3rd Jan 1942 Queen's Park 2 Partick Thistle 2 (Southern League - game 23)

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Match Information

			Committee		Donald Turner			60y, 11m, 3d
					Andrew Forsyth; George Sutherland
					Alex Sharp; Charlie Busby
Andy Aitken (2-1, 55 mins); James McIntosh (2-2, 65 mins)					Herbert Dickson (1-0, og 12 mins); Willie Sharp (2-0, 38 mins)
			Robert Brown		Bobby Henderson			24y, 2m, 30d
			Frank Mennie		Jimmy McGowan			25y, 6m, 24d
			Herbert Dickson		Peter Curran
			John Harris		Andrew Forsyth
			Samuel Thomson		George Sutherland			27y, 2m, 29d
			Alex Cross		Jackie Husband			23y, 7m, 6d
			James McIntosh		Alex McSpadyen			27y, 0m, 15d
			Andy Aitken		Alex Gourlay			22y, 4m, 14d
			David Wilkie		Willie Newall			21y, 2m, 9d
			Andrew Dickson		Willie Sharp			19y, 7m, 9d
			Johnny Aitkenhead		Bobby Harper			21y, 6m, 28d
								23y, 7m, 9d

notes

The OH has Alex Gourlay for the first Thistle goal (by process of elimination) but the detailed report in the SP seems clear that his cross was turned into the net by Herbert Dickson for an own goal, so we go with that. The SP credits Alex Gourlay with Thistle's second whilst the GH/OH say it was Willie Sharp. We stick with the OH for that one, pending further reports.

Match Report

TTA report

An OG gave Thistle the lead (12) then poor defending led to a McSpadyen cross being knocked in by Sharp (Gourlay?) (38). Thistle were surprised by Queens' fight-back and a 25-yard free-kick made it 2-1 (55). It was 2-2 10 minutes later and end to end stuff after that but neither side could find a winner.

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without defeat, 6th Dec 1941 to date. (Longest run since: 9 games, 4th Dec 1937 to 29th Jan 1938. Club-record: 11 games, 22nd Oct 1932 to 31st Dec 1932.)

● 14 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 22nd Apr 1941 to date. (Longest run since: 18 games; 21st Jan 1939 to 25th Mar 1940. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 16 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 29th Sep 1941 to date. (Longest run since: 16 games; 5th Apr 1941 to 20th Sep 1941. Club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 30 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.)

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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