23rd Nov 1940 Dumbarton 2 Partick Thistle 0 (Southern League - game 15)

matches:1940-41: ← 15game 1617 →

Match Information

			Fred Denovan		Donald Turner			59y, 9m, 23d
					Jackie Cox; Willie Peat
					Jackie Husband; Sammy Picken
Fred Williams (0-1, 27 mins); Fred Williams (0-2, 61 mins)
			John Wallace		Bobby Henderson			23y, 1m, 19d
			Henry Dornan		Charlie Busby			24y, 11m, 17d
			Andy Cheyne		Peter Curran
			John Drysdale		Jackie Cox			30y, 6m, 14d
			future Jag Hugh Hart		George Sutherland			26y, 1m, 18d
			William Brown		Austin Collier			26y, 3m, 30d
			John Milne		Alex McSpadyen			25y, 11m, 4d
			Jimmy Shields		Charles Rodger			31y, 8m, 20d
			Fred Williams		Alex Younger			21y, 2m, 17d
			Charlie Ferguson		Willie Sharp			18y, 5m, 29d
			Felix McGrogan		Willie Peat			20y, 10m, 15d
								24y, 11m, 7d

notes

Alex Younger played under the psuedonym of “Smith”.

Match Report

TTA report

“Desperately dull at Boghead” (DR). Thistle were worse than a poor Dumbarton side. “There was an absence of thoughtful moves and weird attempts at net-finding”. “Thistle were the greater sinners”.

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Evening Times, 26th November, 1940

Stats Watch

● 30-year-old Jackie Cox plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 22 competitive away games without a win; 6th Jan 1940 to date. (Longest run since: 22 games; 10th Aug 1935 to 6th May 1936. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 42 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Henderson, 9th Dec 1939 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Sammy Picken - 50 games, 3rd May 1939 to 16th Nov 1940. 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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