20th May 1947 Norway XI 1 Partick Thistle 2 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Committee		Donald Turner			66y, 3m, 19d
					Adam Forsyth; Maurice Candlin; Frank MacBeath; Willie Sharp; Andrew Wilson
					Jackie Husband; Hugh Brown; Alex Glover; Kenny Chisholm; Jimmy Walker
Arvid Havnås (0-1, 30 mins)					Frank MacBeath (1-1, 31 mins); Willie Sharp (2-1, pen 55 mins)
			?		Tommy Ledgerwood			24y, 2m, 27d
			?		Jimmy McGowan			30y, 11m, 10d
			?		Peter Curran
			?		Willie Hewitt			26y, 7m, 21d
			?		Adam Forsyth			26y, 5m, 11d
			?		Maurice Candlin			25y, 6m, 9d
			?		Frank MacBeath			22y, 11m, 20d
			?		Willie O'Donnell			22y, 9m, 11d
			?		Davie Mathie			27y, 9m, 5d
			Arvid Havnås		Willie Sharp			24y, 11m, 25d
			?		Andrew Wilson
								25y, 9m, 21d
			n-a		Jimmy Walker			21y, 8m, 20d

notes

From AFT, the preview Thistle line up was: Thomas Ledgerwood; James McGowan, Peter Curran; William Hewitt, Adam Forsyth, Maurice Candlin; Frank McBeath, William O’Donnell, Davie Mathie, William Sharp, Kenneth Chisholm. In the match report the following players are mentioned: McBeath, O`Donnell, Mathie, Sharp, Forsyth, McGowan, Hewitt, Walker. Without knowing what to believe we have listed Jimmy Walker in the no.12 position in the meantime. All 3 opponents in our May 1947 tour were described in AFT as “trial” national teams. Thistle history book refers to the team as “Oslo XI” which relates to the location. Attendance and goalscorers from AFT. Man of the match, according to AFT, was Adam Forsyth.

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Match Report

TTA report

The “XI“ was to give some younger members of the Norwegian national squad a run out. Att 25,000. Sharp (pen) and MacBeath scored.

Stats Watch

● Frank MacBeath scores his first goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 41 consecutive competitive appearances for Peter Curran, 10th Aug 1946 to date. (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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