21st Sep 1946 Kilmarnock 3 Partick Thistle 2 (League Cup Division A, Section A - game 1)

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Match Information

			Tom Smith		Donald Turner			65y, 7m, 21d
					Alex Pirrie; Kenny Chisholm
					Jimmy McGowan; Willie O'Donnell
Doug McAvoy (0-1, 5 mins); Allan Collins (1-2, 35 mins); Bobby Kirkpatrick (1-3, 36 mins)					Alex Gourlay (1-1, 6 mins); Kenny Chisholm (2-3, 85 mins)
			Mitchell Downie		Jim Steadward			27y, 8m, 7d
			Jimmy Hood		Alex Pirrie
			Murray Landsborough		Peter Curran
			Johnny Devlin		Hugh Brown			24y, 9m, 14d
			Lew Bradford		Bobby Parker			22y, 7m, 5d
			Jim Davie		Jackie Husband			28y, 3m, 24d
			John Turnbull		Alex Glover			24y, 6m, 24d
			George Reid		Alex Gourlay			27y, 1m, 1d
			Allan Collins		Willie Sharp			24y, 3m, 27d
			Doug McAvoy		Kenny Chisholm			21y, 5m, 9d
			Bobby Kirkpatrick		Jimmy Smith			21y, 0m, 12d
								24y, 7m, 23d

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Match Report

TTA report

Kilmarnock were more superior than the score suggested. They scored (5) but Gourlay equalised a minute later. Thistle were seldom in it however and goals (35 and 36) put the game beyond them. The home forwards missed umpteen chances and Chisholm's goal (85) meant little.

Stats Watch

● 27-year-old Alex Gourlay plays his last game for Thistle and marks the occasion by scoring his final goal for the club.

● Thistle play their first match in the League Cup, their 35th competition.

ongoing sequences:

● 18 consecutive competitive appearances for Jim Steadward, 24th Apr 1946 to date. (Longest run since: Willie Sharp - 36 games, 25th Aug 1945 to 30th Mar 1946. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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