12th Dec 1942 Partick Thistle 2 Queen's Park 1 (Southern League - game 18)

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Match Information

61y, 10m, 11d			Donald Turner		Committee
A. Gibson; Willie Sharp
Sammy Picken; Jimmy Campbell
Maurice Candlin (1-0, 12 mins); Tom Mooney (2-0, 52 mins)					Alex West (2-1, 75 mins)
25y, 2m, 8d			Bobby Henderson		Jim Steadward future Jag
26y, 6m, 2d			Jimmy McGowan		Frank Mennie
			Peter Curran		William Manderson
18y, 11m, 4d			John Hammill		Sammy Cox
24y, 6m, 14d			Jackie Husband		Robert Bowman
28y, 4m, 18d			Austin Collier		Alex Cross
22y, 11m, 4d			Willie Peat		John Harris
21y, 1m, 1d			Maurice Candlin		Andy Aitken
			A. Gibson		Alex West
20y, 6m, 17d			Willie Sharp		Joseph Kyle
32y, 1m, 11d			Tom Mooney		Kenny Chisholm future Jag
24y, 5m, 19d

notes

SP lists A. Gibson as “Newman”.

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle were the better team and went 2-up through goals from Candlin (12) and Mooney (52). Queens, who had been poor up till then, rallied and pulled a goal back (75) but it wasn't enough and Thistle ran out comfortable enough winners because unlike Queens, they took their chances.

Stats Watch

● A. Gibson makes his Thistle debut.

● Tom Mooney scores his first goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 18 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Henderson, 22nd Aug 1942 to date. (Longest run since: Jimmy McGowan - 20 games, 14th Feb 1942 to 5th Sep 1942. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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