18th Jan 1941 Motherwell 2 Partick Thistle 4 (Southern League - game 23)

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Match Information

			John Hunter		Donald Turner			59y, 11m, 18d
					Alex Younger
					Willie Sharp
Ben Ellis (1-1, pen 37 mins); Hutton Bremner (3-2, 86 mins)					Alex McSpadyen (1-0, 9 mins); Alex McSpadyen (2-1, 54 mins); Alex Younger (3-1, 65 mins); Alex Younger (4-2, 90 mins)
			Allan McClory		Bobby Henderson			23y, 3m, 14d
			Hugh Fulton		Anthony Johnston			23y, 7m, 12d
			Ben Ellis		Peter Curran
			Tommy McKenzie		John Laurie			21y, 9m, 19d
			Johnny Blair		George Sutherland			26y, 3m, 13d
			Hugh Wales		Austin Collier			26y, 5m, 25d
			David Bartleman		Alex McSpadyen			26y, 0m, 30d
			Hutton Bremner		Andrew Forsyth
			David McCulloch		Willie Newall			20y, 2m, 24d
			Max Turnbull		Alex Younger			21y, 4m, 12d
			Joe Johnston		Willie Hannah			19y, 5m, 12d
								23y, 2m, 7d

notes

Alex Younger played under the psuedonym of “Smith”.

Match Report

TTA report

“Thistle showed dashing form“ (SP). A goal by McSpadyen (9) put Thistle ahead but a Sutherland hand ball led to a pen (37). McSpadyen (54) and Younger (65) put Thistle 3-1 up but Motherwell narrowed the gap (86). Thistle saw out the last few minutes and Younger scored again (90) for a fine win -the first away from home this season.

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 50 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.)

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