 22nd Sep 1900. Club-record: 28 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 28 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 4th Dec 1937 to date. (Longest run since: 28 games; 19th Aug 1899 to 7th Apr 1900. Club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 31 consecutive competitive appearances for John Wallace, 20th Nov 1937 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Bobby Johnstone - 34 games, 11th Sep 1937 to 12th Apr 1938. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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