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


Committee Manager(s) Donald Turner man-donald-turner.jpg born in Scotland 66y, 3m, 19d
mh-in.png Adam Forsyth; Maurice Candlin; Frank MacBeath; Willie Sharp; Andrew Wilson
mh-out.png Jackie Husband; Hugh Brown; Alex Glover; Kenny Chisholm; Jimmy Walker
Arvid Havnås (0-1, 30 mins) mh-goal.png Frank MacBeath (1-1, 31 mins); Willie Sharp (2-1, pen 55 mins)
mh-red-card.png
? mh-01.png Tommy Ledgerwood tommy-ledgerwood.jpg Scotland 24y, 2m, 27d
? mh-02.png Jimmy McGowan jimmy-mcgowan.jpg Scotland 30y, 11m, 10d
? mh-03.png Peter Curran peter-curran.jpg Scotland
? mh-04.png Willie Hewitt willie-hewitt.jpg Scotland 26y, 7m, 21d
? mh-05.png Adam Forsyth adam-forsyth.jpg Scotland 26y, 5m, 11d
? mh-06.png Maurice Candlin maurice-candlin.jpg England 25y, 6m, 9d
? mh-07.png Frank MacBeath frank-macbeath.jpg Scotland 22y, 11m, 20d
? mh-08.png Willie O'Donnell willie-odonnell.jpg Scotland 22y, 9m, 11d
? mh-09.png Davie Mathie davie-mathie.jpg Scotland 27y, 9m, 5d
Arvid Havnås mh-10.png Willie Sharp willie-sharp.jpg Scotland 24y, 11m, 25d
? mh-11.png Andrew Wilson andrew-wilson.jpg Scotland
Age 25y, 9m, 21d
n-a mh-12.png Jimmy Walker jimmy-walker.jpg the USA 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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