26th May 1945 Partick Thistle 4 Dumbarton 4 (Summer Cup 1st Round, 1st leg)

matches:1944-45: ← 38game 3940 →

Match Information

64y, 3m, 25d			Donald Turner		William Guthrie
Jim Steadward; Peter Curran; Hugh Brown; Willie Sharp
Robert McFarlane; Bobby Parker; Maurice Candlin; Tommy Wright
Douglas Stockdale (1-2, 16 mins); Bill Shankly (2-2, pen 31 mins); Douglas Stockdale (3-2, 57 mins); Joe McGeachy (4-3, 75 mins)					Robert Murphy (0-1, 7 mins); John Hepburn (0-2, 9 mins); Robert Murphy (3-3, 58 mins); John Browning (4-4, 85 mins)
26y, 4m, 12d			Jim Steadward		Jim Hoey
28y, 11m, 16d			Jimmy McGowan		John Milne
			Peter Curran		Alex Kay
31y, 8m, 24d			Bill Shankly		John Browning
26y, 11m, 28d			Jackie Husband		Frank Douglas
23y, 5m, 19d			Hugh Brown		George Campbell former Jag
23y, 5m, 15d			Jackie Johnson		Alexander Filshie
23y, 0m, 1d			Willie Sharp		John Hepburn
18y, 8m, 23d			Douglas Stockdale		Ernest Marshall
25y, 0m, 13d			Sammy Picken		Jim McGowan
25y, 1m, 5d			Joe McGeachy		Robert Murphy
25y, 3m, 12d

Match Report

TTA report

Dumbarton raced to a 2-goal lead in 9 minutes but spurred on by Shankly, Husband and Brown, Stockdale (16) and Shankly (pen, 31) pulled it back to 2-2 at half-time. Stockdale (57) and McGeachy (75) scored but Dumbarton deservedly equalised both times, earning a draw (85). All to do in the 2nd leg.

Media report

27-May-1945, Sunday Post

Result just right. Dumbarton jumped into a two-goal lead early on and things didn’t look well for Thistle. However, urged on by the halves, the forwards buckled to and squared matters by half-time. After the turn it was goal about, with Dumbarton snatching a well-deserved equaliser shortly before the finish. Dumbarton stars were Hoey, Milne, Browning and Hepburn. Thistle had best service from Husband, Brown and Johnson.

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Daily Record, 23rd May, 1945

Daily Record, 26th May, 1945

Evening Times, 26th May, 1945

Sunday Post, 27th May, 1945

Stats Watch

● 26-year-old Jim Steadward makes his Thistle debut.

● Although we remain at War officially until 2nd September 1945 this is the first game since V-Day (9 May 1945).

ongoing sequences:

● 32 consecutive competitive appearances for Joe McGeachy, 30th Sep 1944 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jackie Husband - 49 games, 26th Feb 1944 to 7th Apr 1945. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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