15th Nov 1941 Motherwell 6 Partick Thistle 1 (Southern League - game 15)

matches:1941-42: ← 16game 1718 →

Match Information

			John Hunter		Donald Turner			60y, 9m, 15d
					Edward McCandlish
					Bobby Henderson
Duncan Ogilvie (0-1, 42 mins); Gordon Bremner (1-2, 62 mins); Gordon Bremner (1-3, 65 mins); John McCulloch (1-4, 66 mins); Davie Mathie (1-5, 69 mins); Davie Mathie (1-6, 79 mins)					Willie Newall (1-1, 54 mins)
			John Johnston		Edward McCandlish
			Willie Kilmarnock		Jimmy McGowan			25y, 5m, 5d
			Ben Ellis		Peter Curran
			Tommy McKenzie		Alex Sharp
			Johnny Blair		George Sutherland			27y, 1m, 10d
			Hugh Wales		Jackie Husband			23y, 5m, 18d
			Duncan Ogilvie		Alex McSpadyen			26y, 10m, 27d
			Hutton Bremner		Alex Gourlay			22y, 2m, 26d
			future Jag Davie Mathie		Willie Newall			21y, 0m, 21d
			Gordon Bremner		Willie Sharp			19y, 5m, 21d
			John McCulloch		Bobby Harper			21y, 5m, 9d
								23y, 4m, 23d

notes

Edward McCandlish listed as “Junior” in the SP.

Match Report

TTA report

Unchanged except for McCandlish in goal (his only game for the club), Thistle trailed 1-0 after an even first half of excellent play by both sides. Newall equalised (54) and the game promised more of the same but 4 goals in 7 minutes (including 2 glorious long range efforts) rocked Thistle and the 6th came (79).

Stats Watch

● 19/20-year-old Edward McCandlish plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● Thistle's joint-record margin of defeat against Motherwell in competitive action.

● Thistle's joint-record margin of defeat against Motherwell.

ongoing sequences:

● 22 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Newall, 20th May 1941 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Peter Curran - 53 games, 10th Aug 1940 to 4th Oct 1941. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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