16th Feb 1946 Partick Thistle 4 Falkirk 3 (Southern League, Division A - game 30)

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Match Information

65y, 0m, 16d			Donald Turner		Tully Craig
Willie O'Donnell
John McInnes
Willie O'Donnell (1-1, 17 mins); Billy Millar (2-1, 33 mins); Peter McKennan (3-1, 47 mins); Willie O'Donnell (4-1, 67 mins)					Jackie Henderson (0-1, 4 mins); John Fitzsimmons (4-2, 80 mins); Bob Shankly (4-3, 88 mins)
27y, 1m, 2d			Jim Steadward		John Wallace
29y, 8m, 6d			Jimmy McGowan		John Whyte
			Peter Curran		James Stewart
24y, 2m, 9d			Hugh Brown		Duncan Ogilvie
22y, 0m, 0d			Bobby Parker		Bob Henderson
27y, 8m, 19d			Jackie Husband		John Fitzsimmons former Jag
18y, 0m, 27d			Tommy Wright		Jackie Henderson
27y, 7m, 0d			Peter McKennan		David Mair
23y, 8m, 22d			Willie Sharp		Bob Shankly
21y, 6m, 7d			Willie O'Donnell		Joe Roy
21y, 6m, 23d			Billy Millar		Robert Laing
24y, 3m, 25d

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Match Report

TTA report

Thistle should have had the game sewn up at 4-1 yet they ended up scraping the win. Falkirk (playing 5 reserves) scored (4) but goals by O'Donnell (2), Millar and McKennan appeared to put the game safe just after the break but Falkirk never gave up and 2 goals (80 and 88) made for a difficult end to the match.

Stats Watch

● Billy Millar scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 30 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Sharp, 25th Aug 1945 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Bobby Parker - 31 games, 2nd Jun 1945 to 2nd Jan 1946. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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