10th Aug 1946 Partick Thistle 4 Hamilton Academical 1 (SFL Division A - game 1)

matches:1946-47: ← 47game 0102 →

Match Information

65y, 6m, 10d			Donald Turner		Jimmy McStay
Peter Curran; Alex Glover; Peter McKennan; Kenny Chisholm
Alex Pirrie; William McGowan; Alex Gourlay; Billy Millar
Matt Devine (1-1, og 22 mins); Willie O'Donnell (2-1, 58 mins); Willie Sharp (3-1, 60 mins); Kenny Chisholm (4-1, 80 mins)					Hugh Gilmartin (0-1, 2 mins)
27y, 6m, 27d			Jim Steadward		John Campbell
30y, 2m, 0d			Jimmy McGowan		Jimmy McGurk
			Peter Curran		Matt Devine
24y, 8m, 3d			Hugh Brown		Jimmy Lindsay
22y, 5m, 25d			Bobby Parker		Wattie Rothera
28y, 2m, 13d			Jackie Husband		Joe McLaughlin
24y, 5m, 13d			Alex Glover		Jimmy McGuigan
28y, 0m, 25d			Peter McKennan		Hutton Bremner
24y, 2m, 16d			Willie Sharp		Davie Devlin
22y, 0m, 1d			Willie O'Donnell		Hugh Gilmartin
21y, 3m, 29d			Kenny Chisholm		Bill Irving
25y, 3m, 24d

Match Report

TTA report

“Near perfection in inside-forward play” (SP). Accies scored with a header (2) then an OG when a defender deflected in a Sharp shot made it 1-1 (22). It was all Thistle with a magnificent Brown-Parker-Husband half-back line in command. O'Donnell (58), Sharp (60) and Chisholm (80) got the goals. No weaknesses.

Stats Watch

● The opening game of the 72nd season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● 21-year-old Kenny Chisholm makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

● Thistle are back in official League action after 2660 days, setting the club-record for the longest gap between League games, which stands today.

● Thistle are back in home League action after 2660 days, setting the club-record for the longest gap between home League games, which stands today.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive home League wins; 28th Mar 1939 to date. (Longest run since: 4 wins; 13th Aug 1938 to 13th Sep 1938. Club-record: 10 wins; 5th Sep 1896 to 25th Sep 1897.)

● 7 consecutive competitive appearances for Jim Steadward, Bobby Parker, Jackie Husband & Willie Sharp, 24th Apr 1946 to date. (Longest run since: Peter McKennan - 14 games, 2nd Feb 1946 to 8th May 1946. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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