18th Dec 1943 Morton 1 Partick Thistle 2 (Southern League - game 18)

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Match Information

			Jim Davies		Donald Turner			62y, 10m, 17d
					Maurice Candlin; James Anderson
					Alex Gourlay; Billy Millar
Andy Fyfe (2-1, pen 69 mins)					Bill Shankly (1-0, pen 33 mins); Maurice Candlin (2-0, 35 mins)
			Archie McFeat		Bobby Henderson			26y, 2m, 14d
			George Highet		Jimmy McGowan			27y, 6m, 8d
			Andy Fyfe		Peter Curran
			Willie Aird		Bill Shankly			30y, 3m, 16d
			Thomas Gray		Bobby Parker			19y, 10m, 2d
			Billy Campbell		Jackie Husband			25y, 6m, 20d
			Jimmy Whyte		Alex Glover			21y, 9m, 20d
			Gilbert McKenzie		Maurice Candlin			22y, 1m, 7d
			Alex Arthur		Willie Newall			23y, 1m, 23d
			William Steel		Willie Sharp			21y, 6m, 23d
			John Kelly		James Anderson
								24y, 2m, 22d

notes

Thistle's penalty opener is credited to Shankly (OH/ET/SC/DR) but TSP says it was Curran. As a 3rd alternative, the SP says it was Newman, with no line-up to offer a clue as to who that might be. We stick with Shankly per the majority view.

Match Report

TTA report

A fine display by Henderson in goal after the break was the foundation of the win. Morton did most of the attacking but didn't press home their advantage whereas Thistle took what few chances that came their way. Shankly (pen, 33) and Candlin (35) got the goals before Morton's pen (69).

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Evening Times, 18th December, 1943

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 14 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 25th Sep 1943 to date. (Longest run since: 18 games; 31st Oct 1942 to 20th Feb 1943. Club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 59 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Henderson, 22nd Aug 1942 to date. (Longest run since: Bobby Henderson - 70 games, 9th Dec 1939 to 16th Aug 1941. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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