30th Sep 1944 Hamilton Academical 3 Partick Thistle 4 (Southern League - game 7)

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Match Information

			Willie McAndrew		Donald Turner			63y, 7m, 30d
					Maurice Candlin; Joe McGeachy
					Bobby Parker; Billy Millar
Harry McShane (1-1, 21 mins); Alex Herd (2-2, pen 41 mins); William McCall (3-3, 73 mins)					Joe McGeachy (1-0, 13 mins); Jackie Johnson (2-1, 33 mins); Jackie Johnson (3-2, 63 mins); Alex Gourlay (4-3, 82 mins)
			John Campbell		Bobby Henderson			26y, 11m, 26d
			Jimmy McGurk		Jimmy McGowan			28y, 3m, 20d
			James Anderson		Peter Curran
			Oliver Burns		Bill Shankly			31y, 0m, 28d
			John Lowe		Jackie Husband			26y, 4m, 2d
			Tom Jarvie		Maurice Candlin			22y, 10m, 19d
			John Jones		Jackie Johnson			22y, 9m, 19d
			Alex Herd		James Colgan			20y, 1m, 3d
			David Wilson		Alex Gourlay			25y, 1m, 10d
			Harry McShane		Willie Sharp			22y, 4m, 5d
			William McCall		Joe McGeachy			24y, 5m, 9d
								25y, 0m, 14d

Match Report

TTA report

McGeachy (on his debut) scored (13) but Hamilton equalised (21). Johnson made it 2-1 (33) then a pen (foul, 41) levelled things. Johnson scored to put Thistle ahead (63) but again Accies hit back (73) before Gourlay grabbed the winner (82). Johnson made the other 2 goals as well. Thriller to the end.

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Evening Times, 30th September, 1944

Stats Watch

● 24-year-old Joe McGeachy makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

ongoing sequences:

● 91 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Henderson, 22nd Aug 1942 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since the Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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